c. Left, Adama Delphine Fawundu c. Right, Obed Obwoge

Cancelled: Adama Delphine Fawundu: Ancestral Whispers

Please note the Lefferts Historic House, where the Ancestral Whispers collection is on display, will be closed on Thursday, August 1 and Friday, August 2. We apologize for any inconvenience. For information on Lefferts Historic House and the ReImagine Lefferts Initiative, please visit prospectpark.org/lefferts.

View Prospect Park Alliance’s first ever ReImagine Lefferts Artist in Residence, Adama Delphine Fawundu’s site-specific work, Ancestral Whispers. The collection is informed by Prospect Park Alliance’s research into the lives of Africans enslaved by the Lefferts family. To date, the Alliance has identified 25 people enslaved by the Lefferts family at the house between its construction in 1783 and the abolition of slavery in New York in 1827. Fawundu has created 25 fabric banners that transform the house’s Flatbush Avenue facade, inspired by and honoring the heroism of the 25 Africans enslaved by the Lefferts family. Plus, view Fawundu’s 2020 performance piece, In the Face of History Freedom Cape, which was filmed in part in Prospect Park and Lefferts Historic House, and more.

On view June through September on Thursdays – Sundays at 12 pm to 5 pm or October through December 1 on Saturdays + Sundays at 12 to 4 pm.