April 14, 2025 – October 18, 2025
The Umbrella Arts Center Allie Kussin Gallery and Walden Woods
Opening Reception: April 14, 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm; Click to RSVP
Gallery Hours: 10:00am – 9:00pm, seven days a week

Curated by artist Marla MacLeod, this outdoor/indoor public and gallery art exhibition features site-specific work by prominent Black artists combining sculpture, fiber art, installation and live performance inspired by little-known experiences of historical Black inhabitants of Concord and its Walden Woods.

Large-scale and interactive work will be installed on Brister’s Hill, named for Brister Freeman, an enslaved man who won his freedom by serving in the Revolutionary War and then bought the property and lived there along with other formerly enslaved.

Inter-related fiber and woven artworks will also be installed in the nearby Umbrella Arts Center Allie Kussin Gallery through June 14, 2025. Supporting community activities include opening reception on April 14, monthly curator talks, processionals and live performances.

Artists: Ifé Franklin, Stephen Hamilton, Whitney Harris, Ekua Holmes, Marla McLeod, Kimberly Love Radcliffe, Anthony Peyton Young.

Partners: The Umbrella Arts Center, Walden Woods Project, The Robbins House. FREE

This event explores our region’s revolutionary past! Learn about Freedom’s Way 250 and discover the many ways the Heritage Area and its partners are commemorating and celebrating our nation’s semiquincentennial anniversary.