Seeding Sovereignty
Led by Myllena Camargo of Sertão Negro in partnership with the Kelly Street Garden
Saturday, October 18, 1:30–3:30 pm
Kelly St. Garden
924 Kelly St, Bronx, NY
Join us this Saturday afternoon for a special off-site, hands-on workshop on plant medicine and garden stewardship led by Myllena Camargo Lima in partnership with the Kelly Street Garden. Kelly Street Garden provides community organizing expertise while Sertão Negro brings traditional medicinal knowledge from Brazilian quilombo traditions, coming together for a workshop that demonstrates how local food sovereignty connects to Indigenous land practices.
About the hosts
Myllena Camargo Lima is a farmer, environmental educator, and graduate in Forest Engineering from the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Brazil. Based in Goiânia, she works to promote agroecology, highlight the sociobiodiversity of the Cerrado biome, and support the autonomy of women farmers. She currently leads Sertão Verde, the Environmental Management Department at Sertão Negro School and Art Studio, where she develops sustainability initiatives that integrate climate justice, anti-racist environmental practices, and art.
Kelly Street Garden is a community garden which provides free, healthy food for local South Bronx residents along with programs and workshops.
About Sertão Negro
Sertão Negro is a Brazilian art school Founded in 2021 by artist Dalton Paula and scholar Ceiça Ferreira where art, food, housing, and land are the grounds for communal life. Sertão Negro is more than an institution—it is a holistic school rooted in Black cultural traditions and the spirit of the quilombo, where art, food, housing, and land are the grounds for communal life. By hosting Sertão Negro at Storefront, we welcome their spirit of community and reworlding.
Throughout this exhibition, the gallery becomes an active extension of Sertão Negro and the networks of support that have emerged from their work. Sertão Negro’s presence unfolds through artworks, archives, films, and a series of weekly public programs led by members of the collective in partnership with local organizations. Each embodied gathering—ranging from recurring Capoeira sessions to crafting workshops—affirms that knowledge is collective, care is mutual, and art is inseparable from everyday life.
Learn more about Território vivo here.
