Join the Haggerty Museum of Art for a celebration of the traditions of the African diaspora through art, food, dance and storytelling on 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 African Community Day” brings together storytelling, performance, food and curatorial practice as living expressions of cultural memory within the African diaspora. Presented in conjunction with the Haggerty Museum of Art’s Fall 2026 exhibition theme, “The Otherworld is Home,” the program invites visitors to experience culture as something actively shared through food, movement, oral history, conversation and artistic engagement.
Developed in collaboration with community organizations, artists, educators and students, the event transforms the museum into a vibrant space for storytelling, cultural exchange and intergenerational learning. Throughout the afternoon, visitors will encounter multiple perspectives on African and diasporic traditions while exploring how cultural memory is preserved, interpreted and renewed across generations.
Support for this program is generously provided by Lilly Endowment Inc.
Community collaborators include:
- ALAAFIA
- African American Roundtable
- America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM)
- Nkenge Adams, Founder of Nkenge’s Gallery and University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee Graduate Student, Art History
- Marquette African Student Association
- Milwaukee High School of the Arts
- Portia Cobb, Exhibiting 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
