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Juneteenth Celebration: History, Health & the Arts

Juneteenth Celebration: History, Health & the Arts

  • Date

    Jun 21

  • Time

    10 am – 5 pm

  • Ages

    All Ages

  • Admission

    Free

Celebrate Juneteenth with free admission, special activities, vendors and performances across the museum! 

Get up close to amazing artifacts and chat with our curators about exciting Indiana stories – like the story of famous cyclist Major Taylor! Explore the history of Juneteenth with live acts from community artists including musical, visual art and dance performances. You’ll also have opportunities to participate in meaningful conversations, support local businesses with our vendors, take a mindfulness break to refresh, or take your little ones to a story time. Check out the schedule and vendor list below.

This event is FREE and includes $4 parking validation 

a family with drums at a juneteenth celebration

Performance Schedule

10 am-5 pm – Museum open/free admission
10:30-11 am – Performance highlighting the activism of Frederick Douglass by the Asante Art Institute
11-11:30 am – Conversations with Curator Kisha Tandy
11 am-12 pm – 22Starving Artists drum circle performance
11:30 am-12 pm – Early childhood story time
11:30 am-12 pm – Yoga and mindfulness break
11:30 am-12:30 pm – Major Taylor: Champion of the Race documentary, presented by Indiana Public Media
12:30-12:50 pm – Singing performance by Jasmine Elliot
1:50-2:20 pm – Sassy Seniors line-dance performance
2-2:30 pm – Yoga and mindfulness break
2:15-2:45 pm – Performance highlighting the activism of Frederick Douglass by the Asante Art Institute
2:30-3:15 pm – Intimate conversations with Authors Maurice Broaddus and Joseph Tucker-Edmonds, surrounding Juneteenth
3:30-4 pm Epiphany Dance Collective performance

a vendor table at the state museum juneteenth event

Partners, Vendors and Perfromers

Epiphany Dance Collective (performance group)
22 Starving Artists Drum Circle (performance group)
Growing Places Indy (partner with the White River Garden)
Indiana Public Media (providers of the Major Taylor documentary)
Indiana Native Plant Society (partner)
Loudmouth Books (vendor)
Devoted Health (partner)
Sweeties Candy Boutique (vendor)
Jasmine Elliot, singer (performer)
Authors Maurice Broaddus and Joseph Tucker-Edmonds (speakers at intimate conversations)
Asante Art Institute (performance group)
Michele Wood, artist (Vendor)
Sassy Seniors (performance group)
Center of Wellness for Urban Women, Inc. (partner)
Whole Health (partner)
A Grow Culture (partner)
Believe Circle City High School (partner)

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