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On view: June 28–August 9, 2025

FREEDOM TIME: Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls

Dancing Through Prison Walls

A project of activated, inter-disciplinary response to written dances, deeply imagined and authored from bunks within prisons.

August 9, 2025, 6:00 – 9:00pm

Closing Gathering: Performance of dances sent from inside Bayamon Correctional Institution, Puerto Rico and Auburn Correctional Facility, NY

Dancing Through Prison Walls

Final FREEDOM TIME sharing. Dances from NY & PR, Freedom Tea, community convo, and a last collective jam.

July 26, 2025, 3:00 – 6:00pm

FREEDOM TIME Book Launch and Performance of dances sent from inside Bayamon Correctional Institution, Puerto Rico and Central Michigan Correctional Facility, MI

Dancing Through Prison Walls

Launch FREEDOM TIME with dances from Puerto Rico & Michigan. Book release, performances & a powerful community conversation.

July 19, 2025, 3:00 – 6:00pm

Performance of dance sent from inside South Dakota State Penitentiary, SD: Ocean Dreams/Mni Owanca Tanka Woihanbla

Dancing Through Prison Walls

Witness a dance from South Dakota to the Atlantic. Ocean dreams ripple with Indigenous creativity and abolitionist love.

July 18, 2025, 3:00 – 6:00pm

Community Screenprinting with Assembly & Dancing Through Prison Walls

Dancing Through Prison Walls

Print your own garment, sip tea, and witness FREEDOM TIME—an abolitionist art project created across prison walls.

June 28, 2025, 2:30 – 7:00pm

Cypher for Gaza

Dancing Through Prison Walls

Join us for a powerful cypher to support youth in Gaza—breaking, art, and community care in solidarity and resistance.

July 5, 2025, 5:00 – 8:00pm

FREEDOM TIME Opening Gathering, Dance sent from inside Jenin, Palestine

Dancing Through Prison Walls

We will share the first draft of Detainee written choreography by Motasem Abu Hasan and sent to us from Jenin, West Bank, Palestine.

September 7–October 19, 2021

Dana’s Beauty Supply

Dana Davenport

Dana’s Beauty Supply constructs an experimental beauty supply store and hair gel manufacturing lab.

January 18, 2025, 3:00 – 4:30pm

Deli Radio Presents: Daneille Cowan: Supporting Soundscapes of Hope

Deli Radio

A community workshop for care workers to capture sounds of hope

January 17, 2025, 3:00 – 7:30pm

Deli Radio Presents: Elijah Prince, Res Julian, and BABAS—Funto & Tosin Omojola

Deli Radio

an evening of DJ sets and an artist talk by Res Julian

February 8, 2025, 12:00 – 6:00pm

Deli Radio All Day: Closing Reception

Deli Radio

Say goodbye to Deli Radio with fresh baked pão de queijo, drinks, and a marathon of DJ sets all day

January 23, 2025, 3:30 – 5:00pm

Deli Radio Presents: Alexa West & Lucia Reissig

Deli Radio

West and Reissig will each have an hour to play a selection of tracks and discuss their artistic practices.

January 24, 2025, 4:00 – 8:00pm

Deli Radio Presents: mosie river and DJ UNION

Deli Radio

Mosie will play a few songs and talk about their practice—followed by a set from DJ UNION.

January 25, 2025, 2:30 – 8:00pm

Deli Radio Presents: Chantel Kemp and DK Kinard & GENG PTP

Deli Radio

Two black urban farmers, Chantel Kemp and DK Kinard will address the link between Black Mental Health and Environmentalism

January 31, 2025, 3:00 – 9:00pm

Deli Radio Presents: Daniel Santos, Gabriel Tate, & Alima Lee

Deli Radio

Waves On The Rocks, a fusion of field recordings and music that explores the depths of ambient sound

January 11, 2025, 5:00 – 8:00pm

Deli Radio Presents: Signature Cuts

Deli Radio

Join Signature Cuts for an all-vinyl set—a mix of ’90s and ’00s House, left-field House, deep House, and Techno.

February 7, 2025, 3:00 – 5:00pm

Deli Radio Presents: Dream Ki by Zella Vanie. Followed by Yatta & earthheaven

Deli Radio

an immersive day inside a makeshift deli within a curated soundscape

January 11, 2025, 4:00 – 5:00pm

Deli Radio Presents: Co-Creations at the Farm

Deli Radio

Hosted by Madalyn Warren, Co-Creations at the Farm explores how we connect with our plant family.

January 11, 2025, 3:00 – 4:00pm

Deli Radio Presents: A Conversation with LaRissa Rogers

Deli Radio

LaRissa Rogers talks through her practice and the ideas driving her work and shares a selection of songs that have been important to her.

January 10, 2025, 6:00 – 8:00pm

Deli Radio Presents: Tânia Cypriano & Sayre Quevedo in Conversation

Deli Radio

A 90-minute conversation about how music and sound shape storytelling practices.

January 10, 2025, 4:00 – 5:00pm

Ruth Estévez & Lumi Tan in Conversation

Deli Radio

Ruth Estévez and Lumi Tan discuss performances that have shaped their vision of the medium and the impact that performance has had on their practices

December 12, 2024, 6:00 – 9:00am

Deli Radio Opening Dance Party

Deli Radio

We’re kicking off Deli Radio project with a night of dancing! Join us for music, snacks, house-infused cachaça, and a good time.

December 12, 2024–February 12, 2025

Deli Radio

Deli Radio

By merging these two concepts, Deli Radio reimagines familiar, everyday interactions as catalysts for community-building and collaboration.

February 1, 2025, 7:00 – 9:00pm

Deli Radio Presents: M:sco Disco

Deli Radio

Dj set by M:sco Disco—a visual artist, record collector and sound enthusiast.

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