
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Free Your Mind Symposium Series
6/10
The 2025 Free Your Mind Lecture Series kicks off with a lecture from Dr. Simone Browne, Associate Professor in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Browne will present her research on the social and ethical implications of surveillance through a discussion of her award-winning book, Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness, and her second book manuscript, Art on Surveillance. She will also guide the audience through community-based tactics to organize against surveillance.
Tuesday
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Boyd Vance Theatre
Free Your Mind Symposium Series
6/10
Game Designer and Small Black Museum Residency alum Temitope Olujobi returns to the Carver Museum to present their latest project, Hands That Steal From Other Mouths. Combining a teach-in and live video game performance, Olujobi's work pursues a creative mission to unify Africans, on the continent and in the Black American diaspora, in learning about the collective exploitation and struggle for self-determination.
Tuesday
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Boyd Vance Theatre
Free Your Mind Symposium Series
6/11
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Wednesday
​Second Sight: artist talk - Details coming soon!
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Boyd Vance Theatre
Stay Black & Live Music Festival and Community Cookout
6/14
Saturday
​Enjoy Austin’s finest musicians, free BBQ, fun activities that stimulate then activate the left and right brain, a Black vendor market, and more. - Details coming soon!
12:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Carver Museum and Freedom Plaza
Remembrance Ceremony
6/19
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Wednesday
Details coming soon!
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Boyd Vance Theater