UnKnown Project

We live in a time when information is readily available, yet understanding history requires more than simply knowing what happened. It calls us to engage with the past in ways that can challenge our assumptions and deepen our perspective.⁣
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Reckoning begins when we move beyond awareness and ask what the lessons of history mean for us today.⁣
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In our Book Club, we are currently reading How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith and using it as a way to reflect more deeply on how history is remembered and discussed across different places and communities. ⁣
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You can join the Book Club through the link in our comments.

Today is your last day to see Hannah Drake’s Childhood Interrupted mobile art installation at Farmington Historic Plantation before it moves to Riverside 👣

📷 by Josh Miller

Thanks to everyone who joined us last night for the release of We The People: The Stories Beneath the Constitution!

We loved hearing from the contributors during the reading, and having each of you there to champion and support our inaugural publication!

Lots of gratitude to Old Louisville Brewery for hosting the release 📖 and to the Louisville Metro Government’s / the America 250KY Louisville Committee’s 250 Lou Grants for their support!

You can get your copy the We the People Anthology on our website (link in Comments) ✨

Swing by Old Louisville Brewery tonight for our We The People Anthology Book Release & Open Mic!

Remarks and book signing at 6:30p, Open Mic at 7p!

No matter now much time has gone by, it is always okay to step up and do the right thing. These 43 individuals were on the right side of history. Thank you, Governor Andy Beshear.

https://www.lex18.com/news/covering-kentucky/gov-beshear-posthumously-pardons-43-people-who-helped-enslaved-individuals-escape-to-freedom?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQKNjYyODU2ODM3OQABHuoaw3uknu8jRg6zxuJDP4zDuE7eE0TELJVajmyHBhbrvzmVYX6bLn_jDkrr_aem_txwSMJkHNWP8xT08MSYFbA

Gov. Beshear posthumously pardons 43 people who helped enslaved individuals escape to freedom Governor Andy Beshear posthumously pardoned 43 individuals who were wrongfully imprisoned for helping enslaved people escape to freedom, signing the executive order Monday ahead of Juneteenth.

💥 THIS WEEK 💥 can’t wait to see y’all there!

Tuesday, June 16: We The People Anthology release at Old Louisville Brewery

Friday, Juneteenth: Sankofa Homecoming with Play Cousins Collective Olmsted Parks Conservancy

We’re excited to share that Louisville artist Kenyatta Bosman has been selected as the apprentice for sculptor Ellex Swavoni as she creates the new America 250 sculpture for the (Un)Known Project Sculpture Park.

Through the creation of this new sculpture, we felt it was important to invest in the next generation of artists by building mentorship, skill-sharing, and creative growth into the process itself. Through this apprenticeship, Kenyatta will learn alongside Ellex throughout the design and fabrication process as we work toward the unveiling later this year.

“I’m incredibly excited to be working alongside Ellex as her apprentice as she creates a new public art installation for the (Un)Known Project Sculpture Park,” said Kenyatta Bosman. “It feels wonderful to be a student again and to have the opportunity to learn from an artist whose work I’ve admired for quite some time. I’m especially looking forward to learning her sculptural process and exploring how working in three dimensions can expand and transform my own practice as a photographer and visual artist. This apprenticeship is an exciting opportunity for growth, experimentation, and deepening my understanding of material, form, and storytelling.”

Our America 250 Collection and special “est. 1619” shirt are a reminder that Black history is American history.
You know where the 🔗 to shop is 😉

We honor the roles enslaved people played in building the United States, and the Americas, and the ongoing work of Black people to shape our communities and future.

Purchases of merch directly support (Un)Known Project’s work to unearth and honor the names and stories of enslaved people through art and community collaboration.