Centering Culture: MassQ Ball Panel Discussion
Sun, Sep 14
|St. Augustine's Church
A conversation with MassQ Ball Artists Mar Parilla, Cornell Colley, and Ifé Franklin around culture, intentional place making, and the beautiful connections that arise when both are centered.
Time & Location
Sep 14, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
St. Augustine's Church, 137 Allston St, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
About the event
Join dancer/choreographer Mar Parilla, percussionist Cornell Colley, and interdisciplinary artist Ifé Franklin in a conversation rooted in culture, intentional place making, and the beautiful connections that arise when both are centered.
Moderated by Castle of our Skins' Artistic Director Ashleigh Gordon, this discussion is a prelude to the MassQ Ball 2025: Color event in which all three artists will be showcased.
As part of the Black History in Action Cambridge (BHAC) Heart of the Culture series at St Augustine's in Cambridgeport, which aims to uplift Black history through arts, activations, and shared joy.
60-90 minute panel followed by coffee and socializing.
IFÉ FRANKLIN
Ifé Franklin’s practice involves several genres of artmaking inspired by the lives of her ancestry which includes folk tales, slave narratives, dreams, dance, song, culinary arts, varied indigenous African spiritual traditions, photography, and film making. Over the last decade she has been developing Ifé Franklin’s Indigo Project…