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SUMMARY:‘Living Archives: An African Community Day’ at the Haggerty Mus
 eum of Art
LOCATION:Haggerty Museum of Art
DESCRIPTION:Join the Haggerty Museum of Art for a celebration of the tradit
 ions of the African diaspora through art\, food\, dance and storytelling o
 n Saturday\, Nov. 14\, from noon to 4 p.m. The agenda for this event will 
 follow: Noon to 12:30 p.m.\, Exhibition viewing time 12:30 to 12:45 p.m.\,
  Welcome 12:45 to 1:45 p.m.\, African Art inspired storytelling 1:45 to 2 
 p.m.\, African youth dance performance 2 to 3 p.m.\, African food tasting 
 3 to 4 p.m.\, Curatorial storytelling workshop “Living Archives: An Afri
 can Community Day” brings together storytelling\, performance\, food and
  curatorial practice as living expressions of cultural memory within the A
 frican diaspora. Presented in conjunction with the Haggerty Museum of Art
 ’s Fall 2026 exhibition theme\, “The Otherworld is Home\,” the progr
 am invites visitors to experience culture as something actively shared thr
 ough food\, movement\, oral history\, conversation and artistic engagement
 . Developed in collaboration with community organizations\, artists\, educ
 ators and students\, the event transforms the museum into a vibrant space 
 for storytelling\, cultural exchange and intergenerational learning. Throu
 ghout the afternoon\, visitors will encounter multiple perspectives on Afr
 ican and diasporic traditions while exploring how cultural memory is prese
 rved\, interpreted and renewed across generations. Support for this progra
 m is generously provided by Lilly Endowment Inc. Community collaborators i
 nclude: ALAAFIA African American Roundtable America’s Black Holocaust Mu
 seum (ABHM) Nkenge Adams\, Founder of Nkenge’s Gallery and University of
  Wisconsin- Milwaukee Graduate Student\, Art History Marquette African Stu
 dent Association Milwaukee High School of the Arts Portia Cobb\, Exhibitin
 g Artist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
 ’s Peck School of The Arts: Department of Film\, Video\, Animation & New
  Genres Ton Ko-Thi Youth Dance Company
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