Join us for a free digitizing workshop and community discussion about Black diasporic archival traditions with artist Jhanique Lovejoy!
Through a guided discussion with Dyckman Farmhouse Museum’s current exhibiting artist Jhanique Lovejoy, participants will explore the role of family photographs in Caribbean and Black diasporic archival traditions, oral histories, and intergenerational preservation.
Moving from discussion to practice, participants will engage directly with archival tools and methods by digitizing personal photographs, negatives, and ephemera from their own family archives with a high-resolution scanner provided at the workshop!
Participants will also browse examples of Caribbean archival history and preservation practices, gaining foundational knowledge in archival processes, digitization, and the creation of archival ephemera.
What to bring:
- five 4×6 or 5×7 sized photos from your family archive OR
- one 8×10 photos and two 4×6 or 5×7 photos from your family archive.
Optional: Instead of bringing 2-5 4×6 or 5×7 photos, participants may bring 2-5 negatives, newspaper clippings, and archival documents from their family archive instead. Each participant will receive an archival-safe polysleeve to properly store their family photos and a personal USB containing their scanned photos from the workshop.
Free – RSVP Required: Register on Eventbrite! Only 15 seats available.
Family Storytime: African-American Songs and History with Joy Smith
Celebrate Pinkster at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum! Join us for an hour of songs and stories inspired by African-American history with local storyteller Joy Smith!
An hour-long lecture that dissects what Pinkster was and why celebrating it expands the humanity of the enslaved and their descendants.
Learn about the historical and cultural significance of Pinkster with Lavada Nahon, the Interpreter of African American History at NYS Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Sites!
Connected to New York’s Black history is the oldest African celebration in the nation. During Pinkster celebrations, enslaved and free Africans gathered around the colony and state to rest, renew family and friendship ties, and reconnect to a European faith that had been transformed in West Central Africa. Choices made by the Black community as they moved from property to people lessened Pinkster’s importance but did not erase its historic significance.
Registration required on Eventbrite!
Lavada Nahon is the Interpreter of African American History for the Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation, Bureau of Historic Sites. A position she has held since its inception in 2019. With nearly 30 years of public history experience, she focuses on New Netherland and New York, 17th through 19th centuries, specifically, the lives and cultures of Africans and their descendants, enslaved and free. As a culinary and cultural historian, she has worked for a wide variety of historic sites and organizations around the tri-state region. Her mission is to bring history to life by giving presence to the Africans and people of African descent enslaved and free, in New Netherland and New York in whatever way possible.
Baseball is not just America’s pastime— it is a story of resilience, talent, and the fight for equality. African Americans have shaped the game of baseball since its earliest days not just by playing it, but elevating it.
Join us on Wednesday, July 30th from 6-7pm as we honor their legacy through a lecture about the history of the Negro Baseball Leagues and how they found their way to the Dyckman Oval. We will discuss the stories, the struggles, and the triumphs of Black baseball players throughout history. Afterwards, participants will enjoy a fun, trivia-style game that will test their knowledge about the history of Negro Baseball Leagues and milestones of notable Black baseball players.
Wednesday July 30th
6-7pm
FREE
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
(on the corner of 204th and Broadway)
