# Event Details - **Event Name**: What We Carry Closing Featuring The Crossings by Damaris Ferrer - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 10 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 10 Sep, 2026 at 09:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join us for the closing of What We Carry as we gather one final time inside the exhibition for reflection, movement, & connectionAbout this EventClosing Reflection: Art, Movement & CommunityFeaturing The Crossings by Damaris FerrerOverview:Join us for the closing evening of What We Carry: A Community Art Exhibition & Dialogue as we gather one final time inside the exhibition for reflection, movement, connection, and community.The evening will include time to experience the artwork, connect with participating artists and community members, and witness The Crossings, a movement activation by exhibiting artist Damaris Ferrer.Thursday, September 10, 20267–9 PMPerformance at 8 PM1310 Gallery | Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts1310 SW 2nd Ct, Fort LauderdaleFree + open to the publicDescription:As What We Carry comes to a close, we invite you back into the gallery for an evening centered on reflection, movement, and connection.Throughout the exhibition, 35 artists have explored what we inherit, what sustains us, what we survive, what we release, and what we are learning to carry differently. The closing offers one more opportunity to spend time with the work, connect with community, and consider what may have shifted through the experience.At 8 PM, exhibiting artist Damaris Ferrer will present The Crossings.In Ferrer’s words:The Crossings is a movement activation for all who move, in whatever capacity. It is an invitation to connect and care for one another, and a metaphor for what we share and how we continue carrying our paths forward. As bodies move through the gallery, audiences are invited to observe, follow, or move as they feel inspired.The performance activates the gallery itself, inviting movement to exist alongside the artwork and allowing spectators to decide how they wish to participate.Come to look again. Stay for the movement. Reflect on what you encountered, what you may be leaving behind, and what you are carrying forward.About Damaris FerrerDamaris Ferrer is a movement artist whose practice explores the movement of ideas without boundaries or limitations on how they manifest. Her somatic practice informs investigations that may take the form of words, images, objects, movement, or shared experiences. She approaches teaching, guiding, and creating as interconnected parts of her artistic practice.About What We CarryWhat We Carry: A Community Art Exhibition & Dialogue brings together 35 artists exploring what we inherit, what sustains us, what we survive, and what we are learning to carry differently.Presented by What’s Your Elephant™ and curated and produced by Niki Lopez, the exhibition creates space for art, reflection, dialogue, community connection, and the complexity of what people carry.What We Carry is on view August 21–September 10, 2026 at 1310 Gallery.Exhibition details:http://whatsyourelephant.org/whatwecarryActivations & Community ExperiencesFriday, August 21, 2026 | 6–10 PM – Opening reception with artists, community, music + light bitesSunday, August 30, 2026 | 2–4 PM - Community Drum Workshop with FeminafrikaSaturday, September 5, 2026 | 12-3PM - WYE Collage-Making Workshop + Community ChatThursday, September 10, 2026 | 7–9 PM – Closing Reflection: Art, Movement & Community, featuring a performance by Movement artist Damaris Ferrer at 8 PMSupport What We CarryPresenting Community Partner: AIDS Healthcare FoundationCurrent support for What We Carry includes contributions from Sue Wilder, community donors through Givebutter, and in-kind production, design, communications, and curatorial support from Niki Lopez Creative.Your donation helps support exhibition installation, signage, printing, supplies, documentation, artist/program support, community engagement, and the sustainability of What’s Your Elephant™. Support for this exhibition helps keep the work accessible to the public while honoring the labor required to produce meaningful community-centered art experiences.Donate / sponsor / share:https://givebutter.com/wye_whatwecarryAbout the CuratorNiki Lopez is an award-winning Afro-Latina interdisciplinary artist, curator, cultural producer, and social practitioner based in South Florida. Since 2008, she has curated and produced community-centered exhibitions and arts experiences at 1310 Gallery and throughout South Florida, using art as a bridge for dialogue, healing, visibility, and collective care.Through her creative practice and nonprofit work, Lopez creates spaces where personal story, cultural memory, social issues, and creative expression can meet in meaningful ways.https://nikilopez.artAbout What’s Your Elephant™What’s Your Elephant is a 501(c)(3) arts and education nonprofit that uses art and facilitated dialogue to address what often goes unspoken. Founded as a community movement in 2013 and incorporated as a nonprofit in 2023, WYE creates culturally responsive spaces for reflection, storytelling, creative expression, and community connection. Since its inception, WYE has engaged more than 3,500 people through exhibitions, workshops, conversations, and immersive art experiences across South Florida.https://whatsyourelephant.org https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/d5bd53d0-a45b-11f1-8345-8160f1306c66-rimg-w1200-h628-dcb8b888-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/d5cdf5a0-a45b-11f1-8345-8160f1306c66-rimg-w592-h740-dca8b878-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/d5da51b0-a45b-11f1-8345-8160f1306c66-rimg-w592-h740-dcf8f8f8-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/d5e57540-a45b-11f1-8345-8160f1306c66-rimg-w592-h740-dc181808-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/fort-lauderdale/what-we-carry-closing-featuring-the-crossings-by-damaris-ferrer/100001999053509861 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, Exhibitions, Workshops, Nonprofit - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Fort Lauderdale - **state**: FL - **country**: United States - **location**: 1310 Gallery - Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts - **lat**: 26.119023 - **long**: -80.15891599999998 - **full address**: 1310 Gallery - Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts, 1310 SW 2nd Ct, Fort Lauderdale, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: What We Carry Closing Featuring The Crossings by Damaris Ferrer - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/8b40e75c74205254ccb00827903d1fab4bf271bb1fb1ad0f4f368597b9681a00-rimg-w1200-h628-dc080808-gmir.jpg?v=1788084983 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is What We Carry Closing Featuring The Crossings by Damaris Ferrer being held? - **A:** What We Carry Closing Featuring The Crossings by Damaris Ferrer takes place on Thu, 10 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 10 Sep, 2026 at 09:00 pm at 1310 Gallery - Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts, 1310 SW 2nd Ct, Fort Lauderdale, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing What We Carry Closing Featuring The Crossings by Damaris Ferrer? - **A:** What We Carry Closing Featuring The Crossings by Damaris Ferrer is organized by Niki Lopez Presents:. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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