Brooklyn artist Modesto Flako Jimenez is bringing his “Taxilandia” series to Washington’s Anacostia neighborhood through a partnership between Valley Place Arts Collaborative and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
The interactive series, which examines gentrification’s impact on neighborhoods, will host three salons Feb. 28-March 2. The sessions will explore what it means to be a local, immigrant or resident.
Local artists joining the conversations include Melani N. Douglass, founder of The Family Arts Museum; John Johnson, founder of Verbal Gymnastics; and filmmaker Jason Anderson, who directed “The Art of Unemployment” and “HisStory of the Drum.”
Jimenez developed “Taxilandia” in 2021, drawing from his nine years as a taxi driver in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood. The project combines conversations with residents and personal taxi tours.
The Anacostia series will ask participants to consider their “personal roadmap of home” while discussing strategies to address gentrification. Feedback from attendees will help shape future taxi tours of the neighborhood.
Valley Place Arts Collaborative will receive all proceeds from the events, which can be attended in person or virtually.
For tickets, go to taxilandia.com/anacostiaexperience.