To support Black Artists Retreat (Houston Freedmen Town Edition): Black Land Ownership and Space, a four-day convening in May 2024 organized by the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston in partnership with Houston Freedmen’s Town and the City of Houston. The convening will bring together local and national curators, community organizers, and a cohort of Houston-based Black artists, architects, archivists, and urban designers with the aims of expanding awareness of the story of Freedmen’s Town and of exploring the use of art as a vehicle for economic development in Black communities.