Community Day at Spelman Museum: Tours, Scavenger Hunt, and More

The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art presents a day for the community to thoroughly enjoy the beauties of the Museum through a series of events from 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. The schedule includes three interactive tours of the Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi exhibit. It also includes BLOOM: A Visual Unfurling of Light Portraits, which is a free community portrait series inspired by work of Deborah Roberts and celebrates the multifaceted beauty within the African Diaspora. Facilitated by photographer Melissa Alexander, BLOOM simply presents a reminder that beauty is inclusive, accessible to all, and can be found within.

Community Day will highlight a Pop Up Library organized by the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System that features books and other resources inspired by Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi. Participants will be able to check out the resources, receive a library card and partake in a custom button making workshop.

The event will also feature Moving Our Stories facilitated by Dr. Julie B. Johnson, lecturer in Spelman's Dance Performance & Choreography department. The community is invited to explore how memory and storytelling live and move in our bodies. Attendees will have a chance to move through the Museum exhibit along with Atlanta cellist and composer Okorie Johnson and dance artists and find connections with the exhibition and their own physical realities.

Community Day will take place on Saturday, April 21, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public, but requires registration. RSVP by email or phone at museum@spelman.edu or 404.270.5607.

It will be held in Spelman College Museum of Fine Art (GPS Address: 350 Spelman Ln SW Atlanta, GA 30314). For more information, visit http://museum.spelman.edu/.