Female Drummers Take Over the Brooklyn Museum

by Santiago Felipe

March 6, 2016

Santiago Felipe

On Saturday evening, the Brooklyn Museum was filled with beats thanks to the “Oral History of Female Drummers” museum takeover. Presented by Tom Tom Magazine, the event brought together female drummers and beat-makers of all backgrounds to explore the “undocumented history of female drummers using the oral tradition of performative exchange.”

Photos by Santiago Felipe for the Village Voice

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