LEGACY: A Community Mural Workshop

Rooted in Germantown’s layered history, this workshop will explore personal and neighborhood legacies through collaborative mural-making by blending storytelling, typography, and public art in celebration of legacy as collective power.  Led by muralist Diego Mendoza-Ramos, the session will center around the word LEGACY, stenciled across a gridded mural inspired by quilts, protest posters, and early print blocks.

Participants will paint freely within and around this grid—mirroring the physical and symbolic fabric of Germantown—using bold color and shared memory. The final reveal will uncover clean type at the mural’s center, paying homage to the neighborhood’s role in early American printing and visual activism. *

This workshop is part of a broader community series offered through the collaboration between Ourchive and visual artist Levester Williams and supported by Monument Lab. It aims to deeply engage the Germantown neighborhood around the powerful and resonant story of the late Hercules Posey, George Washington’s enslaved cook who courageously escaped. Germantown, known both for its painful legacy of slavery and its landmark role in America's first recorded anti-slavery protest, offers a potent space for exploring themes of historical preservation, social justice, and creative resistance.

At the heart of these events is the belief that individual narratives are powerful tools in safeguarding historical truth, especially during a time when censorship and revisionist pressures threaten collective memory. Participants will not only create personal artifacts, but also contribute to a collective effort to creatively preserve and honor untold stories that shape our communities.

Free and open to all. Light refreshments provided.

Spots are limited—please register in advance to reserve your place.

*By attending this event, I consent to OHCC/6S, Monument Lab, and Ourchive photographing or filming me and my guests, and I authorize them to use these images for any lawful purpose, including publicity and digital or print media, with or without my name.

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