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Woven Rhythms: Movement, Memory & Community
DATE: Thursday 11/5/26 TIME: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Telfair Academy
Movement Workshop (Ages 17+)
Instructor: Sauda Jackson
Woven Rhythms: Movement, Memory & Community is a high energy interactive experience inspired by Roots in the Rushes: African American Basketry of the Lowcountry. Through African Diaspora movement and rhythm this all-levels program explores themes of culture, resilience, and community, encouraging meaningful connections with the exhibition and each other.
No dance experience is necessary.
Sauda Jackson is a multidisciplinary artist, TEDx speaker, trauma-informed movement facilitator, and creator of The Universal Hug with Sauda. Drawing on more than two decades of teaching, performing, and facilitating workshops across community spaces, museums, universities, and arts organizations. Sauda invites participants to explore culture, history, and healing through movement.
Sponsored by Telfair’s Friends of African American Arts
The exhibition, Roots in the Rushes, will be open prior to the workshop start time.