Patrisse Cullors Instagram – Whenever I’m in deep grief or need to remind myself where I come from I pray to the orisha. This past month has been an exercise in holding grief while taking action. This is an exercise I’m deeply experienced in. I don’t find it coincidental that last weekend was the opening of @fowlermuseum The House Was Too Small exhibition. My work ‘Free Us’ is featured and up until June 2nd. It’s an opportunity for the world to not only experience the objects of Yorubaland but also bear witness to the way our people pray. The way we hold grief. The way we activate resistance. When I say there was an entire village who helped build out this body of work of mine, it took an entire village. My ancestors and Olodumare. The entire orisha pantheon. Dafa, odu, and ebo. I want to thank the entire @fowlermuseum team and especially Erica Jones the curator of African arts for being some of the best people to work with. Thank you @maxwelladdae and @samchatterjee for the beautiful visual short you brought to life. Thank you @whitneyskauge for capturing all the BTS for the stunning images you saw and witnessed and shared with all of us. Thank you @kutula for being my ace in all of this performance work. For fabricating and co designing these beautiful crowns for Oya, Obatala, Oshun and Yemaya. Thank you to @_twiintowers_ for the beautiful and epic soundscape you created for the altar room. Thank you @metabolicstudio for supporting this exhibition! Thank you to the gorgeous and powerful #BlackFemmes who walked with me. A mindfulness moment to hold the space for us all. The way Black women do. @kingavriel @beingxiana @cindybonaparte @liliana.jeanine @ladyblake23 @autumnbreon @luxngrace Thank you @norblacknorwhite and @mayameyershop for our opening ritual garments for Ori Whispers. Thank you @nyasha_bm and @nurturednaturalhair for the care around our Ori. Your magic hands were felt. And thank you to our hair sponsor @rebundle.co. This space is a sacred space for all to receive the kind of love and care we all deserve. Come and be present for yourselves and the orisha. Give space to challenge Christian Supremacy. Ashe ooooo