Register for HOMEPLACE: Four Days of Art, Design, Food, Music and Gathering in Philadelphia
HOMEPLACE is a four-day cultural experiment transforming a historic Philadelphia row home into a living exhibition of the Black home as a site of design, ritual, and political imagination.
Launching during the 250th anniversary of the United States, the project positions domestic space as a foundational but overlooked form of cultural infrastructure.
Through commissioned artworks, public programming, and publishing, HOMEPLACE creates economic and intellectual support for Black designers while contributing to a broader reexamination of American cultural history.
Programs
The HOMEPLACE exhibition will be free and open to the public from 12pm–5pm each day, alongside four featured programs. All tickets are available on a sliding scale.
10/10 | House Jam with Talie Cerin
Our official kick-off event. Come see the work and enjoy live music.
10/11 | Communion: A Three-Course Supper with Chef Anjola
A standout event featuring an original ceramic tablescape by Kristen Stain. Plates will be available for purchase after dinner.
10/12, Afternoon | Desire Lines Braiding Workshop with Angel Edwards
This workshop aims to keep the cultural, ancestral, and communal practice of hair braiding alive by teaching attendees how to braid their own hair.
Register for the Braiding Workshop
10/12, Evening | Selected Work: A Film Screening with Walé Oyéjidé
For our final event of HOMEPLACE, we will be screening a film by award-winning filmmaker and fashion designer Walé Oyéjidé.
Register for the Film Screening
Featured Artists and Partners
HOMEPLACE will feature ceramicist Kristen Stain, an Àrokò founding member. Stain is contributing a limited-run dining set, as well as new sculptural work.
In addition, HOMEPLACE will feature contributions from local artists, including printed, painted, and sculptural works.
This engagement with the local creative community will extend into the programming, featuring musicians and theorists exploring the core questions of HOMEPLACE:
What has the Black home built inside the American project?
What does domestic space make possible that institutions cannot?
What is the form and function of the Black home in times of social change?
About 1803 Pine St.
The Frankel-Ajayi family has been slowly restoring this historic row home back to its original state as a single-family space.
The family has a deep history with and around the arts and culture, from managing musicians like King Sunny Adé to operating The Lucky Goat coffeehouse in Fairmount.
Beyond 2026
HOMEPLACE is conceived as a pilot — the first expression of a longer-term cultural infrastructure.
Following its 2026 debut, the goal is for the project to evolve into a recurring salon model in Philadelphia, aligned with key civic and cultural moments.
Join us at HOMEPLACE and register for the featured programs. Tickets are available on a sliding scale, and the daytime exhibition is free and open to the public.
