Magic, Mirth, and Mortality: Musings on Black Motherhood is a multi-institutional exhibition and panel series April 1-30, 2022.

The exhibition is divided amongst the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center and the St. Augustine Historical Society’s Tovar House.

Opening Reception — Friday, April 1, 2022 — 5:00pm-9:00pm at LMCC.

Inspired by the lived experiences of writer, curator, wife and mother Shawana Brooks.  And celebrates the resilience of Black mothers through the lens of visual art by Cheryl McCain, Marsha Hatcher, and Tatiana Kitchen along with literary art and historical and archival objects.  Using their archival collections, each venue historically contextualizes some of the contemporary inequities Black women experience.

Presented by the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center (LMCC), St. Augustine Historical Society (SAHS), and Crisp-Ellert Art Museum (CEAM).