This new exhibition at the Carver Museum examines the paradox of American exceptionalism and the call for reparations. Eleven artists were asked to consider what's required for this country to atone for the continued denial of full citizenship to Black people and what repair would feel like in the body. Witness now the creative responses from artists Alexis Hunter, Tia Boyd, Queen Deelah, Elizabeth Hudson, Kemi Yemi-Ese, Chris Hill, Moyo Oyelola, Joe Anderson, Carlton Wilcoxson, Elisha Luckett, and Hakeem Adewumi, Ebony Stewart, Faylita Hicks, Raie Crawford, and Vincent Johnson.

Field Order 15: And Other Broken Promises

The authors read from their works in an evening presented by Torch Literary Arts, a nonprofit organization dedicated to amplifying Black women writers, heralding this weekend's Texas Book Festival.

Vievee Francis and Rachel Eliza Griffiths

The Carver Museum’s guest facilitators Imani F. Aanu and Brandon Madyun will share their experiences around visual and performance arts unique to African American culture, leading an interactive workshop in visual arts practices and a one-hour African movement and dance class, for this full night of vibrant enrichment. Note: Comfortable clothing and footwear (and a refillable water bottle) are encouraged; refreshments will be served throughout the event. – Wayne Alan Brenner

Create & Heal: African Americans and the Arts

Here's a new body of work by Milwaukee-based artist Aimée M. Everett, exploring the profound transformations experienced during childbirth and the subsequent journey of self-discovery into motherhood. The artist delves into the realization that with every birth, there exists a simultaneous death – the departure of one's former identity to welcome a new, evolved self.

Carver Museum: Two Births and the Afterlife

You think it’s easy, being somebody’s mother? You think giving birth to another human being doesn’t put your own humanity and purpose under some fierce self-scrutiny? Milwaukee-based artist Aimée M. Everett, in her solo show at the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, uses abstraction, minimalist line-making, saturated colors, and melodic compositions to explore “the profound transformations experienced during childbirth and the subsequent journey of self-discovery into motherhood.” Word – or, more appropriately, image – to your mother. – Wayne Alan Brenner

Free to the public, the Austin African American Book Festival shines a spotlight on award-winning and budding Black writers.