Join Hued Songs and Arsimmer McCoy in this month's creative placemaking workshop:

Po Lazarus, where participants will explore how Black song has always carried memory, labor, and liberation. The workshop will take you inside the structure of chants and working songs from Plantation hymns and field songs, through Jim Crow era working songs, Civil Rights era chants, and contemporary protest lyrics.

Participants will be guided to create their own song or chant lyrics informed by a personal cultural/historical moment (personal, communal, local, and beyond) using the poetic style of an Ode; transforming personal experience into powerful expression.

Workshop materials and refreshments will be provided, and those attending are encouraged to bring personal archival materials with them to inspire their own process, and contribute to the collective's.