Lifting Liberty is a collage, photo, and text meditation on the legacy of Black cultural spaces in East Liberty. From Howe Studios to the Selma Burke Art Center to the Shadow Lounge, a constellation of creative places and people have shined bright for more than a century in our neighborhood. The installation pulls from archives and contemporary source material to amplify East Liberty as a hub of creativity despite its history of cultural displacement. With an eye on the future, Lifting Liberty imagines an East Liberty where arts are anchored for the next 100 years.

Lifting Liberty is on view at KST’s lobby gallery. The gallery is open to the public during and one hour before every KST Presents event. Arrive early and take a look!

Artwork by Njaimeh Njie