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April 2023

Fluency: The Language of Water and Who We Are (Pop-Up Event in the Historic Kelly Pool)

Date:Saturday, April 8, 2023

Time:3:00pm—4:30pm

Location: Fairmount Water Works

Admission: Free

Frae-Frae: Daughter of Drexciya presents Fluency: The Language of Water and Who We Are    An immersive sonic experience wading through memories, dreams, and reflections regarding how water can divide and unite, while never being defeated. LaFrae Sci a.k.a Frae-Frae: Daughter of Drexciya, is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, educator, composer, and electro-acoustic adventurer. Bedrock […]

March 2023

Reopening of “POOL”

Date:Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Time:11:00am—5:00pm

Location: Fairmount Water Works

Admission: FREE

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March 2022

POOL Exhibition

Date:March 23, 2022—October 8, 2022

Location: Fairmount Water Works

Admission: FREE

POOL weaves together history, site-specific artwork, storytelling, scholarship and place-based learning to illuminate a history of segregated swimming in America, and its connection to present-day drowning issues affecting Black communities.

POOL Opening / World Water Day

Date:Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Time:12:00pm—5:00pm

Location: Fairmount Water Works

Admission: FREE

  POOL weaves together history, site-specific artwork, storytelling, scholarship and place-based learning. The exhibit installations build on one another to illuminate a history of segregated swimming in America, and its connection to present-day drowning issues affecting Black communities. Open Wednesdays – Fridays, 12pm – 5pm and Saturdays, 10am – 5pm.