This year LEIMAY uses HERE’s DOT as an exhibit space offering video portraits of mythical characters created for past RAW live presentations. From abstract beings, to seashell creatures and food nymphs this collection of video portraits gives a poetic look into the process of A Meal.

Parallel to this indoor exhibit, LEIMAY will host three different outdoor encounters with guests speakers, artists and community members for intimate audiences. One of the encounters will welcome audiences to participate in a storytelling recipe circle and Japanese book-binding workshop, sharing memories through food. Another will be centered in a conversation with Saada Amadu, Michelle Jackson, and Qiana Mickie, about the tensions of reconnecting with the land. A third encounter, Cultivating Home: Mapping Ourselves Through Food and Ecology, will feature farmer-artist Sawdayah Brownlee in an event of cooking, eating and conversation around food as a catalyst for understanding and reconnecting with home. To buy tickets, click here