onward to october
on saturday, september 20 my friend and I visited:
memento mori: a reflection on our shared experience of mortality art exhibition and cemetery panel on on the history of Atlanta’s historic cemeteries
memento mori is at the Chastain Arts Center and Gallery
august 15 - october 17 2025
view the exhibition catalogue here
This panel was a resonate experience. I learned about the work of Kella Roberson and now I wanna learn all about black cemeteries and preservation work in Atlanta and beyond. I was also reminded of the work of Abra Lee through Roberson, which led me to this podcast episode about black garden clubs and now I wanna tend to my garden and join a black garden club and encouraged me to pick up my copy of Black Flora which I have sold in the past but had not read cover to cover.
we also attend CurbFest Atl
popped over to the ACP to view the Adam Davis exhibition on view through december 2025
the artist talk for somethin’ else, somethin’ tender curated by Sierra King, featuring the artist Stephanie Brown, Keamber Pearson, Makeda Lewis, and Jeremiah Thomas
somethin’ else, somethin’ tender is at Haugabrook
july 31 - september 20 2025
learn more about Sierra’s residence at Haugabrook here
thanks to Simone for bringing their stamina with them as I ran them all over atlanta!
this past weekend:
was my eldest child’s 17th birthday! we are in the throws of art school applications so we spent the weekend at Atlanta Art Fair and Site at The Goat Farm. Olamma Oparah’s SomatiQ Black: Neci left a strong impression, my child said, “that she really needed to see, hear, feel, and think about” the film and installation.
thank you to Olamma Oparah.
I also hosted a book signing at ACP for Mickalene Thomas this past sunday.
busy busy busy me
today I am looking forward to october:
hours for october:
wednesdays in october
2p - 7p
sundays in october
edit: no hours october 5 I’ll be at BIKES! Sound-based Public Art Group Ride cohosted by our friends Red Bike & Green - Atlanta
october 12 12p - 5p
Datricia Rollins will be in conversation with Author Brian Kwoba on tuesday sept 30 at 7p more info here and a podcast episode featuring Dr. Kwoba here
Queer Mourners: Healthcare Directives
I am hosting myself at yes please this wednesday for the first installment of Queer Mourners! come over and let’s think about who is or can be called in to be responsible for you, who do you want by your side in an emergency, who should receive status updates during medical treatment. this is also an opportunity to provide directions about your end of life care. Healthcare Directives are an accessible first step towards creating an incapacity and end of life plan; if you don’t create a plan, the state has created one for you. this is important for the queer community because our answers may not be the default answers provided by the law and hospital protocol. we can choose otherwise with proactive planning.
wednesday october 1 2025
6:30p - 7:30p
2984 decatur ave scottdale, ga 30079
$35 register here
if $35 is cost prohibitive please email me at info@legacybylauren.com to join
this coming weekend I’ll attend Highlander Homecoming
next weekend, I’ll get to bop around town with the CABS-Minnesota folks for our Diverse Voices Fellowship Field School visiting archives and rare book collectors.
the following weekend, I’ll be in Detroit for a half marathon that I am unprepared for
and the weekend after that I’ll be in New York for Lesbian Lives as an attendee
embodying and expanding consent: a community practice space with Sydney continues sunday october 5 12:30p - 2p
apothecary hours with rio sunday october 5 and 26 2p - 5p | no signup required, arrive as you please
Black August was so so good and I wanna return to reading with you here’s a form to pick a day and book to read or invite me to your book club!
I have had these two songs on repeat:
open this wall by berlioz
Talk Down by Dijon
I am still digesting Mama Assata Shakur’s passing but you should check out what the Decolonial Feminist Collective is offering in October.