Black Future Festival

Join BCM for a week of reflection and future-forward fun inspired by the national celebration of Black History Month and the African Diaspora! We’re partnering with Kendra J. Bostock and STooPS to honor Black culture with incredible dance performances, powerful storytelling, dynamic workshops, and more!

Schedule

Printmaking on Paper

🕒 11:00 am – 11:45 am

Make a masterpiece using block printing techniques! Roll paint onto blocks and other everyday materials and stamp them onto poster boards to create a collective mural. Led by Apryl Bruce.

Making Brooklyn Beats

🕒 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm

Explore sounds with us as we create beats that make you move your feet. Rock to instruments like the mbira, shakere, xylophone, various drums, and whistles. Create your own sustainable instrument using recycled materials to make music and take home. Led by PitsiRa Ragophala.

The Possibilities of Dreams

🕒 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm

Join this interactive movement and storytelling workshop where dreams become reality! Immerse yourself in a journey as we co-create a world together. Through movement and storytelling, interweave a tale that creates a bridge from the present to the possibilities. Using Nikki Giovanni’s book, Genie in the Jar, let us begin to “weave the sky”, celebrating the power of community. Led by Wema Ragophala.

Future Leaders Paper Crafts

🕒 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm

Imagine your future self and the kind of career you might have. Are you a teacher? A doctor? An astronaut? Use a variety of materials to create a large paper doll of your future self! Receive a coloring sheet representing different careers to take home. Led by Ovila Lemon.

Future Reflections inspired by muse artist Larry Brown

📍 ColorLab

🕒 10:30 am – 12:30 pm & 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Create future-forward “mirrors” inspired by artist Larry Brown’s “I See You” series! Using reflective paper, air-dry clay, beads, and twine, design mixed-media sculptures that give us a glimpse into the bright future ahead.

Cool by Design

📍Nature’s Engineers

🕒 10:30 am – 12:30 pm & 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Discover the science of keeping spaces cool in our STEM makerspace! Design and build your own shade structure using textiles, then put your engineering skills to the test: Can your creation protect an ice cube from melting?