In partnership with the Boston Ujima Project, enjoy a day packed with celebration, including a zine fair, food vendors, short films, DJ sets, and special live musical performances. Plus enjoy free admission all day!
Artists and vendors are encouraged to apply to participate via the Boston Ujima Project.
The ICA is offering free museum admission all day on June 19, in honor of Juneteenth. Free advance tickets are required and will be available to reserve beginning on Thu, June 18 at 10 AM.
Admission to Lucy Raven: Rounds at the Watershed in East Boston is always FREE—tickets are not required for entrance.
Programming
Vendor Market | 12–8 PM
Peruse offerings and wares from a selection of local artists and artisans, including Clothesbytomo, Dark Healing (Forgotten Symbols), Emerald City Plant Shop, Jahzara Fashion House, Midas B.K.S Productions, RS Ceramics, Sankofa Anacaona Botanicals, and The Jewelry Bar.
Food Hall | 12–8 PM
Enjoy local bites and beverages from Clarke’s Cakes & Cookies, Gebeta Catering & Coffee, Gourmet Fingerz Food Truck, and It’s Kelewele 31.
Zine Fair | 12–8 PM
Browse, buy, or trade independently-produced publications from AJ’s Print & Photo Studio, Bithiah Holton, CHNL, Claudio Eshun, Design Studio for Social Intervention (DS4SI), Gabriel Johnson, Guerrilla Magazine, PIXWORX LLC, SEE.LOVE, Sojourners for Justice Press, and Uzu Studio.
Bank of America Art Lab Workshops | 12–6 PM
Create and participate in communal artmaking activities.
All Power to the People: Block Printing Collage Workshop | 2:30–4 PM
Led by Joanna Booth, this workshop is inspired by the legacy of Emory Douglas and Elizabeth Catlett, two Black political printmakers. Both Douglas and Catlett were known for their amplification and documentation of the Black experience during the Civil Rights Era and the Black Power Movement. In this workshop, participants are invited to make their own newspaper headlines using block printing and collaging techniques. Together we will ruminate on the messages we’d like to bring to our communities today.
Film Screenings 12–6 PM
Take a break and experience a curated selection of short films from some of the most forward-looking filmmakers of our moment, including directors Ja’Tovia Gary, Bex Oluwatoyin Thompson, Namir Fearce, Evan Goodchild, Ryan DeForeest, and Thuthuka Sibisi.
Presented in collaboration with the Roxbury International Film Festival.
Music | 5–9 PM
Vibe out to DJ sets from DJ BLXSS and DJ Kieh, as well as special live performances from Brockton’s own ToriTori and hometown hero Nay Speaks.
About the Ujima Project
Boston Ujima Project is a democratic, member-run organization building a cooperative business, arts and investment ecosystem. Ujima’s mission is to return wealth to working-class communities of color.