FEBRUARY 1- MARCH 7

OPENING: FEBRUARY 1, 6-9PM

To be joyful can be a revolutionary act. #WhereJOYLives, an experimental project by artist-in-residence Elizabeth Burden, is an exploration of the wellsprings of Black joy, a force that resists and transcends. Through a deeply personal yet collective lens, this social practice art installation-in-progress celebrates joy as an enduring reservoir of resilience, creativity, and affirmation.

There are thirteen distinct kinds of joy: relief, gratitude, wonder, contentment, bliss, pleasure, delight, elation, amusement, excitement, exultation, rejoicing, and ecstasy. For centuries, these myriad ways to rejoice has sustained Black life, as a counter-balance to acts of violence and systems of oppression. The installation creates a space to reflect on the ways that Black joy shapes Black pasts/futures/presents. "#WhereJOYLives" encourages those who enter the space to contemplate joy, feel its enduring presence.