Events

From June 2019 to October 2019 the Bastrop County Museum & Visitor Center held a “Bastrop County African American Special Exhibit” to showcase 13+ the Freedom Colonies in Bastrop County.   Your browser does not support the video tag.

The BCAACC held its first Open House during the Christmas season at the Kerr Community Center. There was a Buffalo Soldiers reenactment. Event was free to the public and also a fundraiser.         Your browser does not support the video tag.

A Recognition and Awards program was held at the Kerr Community Center to honor philanthropist and Board member and one of the BCAACC’s founders—Mr. David Collins. Also honored was Summus Industries’ CEO Rodney Craig.      

A Memory Jug Workshop at the historic Kerr-Wilson House honored ancestors through personalized creations made from treasured containers and meaningful keepsakes. The workshop was led by artist and retired Southern University Art Professor Janis Bergman-Carton.        

The Unsung Heroes Award was created by the BCAACC in 2023 to recognize individuals who have devoted their lives to family, community service and the preservation of African American history. The first of these awards was hosted by one of the original BCAACC founders, Doris Williams.        

BCAACC held an ancestral Thanksgiving celebrating traditional food that was eaten and created by Freedom Colony African Americans and their contemporaries and today are common dishes enjoyed by all Americans.      

Quilting experience was not necessary to attend this informative and hands on workshop led by Cynthia Vaughn and Deb Harris, co-founders of the African American Quilt Circle of San Antonio. These Quilting experts helped guide participants as they made their own symbolic quilts, each honoring each participants personal Freedom Colony story.