The Great Migration: A City Transformed (1916-1930), August 3-12, an Exhibition at Slought Gallery

Opening Reception on Wednesday, August 3 – 7:00pm   RSVP HERE

Sonic Migration – Mendi + Keith Obadike
A four-channel sound and video work based on the historical echoes of life inside the historic Tindley Temple and re-interpreting the hymns of Rev. Charles Albert Tindley.

Ancestral Correspondence – Lonnie Graham
A photographic exhibit of elders from the Wissahickon Boys and Girls Club and their stories of migration.

Hear from the creators themselves at an Artists' Talkback on Friday, August 5 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM.
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THE GREAT MIGRATION: A CITY TRANSFORMED (1916-1930) IS BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE PEW CENTER FOR ARTS & HERITAGE.  

Additional support is provided by the Lincoln Financial Foundation, Hamilton Family Foundation, the Department of History of Art, Department of Africana Studies and Center for Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania