ROM Celebrates Black History Month with a Special Carnival Edition of #FNLROM, WORN: SHAPING BLACK FEMININE IDENTITY, and More!

The ROM celebrates Black History Month, presented by CIBC with a full calendar of events to recognize Africa's rich heritage and histories. Highlights include a new exhibition, Worn: Shaping Black Feminine Identity which opens on Saturday, January 31, in the Sigmund Samuel Gallery of Canada, Level 1. This installation by Karin Jones, a Vancouverbased artist and a descendant of the Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia, features a Victorian mourning dress, adorned with braids and surrounded by natural cotton buds. The dress is intended as an expression of the artist's perspective on African-Canadian culture and belongingness. Worn was selected from a call for proposals for artists from the African Diaspora as part of the ROM's Of Africainitiative

Additional ROM Black History Month programming includes:

February 6 - ROM Friday Night Live Encore: Carnival

Presented by Ford of Canada and supporting sponsors Peroni Nastro Azzurro, and Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

7:00 pm - 11:00 pm

For one night only #FNLROM returns with winter to celebrate Carnival. Tickets to #FNLROMare $12 General, $10 Students/Seniors, free for ROM Members.

This edition of #FNLROM, ROM partners with fashion designer/curator, Chinedu Ukabam for our inaugural culinary event, Kitchen Conversations: Palattes of Africa - Carnival, a unique exploration of cuisine from South America and the Caribbean - with its roots in West Africa. Included in the event is a dinner with a menu developed in collaboration with renowned New York-based chef Pierre Thiam who will also be on hand to prepare and introduce his creations. Tickets to Kitchen Conversations are $50 General, $45 ROM Members (all tickets include admission to #FNLROM).

February 7 - Discovery Corner - Carnival

11:00 am - 3:00 pm, Free with ROM General Admission

Discover worldwide Carnival traditions with artifact touch tables, art projects, and scavenger hunts that tell the stories and history of Carnival traditions from around the world.

February 17 - ROM Speaks: Thomas Allen Harris, Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Eaton Theatre

A critically acclaimed documentary that looks at the ways African American communities used the camera as a tool for social change from the invention of photography until present day. This screening is followed by a talk with the film's award-winning director and filmmaker, Thomas Allen Harris.

Tickets are $20 General, $18 ROM Members/Students/Teachers

February 22 -ROM Daytime: In Conversation with DJ Kid Capri

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Eaton Theatre

An afternoon with Kid Capri, New York's legendary DJ and Grammy-winning producer, in conversation with hip-hop attorney, author and podcast host, Combat Jack. Program presented by Manifesto Community Projects & the ROM.

Free event, for details visit: http://www.rom.on.ca/en/activities-programs