Exhibitions

WAZOBIA 2025 ROOTED IN TIME

On May 10 Gallery Reimagined hosted the Wazobia Art and Cultural Festival at the City Springs School
located in the heart of Southeast Baltimore’s Perkins Homes neighborhood. With the generous support of
the Baltimore Community Foundation, we were able to provide 495 free tickets to community
members, ensuring that cost was not a barrier to experiencing high-quality local arts and cultural
programming. This event was especially meaningful in this historically African American neighborhood
that has long faced systemic underinvestment and limited access to the arts. The Wazobia Festival not
only celebrated African culture—it created a space for joy, connection, learning, and cultural pride.
The Wazobia Festival featured a dynamic lineup of performances, workshops, and visual arts experiences.
The event included:
Live Performances: Audiences were treated to an inspiring range of music and dance, including a
jazz ensemble, solo saxophonist, violinist, traditional African drummers and African dancers.
Hands-On Workshops: Community members of all ages engaged in African drum-making, learned
basic drumming techniques, African doll making, and explored the art of African beading.
Panel Discussion: A new addition this year, the panel on Rooted in Time: Africa’s Past, Present,
& Future accomplished true insight on the artists’ inspiration of their artwork as an African
immigrant in America. Rooted in Time: Africa’s Past, Present & Future explored the temporal
and spatial notions of Transatlantic African identity, heritage, culture, and history. This exhibition
brought together artists of African descent working across mixed-media works to challenge linear
understandings of time and identity shaped by colonial frameworks. Featured Panelist:
Chukwudumebi “Chuks” Amadi-Emina, Erasto Matthews, Earnest Shaw, Temi Wynston Edun