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Join us at the Gantt Center for a day of hands-on art, performances and conversations about wellness and liberation which celebrate the principles of Kwanzaa. Create Kwanzaa keepsakes, sample local sweets and shop with some of Charlotte’s businesses of color in our Museum store.
Event Schedule
10 am - 5 pm
Galleries open
10 am - 5 pm
Community Coloring
11 am, 1 pm & 4 pm
Guided Tours
12 noon - 1 pm
Hands-On Art Workshop with Dulce Tavares
Create your own Kwanzaa candle display! For this drop-in art activity, learn about the seven symbolic meanings of the Kwanzaa candles by designing a traditional Kinara with your own creative twist.
12 noon - 2 pm
Rest as a Healing Place with Kelley Palmer
Rest as a Healing Place is an interactive educational session to share the causes, cues and pathways to healing from race-based traumatic stress injuries through yoga, meditation and mindfulness. The session includes:
- Facilitated group dialogue
- Guided meditation
- Seated or floor restorative yoga practice
12:30 pm
Performance: Dance Rhythm Cheer (DRC) Diamonds
2 pm - 4 pm
Drums 4 Life: Drum Circle
3 pm - 5 pm
Design Your Dream Vision Boarding with Quintel "Quin" Gwinn
Design Your Dream is a workshop will help participants cast their life's vision in a unique and fun way! Participants will be guided through a hands-on creative process which will inspire them to set intentions for all areas of life. All supplies and materials needed to create vision boards will be provided.
Location
Uptown