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Join Revolutionary Care artist, Bekezela Mguni for an intimate morning of poetry and conversation. The program presents a live poetry reading that expands on the themes of the exhibition—care as resistance, interdependence, and the quiet, radical gestures that sustain communities. Following the reading, the artist will lead a guided walkthrough of the exhibition, offering personal insights into their work and the broader dialogue among the artists in the show. This is a unique opportunity to experience Revolutionary Care through the artist’s own voice, moving between languages and object, reflection and shared space. Bekezela Mguni (Pittsburgh, PA) is a queer Trinidadian artist, librarian, and cultural organizer. She has over 20 years of community organizing experience, working with LGBTQIA+ communities, youth, women, and people of the global majority. She is a co-founder of New Voices for Reproductive Justice and was trained as a community doula by the Birth Circle. She served as a Client Services Associate at the Midwife Center, which provides reproductive wellness and pregnancy care. During her time at TMC, she organized and updated the library, launched the first celebration of Black Breastfeeding Week in Pittsburgh in August of 2014, and co-founded the Pittsburgh Black Breastfeeding Circle. Bekezela is a member of the Ujamaa Collective and the Black Socialist Formation. She is the Artistic Director at Dreams of Hope, which affirms and uplifts the voices of LGBTQIA+ youth through the arts. She is the founder of The Black Unicorn Library and Archive Project, a community initiative cultivating libraries as sites of possibility and freedom.

The Raphael Building (5645 Butler Street) is wheelchair accessible. Power assist doors are located at the main entrance at the front of the building on Butler Street.

The Timmons Studios (5688 Butler Street) is also wheelchair accessible. The accessible entrance is located along 57th Street – please ring the doorbell for entrance. A lift is available for access to the Fleischner Family Fibers Loft on the second floor.

An accessible parking space for the Raphael Building is available in our front parking lot facing Butler Street. Due to limited space, please call in advance.

Parking for the accessible entrance of Timmons Studios is available on 57th Street.

Accessible restrooms are indicated by signs and located on the main floor of the Raphael Building (5645 Butler Street) and on the first and second floors of the Timmons Studios (5688 Butler Street). Please ask a visitor services representative or an employee for directions.

Service animals such as guide dogs are permitted to assist visitors.

Large print labels and text panels for main gallery exhibitions are available at the front desk and in the gallery.

Open captioning and/or audio description are provided on an exhibition basis.