Tender Table

Photo by Marianna Mcmurdock
Agueda Villaman (left) shared a story of food, family and resilience with her daughter, Sussy Santana, a poet, performer and cultural organizer.
Photo by Marianna Mcmurdock
Valerie Tutson, a Brown graduate and founding member and director of the Rhode Island Black Storytellers, participated in Tender Table’s first Rhode Island event in February.
Photo by Marianna Mcmurdock
For Stacey Tran, founder of Tender Table, “Food always felt like a place to celebrate community.”
Photo by Marianna Mcmurdock
Satpreet Kahlon, a multidisciplinary artist, made an Indian dessert, the base of which was shredded carrots and sugar.
Photo by Marianna Mcmurdock
Star Su, a second-year undergraduate at Brown, spoke of her grandfather and made three different kinds of focaccia.
Photo by Marianna Mcmurdock
Janaya Kizzie, an artist, writer and the current Arts & Culture Research Fellow with the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, presented a performance piece exploring race and motherhood.