Community Drum Workshop with FeminAfrika

Part of What We Carry: A Community Art Exhibition & Dialogue

Join us for an afternoon of rhythm, release, restoration, and connection at the Community Drum Workshop with FeminAfrika, presented inside What We Carry at 1310 Gallery in Fort Lauderdale.

Rooted in drumming, sound healing, and community practice, FeminAfrika invites participants to explore rhythm as a way of grounding, connecting, moving energy, and expressing some of what we carry. Through traditional West African rhythms, guided instruction, movement, and shared sound, the workshop creates space for collective release, resilience, joy, and connection.

ALL AGES WELCOMED.

Drums will be provided or birng your own drum.

What to Expect

Guided Drum Instruction

Learn traditional West African rhythms and accessible drumming techniques led by FeminAfrika.

Hands-On Learning

Build rhythms step by step while exploring sound, movement, listening, and connection.

Community Drum Circle

Bring the rhythms together in a shared drum circle centered on collective energy, expression, release, and joy.

Sound, Movement & Grounding

Experience rhythm as a tool for grounding, emotional release, community connection, and embodied expression.

All Experience Levels Welcome

No prior drumming or musical experience is needed. Beginners are warmly welcomed.

Instruments Provided

African drums and instruments will be available. Participants are also welcome to bring their own drum.

What to Bring

Come as you are, with an open mind and comfortable clothing that allows for movement.

1310 Gallery - 1310 SW 2nd Ct.. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312

Suggested donation: $10–$20

Donations support FeminAfrika and What’s Your Elephant™.

About What We Carry

What We Carry: A Community Art Exhibition & Dialogue brings together 35 artists exploring what we inherit, what sustains us, what we survive, and what we are learning to carry differently.

Presented by What’s Your Elephant™ and curated and produced by Niki Lopez, the exhibition creates space for art, reflection, dialogue, community connection, and the complexity of what people carry.

What We Carry is on view August 21–September 10, 2026 at 1310 Gallery.

Exhibition details:

http://whatsyourelephant.org/whatwecarry

Community Experiences

Friday, August 21 | 6–10 PM – Opening reception with artists, community, music + light bites

Sunday, August 30 | 2–4 PM - Community Drum Workshop with Feminafrika

Saturday, September 5 | 12-3PM - WYE Collage-Making Workshop + Community Chat

Thursday, September 10 | 7–9 PM – Closing Reflection: Art, Movement & Community, featuring a performance by Movement artist Damaris Ferrer at 8 PM

Presenting Community Partner: AIDS Healthcare Foundation

Current support for What We Carry includes contributions from Sue Wilder, community donors through Givebutter, and in-kind production, design, communications, and curatorial support from Niki Lopez Creative.

About the Curator

Niki Lopez is an award-winning Afro-Latina interdisciplinary artist, curator, cultural producer, and social practitioner based in South Florida. Since 2008, she has curated and produced community-centered exhibitions and arts experiences at 1310 Gallery and throughout South Florida, using art as a bridge for dialogue, healing, visibility, and collective care.

Through her creative practice and nonprofit work, Lopez creates spaces where personal story, cultural memory, social issues, and creative expression can meet in meaningful ways.

About What’s Your Elephant

What’s Your Elephant is a 501(c)(3) arts and education nonprofit that uses art and facilitated dialogue to address what often goes unspoken. Founded as a community movement in 2013 and incorporated as a nonprofit in 2023, WYE creates culturally responsive spaces for reflection, storytelling, creative expression, and community connection. Since its inception, WYE has engaged more than 3,500 people through exhibitions, workshops, conversations, and immersive art experiences across South Florida.