AUBURN AVUENUE RESEARCH LIBRARY AROUND THE WAY DREAMS

FRIDAY, JUNE 09, 2023 –SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 2023

Honoring the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop and in collaboration with Phyllis Iller LLC, Queens Public Library, The Gates Preserve, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services the Auburn Avenue Research Library will host Around the Way Dreams by renowned Atlanta photographer Melissa Alexander.

Around the Way Dreams is an open-ended visual exploration of the lived experiences of Black

MEMORIES: VISUALIZING THE JOURNEY Sistagraphy Photographic Exhibition

MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2023 –SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2023

In collaboration with Sistagraphy the Auburn Avenue Research Library will host the photographic exhibition Memories: Visualizing the Journey.

In recognition of its 30th anniversary and honoring the vision and legacy of Sistagraphy’s

Exhibition

BY MELISSA ALEXANDER Photographic

people documenting the nuanced and varied meanings of Hip Hop culture’s iconic phrase “around the way”?

Melissa Alexander, owner and lead photographer of Phyllis Iller creates worlds where Black people thrive through portraits, interactive portrait pop-ups, and experimental documentary films.

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

founder Shelia Turner, Memories: Visualizing the Journey exhibits images captured by African American female photographers that intimately explore the lived experiences of Black people

As an artistic collective Sistagraphy holds a unique place in the history of photography in the United States by providing a forum for black women photographers to examine the contemporary and historical issues that affect our society through the photographic medium.

A RIGHT WORTHY WOMAN: A NOVEL BY RUTH WATSON

Onsite Author Book

Signing and Discussion

TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2023

7:00 PM

In collaboration with Charis Books and More, the Auburn Avenue Research Library welcomes Ruth Watson who will discuss her latest book A Right Worthy Woman.

A stirring fictional account of a remarkable figure, A Right Worthy Woman is based on the remarkable true story of Virginia’s Black Wall Street and the indomitable Maggie Lena Walker, the daughter of a formerly enslaved woman who became the first Black woman to establish and preside over a bank in the United States.

Ruth P. Watson is the author of Blackberry Days of Summer, An Elderberry Fall, Cranberry Winter, and Strawberry Spring. She is a freelance writer and member of Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and has written for Upscale, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and other publications.

HIP HOP ELEMENTS, ART AND GRAFFITI

Artist Talk and Hands-On Graffiti Workshop

SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 2023

12:00 PM

Honoring the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop and in collaboration with the Queens Public Library, the Gates Preserve, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services the Auburn Avenue Research Library will host Hip Hop Elements, Art and Graffiti. This event will include an artist talk with professional Graffiti artists and a hands-on workshop (Bring your own sketching materials).

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.