The World is a Womb: Closing Ceremony for Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter: "Ain't I A Woman"

Sat, Aug 12 2023
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Central Library, Trustees Room

community partner Healthy Communities Justice Initiatives Maternal Health

The World is A Womb is the closing ceremony for Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter’s first solo exhibition "Ain't I A Woman", showcased at the Brooklyn Museum to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The exhibit expands the hyper-focus of abortion within the reproductive justice movement into a more comprehensive and inclusive conversation. Baxter explores issues affecting Black families that are hidden from the public eye such as the systemic abuse of Black youth, pipelines to incarceration, and oppressive systems that deny the right to safe and healthy family planning for disenfranchised people.

  • Special Guest: Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter
  • Panelists: Jeannine Kayembe, Karen Washington, Charyln Griffith & Judith Clark

The closing ceremony celebrates the final days of the "Ain't I A Woman" exhibition and centers community healing, Black femme creativity and abolition. Join us for a conversation between artists and activists on the intersection between environmental and reproductive justice, followed by art-making, which embodies emotions in the aftermath of these conversations. Participants will have the opportunity to march to Brooklyn Museum with their art. The celebration will start off at Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library Branch and move to the Brooklyn Museum. Please see the schedule for the closing ceremony below: 

  • 12 PM - 1 PM: Roundtable & Screening (Central Library, Trustees Room)
  • 1 PM - 1:45 PM: Reflection Through Art-Making (Central Library, Trustees Room)
  • 1:45 PM - 2 PM: March to the Museum (from Central Library to the Brooklyn Museum)
  • 2 PM - 3 PM: Ain't I a Woman Tour (Brooklyn Museum, 4th Floor) 
  • 3 PM - 3:45 PM: Healing Ceremony (Brooklyn Museum, 4th Floor)
  • 3:45 PM - 5 PM: Reception (Brooklyn Museum)

Registration is required to attend the Roundtable & Screening and the Reflection Through Art-Making portion of the event at Central Library. To register for the second part of the closing ceremony taking place at Brooklyn Museum, Click Here.

For more information about the "Ain't I A Woman" exhibit: Click Here

If you have any questions, please reach out to the Community Health Team at healthybklyn@bklynlibrary.org. 

This event is a collaboration between Brooklyn Museum and Brooklyn Public Library. 

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