Reclaimed | Nona Faustine: White Shoes

In this episode of Reclaimed, Nona Faustine joins us from the Lefferts Historic House, a historic homestead in Prospect Park, to discuss sites across New York City that are built upon legacies of enslavement, which Faustine has depicted in her photographic series, “White Shoes.”
Today, the Lefferts Historic House is jointly operated by Prospect Park Alliance and the Historic House Trust. The Alliance launched the ReImagine Lefferts initiative in 2021, which continues to allow artists, scholars, and community members to explore the lives, resistance, and resilience of the Indigenous people of Lenapehoking and the Africans enslaved by the Lefferts family between 1783 and 1827. This summer at the Lefferts Historic House, explore artist Adama Delphine Fawundu’ site-specific installation, which will include 25 textile pieces, paying homage to the everyday heroism of the 25 individuals enslaved by the Lefferts family, installed across the historic house’s Flatbush Avenue facade.
Our Reclaimed series focuses on art as a tool to reclaim lost narratives of history and lived experience. An effort to highlight and empower groups that have been left out, stigmatized, and misrepresented. Follow along for a celebration of our differences and strides toward collective healing and social progress.
Experience Nona Faustine: White Shoes through July 7.
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[@natashapbooks]

i need to go back and see the exhibition again. very powerful work

[@ablacksquare]

Seeing this exhibit and artist is such a joy. To know that other people can witness the truth power and history of the white shoes….

[@nested_King]

Just came back from your exhibit. Fantastic work, and the information about the slave trade in Brooklyn was enlightening!

[@deborahrose7047]

Applied information becomes an embodied knowledge

[@bajanplaywright]

I didn't know about slavery in NYC. I want to know more about our ancestors in this city.