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RFTMI INAUGURAL 2026 SEASON SCHEDULE - All sessions: Saturdays, 1–3pm EST

Jan 17 — Bárbaro Martínez-Ruiz + Faisal Abdu’Allah
Made to be Seen: Kongo Graphic Writing as a Basis for Rethinking the Transmission of Knowledge / Solid, Liquid, Gas: Mapping with Substance, Sonics, and the Multiple. Watch the Event here.

Feb 21 — Fred Moten + Frank Stewart
Notes on Our Trip to Spain / Improvising on a Riff

Mar 14 — C. Daniel Dawson + Adam Rudolph
Widi Mambo / Transmission of Energies: Inspirations and Mythologems

Apr 18 — Robert G. O’Meally + Yosvany Terry
Before Thompson and After Thompson / Diasporic Conversations: Arará Musical Traditions and the Republic of Benin

May 16 — George Nelson Preston + Adger Cowans
The Meaning Beyond the Other Side of the Canvas / On Becoming Adger

Jun 20 — Marta Moreno Vega + Adama Delphine Fawundu
The Multidisciplinary Aesthetic Vision of Master T: The Flash! / Vibrations from the Deep: Ancestral Wisdom and Artmaking

Jul 18 — Will Calhoun + Saki Mafundikwa
Halographica: Sound, Space and the Fabric of Reality / Explosion of Writing Systems and Typography in Afrika

Aug 22 — Petra Richterová + Rocka Jamez
Rumba: Writing and Sculpting in Air / Uniting Dance Cultures

Sep 19 — Yanique Hume + Gabri Christa
TBD / Suriname: Ancestors Move the Spirit

Oct 17 — Henry Drewal + Renata Wheedbee
Sensory Encounters: Arts in Africa and its Diasporas / Onyx Samurai: A Sensory Journey Through Afro-Diasporic Futurism

Nov 21 — Michael Veal + Neil Clarke
Sirius Musicology / Rethinking the Presence of the African Drum in North America

Dec 12 — Marcus Strickland + Kwami Coleman
Being Blue is Being Human / Can Music/Sound Free Us?

The livestream page serves as a direct access point to our monthly virtual salons. You may tune in at the scheduled time each month or watch the recorded sessions on the RFTMI YouTube channel anytime.

Cover photo of Cuban dancer Félix Insua and Robert Farris Thompson by Petra Richterová, 2008.