Let’s Talk About…Symposium “Artists: Gatekeepers of the Black Experience”

Join the African American Cultural Center of Camden for a special conversation with Pierce Freelon, a GRAMMY®-nominated artist, author, and Afrofuturist creator working at the intersection of children’s media, music, and storytelling.

Pierce is the creator of six acclaimed children’s music albums, including the GRAMMY®-nominated children’s albums AnceStars and Black to the Future, which have been featured on the “Today Show”, NPR, and Billboard. In television and audio, he has written songs for PBS Kids‘ series Alma’s Way and Work It Out Wombats!. He is the co-creator and star of “Jamming on the Job”, PBS Kids’ first original podcast. He also co-founded the Emmy Award–winning PBS series Beat Making Lab.

Pierce has published two children’s picture books with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers – Daddy-Daughter Day and Daddy & Me: Side by Side.His storytelling extends into film and performance as the writer, composer, and co-director of History of White People in America, an official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival.

A former Durham City Councilman and university professor, Pierce has spent his career serving the community through building creative ecosystems—from founding Blackspace, a digital for youth, to serving on the board of NorthStar Church of the Arts.