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"Indigo Tent: Caroline and Jim, More than a Silhouette" at Duke Homestead, Durham NC
Duke Dance Professor Ava LaVonne Vinesett and multidisciplinary artist-scholar and co-founder of Indigo Yard Gals Jessica Almy-Pagán invite you to witness an act of remembrance, recovery, reclamation, and re-consecration. Join us for a “truth telling” of Stories We Should Know, with North Carolina Poet Laureate, Jaki Shelton Green; Mentor, Advocate, and former Chief Operating Officer of Discover Durham, E’Vonne Coleman; and Historian and Assistant Site Manager at Stagville Plantation, Khadija McNair. 11- or 12-year-old Caroline, separated from her mother and sister, was enslaved by Washington Duke for several years. At Duke Homestead, Washington Duke was known to have leased the labor of an enslaved man named Jim. Duke students and members of the Durham community collaborate with Indigo Yard Gals on the grounds of Duke Homestead, gathering to reflect and recalibrate as we restore and re-inscribe the legacies of Caroline and Jim. |
photo by Alec Himwich
photo by Alec Himwich
photo by Alec Himwich
photo by Alec Himwich
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Program9:00 Registration table inside parking lot
9:15 Program opening: Procession (artists/all guests) and Welcome Land acknowledgement(Jess) Mo juba & Libation (Ava- I give praise) 9:45 Khadija McNair presentation and Walk the Land 10:45 Voices from the Elders E’Vonne Coleman Jaki Shelton Green Soloist CC Croxton 11:00 Break 11:20 Intro to stations Stitching the Course of Local Rivers Transforming Heirloom Linens Into Prayer Flags Inscribing Unearthed Histories Into Place 12:30 Lunch (Full-day participants/performing crew) 1:15 Rotate stations 2:30 Tree bundles/gather items created 3:15 Closing remarks/future events CreditsConcept:
Ava LaVonne Vinesett & Jessica Almy-Pagán Research Assistant Brooks Emanuel Image courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina Installation Jessica Almy-Pagán Cici Stevens Voices of the Elders E’Vonne Coleman Jaki Shelton Green Khadija McNair Choreographer Ava LaVonne Vinesett Musicians Beverly Botsford Khalid A. N. Saleem Richard J. Vinesett Domingo B. Vinesett Chris Kannenberg Dancers Janice Clark Chanelle C.C. Croxton (soloist/IYG) Lee Edwards Bonita Joyce Najla McClain (IYG) Ife Presswood Tatiana Reynolds Tria Smothers (IYG) Oesa SaVionne Vinesett (IYG) Photographer Alec Himwich Photography Videographer Domingo B. Vinesett Website Support Juliet Irving Nourishment for Full-day participants Chef Shawn Holland and Sophisticated Catering Customized Shirts and Hoodies Tiffany Johnson Browncustomss Primary sponsor: Duke Dance Program with a special thank you to Jenise Taylor, Andrea E. Woods-Valdés, and Margo Lakin Co-sponsors: Duke University Arts & Sciences Council on Faculty Research; N.C. Division of State Historic Sites with a special thank you to Michelle Lanier, Afro-Carolinian folklorist, and Director of NCDSHS; Duke Homestead; Durham Arts Council Emerging Artists; Delores Farmer; Indigo Yard Gals; and salt mark studios |
Stories We Should Know
Reinterpreting the Foundation of Lincoln Hospital: Race, Power, Philanthropy, and Public History in Durham, North Carolina by Khadija V. McNair
Life Histories of Caroline Brown Barnes (b. Abt 1844-d.1924) by Huiyin Zhou
Interpreting Historic Site Narratives: Duke Homestead on Tour by Rachel Crockett Kirby
Complicating the Narrative: Using Jim's Story to Interpret Enslavement, Leasing, and Resistance at Duke Homestead by Jennifer Melton
Life Histories of Caroline Brown Barnes (b. Abt 1844-d.1924) by Huiyin Zhou
Interpreting Historic Site Narratives: Duke Homestead on Tour by Rachel Crockett Kirby
Complicating the Narrative: Using Jim's Story to Interpret Enslavement, Leasing, and Resistance at Duke Homestead by Jennifer Melton
Indigo Tents offer a participatory component of the multi-pronged, multi-year Living Memorials series of site-responsive "public rituals" acknowledging and re-consecrating several race-based sites of brutality in North Carolina. These public gatherings include workshops, "truth telling", and serve as pilots for ongoing portable installations. Encompassing movement, sound, song, and visual structures, Indigo Tents build on local and regional public histories with keen attention to who and what is absent or under-represented in narratives of our community. All members of the public are invited and encouraged to participate in the unfolding of these intimate gestures of care and connection.
As creatives committed to site-responsive dialogues and concrete initiatives to counter such erasures, we thank you for your sharing in Indigo Tent @ Duke Homestead: Living Memorials 2022.
As creatives committed to site-responsive dialogues and concrete initiatives to counter such erasures, we thank you for your sharing in Indigo Tent @ Duke Homestead: Living Memorials 2022.