You’re Invited to a Special Reception at MoAD in celebration of FOG

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This event is limited to MoAD Members and FOG Design + Art Fair ticket holders. If you would like to become a MoAD member, click HERE. If you would like to purchase tickets for the 2025 FOG Design + Art Fair, visit their website.

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MoAD Members: Please register for the reception HERE

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2025 FOG Design + Art Fair Ticket Holders: Please show your FOG ticket at the admissions desk at the event, prior registration is not necessary.

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Join us for an evening celebrating the 2025 FOG Design + Art Fair and MoAD’s first ever design exhibition, Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors and Radical Black Joy, an exhibition that considers how art and design can conspire to cultivate domestic interiors not only as spaces of revolutionary action, but also of radical joy and revolutionary rest.

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Visitors will have an opportunity to tour the exhibition and meet Key Jo Lee, MoAD’s Chief of Curatorial Affairs and Public Programs, Cheryl R. Riley and Chantal Hildebrand, whose artworks and designs are featured. On Sunday, January 26 at 1pm at FOG Design + Art Fair, Essence Harden will moderate the conversation, “Liberatory Practices: Cultivating Sovereign Interiors,” during which Chantal Hildebrand, Key Jo Lee, and Cheryl Riley will discuss how their individual practices, are rooted in the principles of liberation, addressing the enduring necessity for Black people to create protective spaces for joy and healing.

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About the FOG Panel

Liberatory Practices: Cultivating Sovereign Interiors – Join us for an inspiring conversation that explores the intersection of art, activism, and Black liberation through the lens of domestic space. In this talk, artists Cheryl R. Riley and Chantal Hildebrand will discuss how they infuse their work with principles of liberation, drawing on the enduring necessity for Black people to cultivate intimate, protective spaces that nurture joy, rest, and revolutionary potential. In conversation with curators Key Jo Lee and Essence Harden, the artists will discuss how their personal and artistic practices harness the transformative power of space in the fight against systemic oppression.

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About the Exhibition

Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors & Radical Black Joy envisions domestic spaces as sites of resistance, rest, and radical joy. The exhibition highlights works of art, furniture, lighting, textiles, and installations that reimagine the home as a sanctuary for Black liberation. Drawing inspiration from bell hooks' concept of “homeplace” and Elizabeth Alexander’s notion of the “Black interior,” the exhibition offers a powerful vision of how intimate spaces can nurture joy, rest, and revolutionary potential.

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RSVP Today!

Space is limited, so don’t miss the chance to be part of this powerful conversation. We look forward to seeing you there for an evening of celebration, conversation, and collective reflection on the radical possibilities of home.

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Dress Code:
Fashionably casual with a touch of radical joy!

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