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Presented by the NAACP Boulder County Branch in partnership with the Executive Committee, African American Cultural Events, Boulder County

Boulder County Black History Month 2023 Celebration
January 15 — March 4, 2023, Various Locations and Times

Theme: The Evidence of Who We Are: Uplifting & Celebrating Our Youth & Community through Artistic Expression

The NAACP Boulder County and Executive Committee, African American Cultural Events, Boulder County, invite you to participate in their 2023 Black History Month Celebrations. In February, the world acknowledges and celebrates Black History, and we will do the same in Boulder County. Our 2023 Black History Month Celebration will feature two events that are comprised of various dates.

Black Futures in Art: We’re Not Just History- Six exhibitions featuring the works of Black artists in Boulder County

First Congregational Church Gallery, Boulder, CO, Jan. 15, 2023, 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Off Broadway Gallery at Pine Street Church, Boulder, CO, Feb.2, 2023, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Panel Discussion- 6:30 pm
The Gallery @ Bus Stop Apartments, Boulder, CO, Feb. 3, 2023, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Dairy Arts Center-Performing Arts, Boulder, CO, Jan. 28 – Mar. 4, 2023, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
East Window Gallery, Boulder, CO, Now through 29, 2023, By Appointment – [email protected]
East Simpson Coffee, Lafayette, CO, Jan. 20 – Mar. 4, 2023
Stone Sculpting Classes with Satoro Tafura, Kuumba Arts Space, Longmont, Saturdays, Feb.4-25, 2023, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm. Call 303-856-6738

Youth Storytelling featuring youth author Nyibol Bior and her book “My Beautiful Colors.” Bior is a K-12 teacher and former refugee born in South Sudan. “My Beautiful Colors” is a story about how colors have multiple and opposite meanings and how colors taught Bior to treat herself and others with respect and dignity.

Feb. 5, 2023, 2:00 pm Longmont Library. Exhibit Highlighting Black Authors
Feb. 18, 2023, 10:00 am. Longmont Museum. Youth author Nyibol Bior: “Changing Your Blues to Blue Skies” followed by an art activity
Feb. 18, 2023, 3:00 pm Lafayette Library. Youth author Nyibol Bior: “Changing Your Blues to Blue Skies” followed by an art activity