L'Merchie Frazier
@l_merchie
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Multidisciplinary Artist and Educator traversing themes of Black identity in the Americas and beyond. Former Director of Education @MAAHMuseum IG : @L_merchie
Joined March 2020
“If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore.”
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TOMORROW! Join the @UmassBoston Labor Resource Center @Democracybrewng for our James Green Memorial Lecture and People's History Walking Tour. Talk by @MAAHMuseum's @l_merchie at 10am (Zoom in from anywhere) and Boston Black Heritage Trail walk at 11. https://t.co/bO09mOwG2Z
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Thank you!
Congrats to our own @l_merchie who was selected to be 1/16 recipients of @bostonfdn Brother Thomas Fellowship! The award is given biennially to “support and celebrate a diverse group of Greater Boston artists working at a high level of excellence in a range of disciplines...”
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This week in #ArtFixFriday: @nytimes profiles architect and sculptor #MayaLin, #ChloéZhao is nominated for Best Directer at the 2021 #Oscars for @nomadlandfilm, @artnet looks at @l_merchie’s quilt "Madonna and Child: The Embrace" (2019)—and more. https://t.co/gwwyMYChV1
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6pm TONIGHT! I’ll have the honor of being in conversation with Tamara Payne about book 📖The Dead are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X📖 written and researched by Les Payne and Tamara Payne. REGISTER HERE! https://t.co/ruCr92Fvh9
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We are in the midst of uprisings happening across the continent against tyranny, assaults on personhood and violations of human rights. (cont’d)
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Smiles from this conversation yesterday! Have been grateful for the opportunities to reflect on the intersections of the museums as an institution, the arts, and activism. Thank you @gardnermuseum for holding this space for us!
WATCH NOW: The Larger Conversation: Museums and Arts Activism, featuring @ToryShiloh, @ChanelThervil, @goldenthem, and @l_merchie as moderated by our very own Director of Public Programs, Catherine Morris! Tune in: https://t.co/L902mxhbHY
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Thanks to @l_merchie for an insightful look at Black women who helped change the "white possessive logic" and reframe an understanding of "belonging" — including by building diverse coalitions to accomplish suffrage. #BNEC2020
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Very grateful to have been a part of this panel discussion!
Wow, thank you to L’Merchie Frazier (@l_merchie), Elizabeth Salas Evans (@ECONLIZ_E), and John Berst for kicking off #BNEC2020 with our first panel: Black Women as Purveyors of Change! And thank you to our great moderator, Dottie Morris!
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Holding these reflections on my art making and creation close to me today. Thinking about ART and CREATION as vessels for deep deep transformation.
.@l_merchie’s work is centered on helping others to find their voice and discover their own innate creativity. She shares how her community projects aim to encourage people – individually and collectively – to participate in the arena of art-making.
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JOIN US! Today at 4PM! Excited to be contributing history and reflection and looking forward to music by #FlorencePrice and @jmontgomerymusc LINK TO LIVE HERE: https://t.co/6infnqD7sy
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What are the worlds that we are imagining as we see systems of violence dismantled Moving in to the new week and grounding myself in the gratitude felt in being able to partake in this panel discussion. Tune in to the full video linked below!
#ICYMI @WBURCitySpace & @BUArtsInitiativ's virtual panel on the future of #monuments, #publicart & addressing systemic racism w/ @WBUR @WBURartery's @bonitafrobum, @Monument_Lab's @paul_farber, @ColumbiaGSAPP's @NegroBuilding, @l_merchie & @rage1. Watch 👇🏼
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Grateful for this deeply necessary and reflective conversation with @NegroBuilding @rage1 and @paul_farber , as the world is continuing to uproot the systems and institutions predicated on white supremacy.
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🖤TONIGHT! Join @WBURCitySpace & @BUArtsInitiativ Discussing monuments, their legacies + interconnections with systemic racism + public art, alongside @rage1 @NegroBuilding and @paul_farber moderated by @bonitafrobum We begin at 7pm!
Historical #monuments are an important topic right now, so we are joining with @WBURartery & @WBURCitySpace on Thursday 7/23 for a conversation exploring the nuances of this issues & what the future of #publicart could look like. Register to join us: https://t.co/lU97r5nplp
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Looking forward to this virtual panel! Details below.
Join @WBURCitySpace & @BUArtsInitiativ for a virtual panel on shared histories, monuments & the future of public art with @WBUR @WBURartery's @bonitafrobum and @paul_farber of @Monument_Lab, @NegroBuilding of @ColumbiaGSAPP, @l_merchie & @rage1. 7/23, 7pm.
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“Being involved in artistic practice is something we can't live without. Enlivening human beings, individually & collectively, to participate in the arena of art-making helps evolve that spirit of creativity that enables our world” @MAAHMuseum's @l_merchie
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L’Merchie Frazier is an artist and Director of Education and Interpretation for the Museum of African American History, Boston/Nantucket. Her work is centered on helping others to find their voice …
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The past days and weeks have unraveled so much. Taking the time to integrate and sit with all lessons and conversations as we all venture towards more equitable futures. More soon. Continue to take care of yourselves!
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Tune in the the recording of The MGH Juneteenth Celebration! Thank you all!
Recording of today's Juneteenth celebration of the arts is live. ( https://t.co/eBvNaZryE4) Thank you @l_merchie, Dzidzor Azaglo, @BeyondWallsLynn . Thank you @FrontPorchArts I hope this is the start of a beautiful new relationship of MGH with our colorful communities.
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