Opening Reception and Community Drum Circle

Join artist Jeffrey Dorsey for the formal public opening of Another Light: Making Space for Healing. Dorsey will share a brief overview of the month’s programs and introduce project participant Yamoussa Camara —a professional African drummer who will lead the community in a joyous and healing drum circle.

For thousands of years, drums have been used to communicate across vast distances of physical and liminal space. Drums are used to celebrate, mourn, warn of danger, prepare for war, conjure spirits, and heal. Like people, each drum is unique. And when played, each creates a particular vibration and tone depending on its size, design, and the materials used to create it. Bring your own drum (or any type of percussive instrument) or try one of a dozen or more traditional African drums that will be provided, as we collaborate to create and share good vibrations of purification, release, and celebration.