Black Heritage Month 2022

This year’s theme for Black Heritage Month is “Celebrating Black Excellence”.

This month, our office wants to highlight black figures who are in the arts. In our upcoming Keynote Speaker event, Elle Simone Scott is the Executive Editor and Founder of The Diversity Council at America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) fought for herself — navigating a career and life full of extreme highs and lows, including an ovarian cancer diagnosis twice and agonizing treatments that followed, losing everything in the height of the 2008 recession and then reinventing herself career-wise, and being one of the few queer women of color to work as a chef in the culinary world. Join us to hear her story and attend our other events as well.

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Black Heritage Month Keynote

Via zoom | 6:30 PM | Join us for our Celebrating Black Excellence Keynote event with Elle Simone Scott. Topic: How food is the gateway to culture and how Elle displays her authentic self in the kitchen and beyond. The Executive Editor and Founder of The Diversity Council at America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) fought for herself — navigating a career and life full of extreme highs and lows, including an ovarian cancer diagnosis twice and agonizing treatments that followed, losing everything in the height of the 2008 recession and then reinventing herself career-wise, and being one of the few queer women of color to work as a chef in the culinary world.

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Sigal Museum - In Conversation: Chawne Kimber

6:00 PM | As a renowned quilt artist, Kimber explores the history of cotton production and the historical and contemporary issues of racism and social justice. Her quilts have been acquired by many leading institutions, including the Smithsonian, the International Quilt Museum, and the Petrucci Family Foundation. In this installment of our In Conversation series, Kimber will discuss quilting as a means of expression and as a therapeutic outlet, the role of quilt making in the preservation of stories, the many roles of labor involved in the quilting process, and quilting as a path toward social justice.

Friday, February 25, 2022

Sigal Museum visit with OID - Easton Out Loud (Fourth Friday)

5:00-9:00 pm Free Admission | Each fourth Friday of the month, the Sigal Museum hosts extended hours with free admission, gallery tours, and museum interactives. Celebrate Black History Month with us by enjoying our exhibit Another American’s Autobiography: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art, where over 20 artists grapple with themes of patriotism, identity, and allegiance in the 21st century. OID will be there until 6 pm. You can get to the museum by taking a ride on the LCAT. Spend the evening in Downtown Easton!