BE(LONGING), 2023, Performance Video No 1, VIDEO RUNTIME 08:00

BE(LONGING), 2023

The Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center presents Be(longing): Unveiling the Imprint of Black Women Hidden in Plain Sight, an installation by Baltimore-based artist and Public Humanities Fellow Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown inspired by her explorations with archival materials related to Ethel Ennis, Billie Holiday, African American real photo postcards, and other special collections at the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries. Through video, photographic self-portraits, and site-specific performance, de la Brown addresses culturally significant and deeply introspective questions: How many Black women are living in archives? What happens to us when we are invisible? How can I feel seen, and safe, as a Black woman?

About the Tabb Center Public Humanities Fellowships : The Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center Public Humanities Fellows are non-institutionally affiliated organizers, artists, cultural workers, public historians, and knowledge-creators who mobilize materials from the Sheridan Libraries’ rare book, manuscript, and archival collections to strengthen and support their existing community-based work.

November 14 – December 1 2023, Johns Hopkins University The George Peabody Library. The artist activated the public art installation through over fifteen performance hours on the following dates:

Tues Nov 14 - Fri Nov 17
Mon Nov 20 - Wed Nov 22
Sun Nov 26 - Friday Dec 1

Installation Viewing Hours: 10AM–5PM
Performance Hours: 2PM-3PM

Fellowship Reflection YR1 (Response Journal), 2023, VIDEO RUNTIME 03:33