The Larger Conversation

The Art of Transformation: Black Spirituality, Self-Expression, and Identity

With Rebeca L. Hey-Colón, Elena Herminia Guzman, The Reverend Irene Monroe, The Reverend Dr. Brandon Thomas Crowley and Fabiola Jean-Louis

Thursday, March 20, 2025
7 - 8:30 pm
Calderwood Hall

Join us for a powerful dialogue and communal reflection honoring the confluence of transformation and religious practices as avenues for self-expression and identity. Fabiola Jean-Louis, along with leading scholars and faith leaders Reverend Irene Monroe, Elena Herminia Guzman, and Dr. Brandon Crowley, join Rebeca L. Hey-Colón for a conversation exploring the intersections of non-binary and queer cultures, Afro-Diasporic religions and spirituality, and the gender fluidity of the mythical, legendary, and folkloric beings that form a part of these traditions.

About the Speakers

Tickets

Advanced tickets are required and include Museum admission. Adults $22, seniors $20, students $15, free for members and children 17 and under.

Seating in Calderwood Hall is first come, first served. Seating begins 45 minutes before the event. Late seating is not guaranteed.

To request accessible or wheelchair seating please call the box office at 617 278 5156.

This program is supported by the Henry Luce Foundation. 

Waters of the Abyss: An Intersection of Spirit and Freedom is supported in part by Barbara and Amos Hostetter, the Barr Foundation, Wagner Foundation and the Barbara Lee Program Fund.

The Artist-in-Residence program is supported  in part by Lizbeth and George Krupp and directed by Pieranna Cavalchini, Tom and Lisa Blumenthal Curator of Contemporary Art. Funding is also provided for site-specific installations of new work on the Anne H. Fitzpatrick Façade on Evans Way.

The Museum receives operating support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which is supported by the state of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts.