PROGRAMS
TRANSFORM 1012
PROGRAMS
Transform 1012 offers different programs and activities with an emphasis on educational components, featuring the history of the building and race relations in the region, including the story of Mr. Fred Rouse, a Black father and butcher who was lynched in Fort Worth in 1921. These programs aim to help us to interpret North Texas history, stimulate dialogue, share opportunities for community involvement and positive action, and promote justice and human rights.
PHOTO: RON SHUE
COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS
Community-Informed Design prioritizes collective lived experiences, dreams and perspectives in design creation, material selections, historical references, connection to land and feedback loops. Community-Informed Design is Community Care.
Transform 1012 is a movement towards reparative justice and community healing. The future Transform 1012 Center for Arts and Community Healing is being designed to address historic traumas while embracing hope-filled futures. The Community Conversations Program aims to co-create and strengthen connections with communities. Building on 2024 conversations and existing organizational efforts, 2026 Community Conversations will ensure that design processes and architectural updates remain accessible and responsive to the North Texas communities we serve.
This free family-friendly event will include:
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A presentation by the design team
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Discussions
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Activities for youth
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Information about the organization and design progress
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Local snacks
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Free parking
Spanish language and ASL interpretation available.
Please note that this is a come-and-go event.
Saturday, October 24, 2026 | Artes de la Rosa, 11am-1pm
1440 North Main St, Fort Worth, TX 76164
Click HERE to RSVP
PHOTO: KEN SPARKS
BLESSING CEREMONY
On August 12, 2023 There were over 100 people in attendance for this truly transformative experience.
We are grateful that twelve local spiritual and cultural leaders donated their time and came together for an inspiring gathering dedicated to co-creation and community building. And we were equally gratified to see so many people from a plurality of cultures and constituencies gathering together and taking steps toward healing our building and our city, as we begin the process of the construction phase of this collective journey.
ALL PHOTOS K.P. WILSKA
URBAN AGRICULTURE WORKSHOPS
Our pilot program ‘Urban Agriculture and Marketplace’ strives to fulfill Transform 1012’s mission by building resilience and a green and sustainable infrastructure.
A connection with the earth –working together to nurture and grow our food– heals us. It instills a sense of belonging to a place and a sense of unity in transforming any piece of land into a source of nourishment for the body and soul.
Our 1st workshop was held at Opal’s Farm on November 18, 2023.
Check back for our next Urban Agriculture Workshops.
North Texas Histories
North Texas HistoriesWe are asking for your input to design the permanent exhibits and programming for The Transform 1012 Center for Arts and Community Healing.
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The former Ku Klux Klan auditorium, once a symbol of racial terror, will be reimagined as a sanctuary of art, dialogue, and collective healing. This work requires careful stewardship: ensuring that the stories told are accurate, respectful, and empowering while also returning agency and resources to communities historically harmed by white supremacy. Our building’s programming & exhibits will present many stories surrounding the building and inter- and intra-group relations in the region. Through our programming, The Transform 1012 Center aims to present narratives that have been forgotten - or hidden- histories that must be remembered so that we do not repeat the past.
The title of our programming & permanent exhibit initiative will be called The North Texas Histories / Historias de North Texas
This title, “Histories," is inspired by the Spanish word “historias." Unlike English, this word can include written and oral, individual and collective, fictional and non-fictional narratives (for example "las historias de mi abuela” or “my grandmother’s stories"). Histories/Historias also acknowledges the plurality of the Transform 1012 Center’s constituencies and experiences. We each have our individual story—none of our cultures is monolithic but, rather, beautifully complex and multifaceted.
You also have the opportunity to share your thoughts in person at our upcoming Community Listening Session on October 24 at Artes de la Rosa, 1440 N Main St., Fort Worth, TX 76164 from 11am-1pm.
Please RSVP via Eventbrite.
The title of this initiative, North Texas Histories / Historias de North Texas is inspired by the Museu de Arte de São Paulo’s "Histórias" program.
PHOTO: W.D. SMITH COURTESY OF UTA LIBRARIES DIGITAL GALLERY
Historias de North Texas
Solicitamos sus aportes para diseñar las exposiciones permanentes y la programación del Transform 1012 Center for Arts and Community Healing.
El antiguo auditorio del Ku Klux Klan, que en su día fue un símbolo de terror racial, se transformará en un santuario dedicado al arte, el diálogo y la sanación colectiva. Esta labor exige una gestión responsable y cuidadosa: garantizar que las historias que se cuenten sean veraces, respetuosas y empoderadoras, al tiempo que se devuelven la capacidad de acción y los recursos a las comunidades históricamente perjudicadas por la supremacía blanca. La programación y las exposiciones de nuestro edificio presentarán diversas historias relacionadas con el inmueble y con las relaciones entre grupos —y dentro de ellos— en la región. A través de sus actividades, el centro Transform 1012 aspira a difundir narrativas que habían caído en el olvido —o que permanecían ocultas—; historias que es preciso recordar para no repetir los errores del pasado.
Nuestra iniciativa de programación y exposición permanente se titulará The North Texas Histories / Historias de North Texas
Este título, «Histories», se inspira en la palabra española «historias». A diferencia del inglés, este término abarca narrativas tanto escritas como orales, individuales como colectivas, y de ficción como de no ficción (por ejemplo, «las historias de mi abuela»). Asimismo, «Histories/Historias» reconoce la pluralidad de los grupos y experiencias que conforman el Transform 1012 Center. Cada uno de nosotros posee su propia historia individual; ninguna de nuestras culturas es monolítica, sino más bien maravillosamente compleja y polifacética.
También tiene la oportunidad de compartir sus opiniones en persona en nuestra próxima sesión de escucha comunitaria, el 24 de octubre en Artes de la Rosa (1440 N Main St., Fort Worth, TX 76164), de 11:00 a.m.a 1:00 p.m.
Por favor, confirma tu asistencia a través de Eventbrite.
El título de esta iniciativa, North Texas Histories / Historias de North Texas está inspirado en el programa "Histórias" del Museu de Arte de São Paulo.
FOTO: W.D. SMITH, CORTESÍA DE LA GALERÍA DIGITAL DE LAS BIBLIOTECAS DE LA UTA
THE FRED ROUSE
MEMORIAL TOUR
The Fred Rouse Memorial Tour, honoring the Memory of Mr. Fred Rouse is an interactive, bike, car, and virtual tour to four sites associated with the December 11, 1921 racial terror lynching of Mr. Fred Rouse in Fort Worth, TX. The tour is accompanied by a downloadable, augmented reality, phone/tablet app that is used at each of the four sites—or remotely—to understand and process the history of the murder of Mr. Rouse at the hands of a white mob.
For more information, please contact: info@tccpj.org.
Design Week was a 5 day community participatory effort to select an architectural design partner to transform the 1012 N. Main Street building in Fort Worth into The Fred Rouse Center for Arts and Community Healing. The Selection Committee unanimously selected four finalists for the Design Architect selection who place a strong emphasis on architecture as a tool for positive social change, care work, and design justice.
The week allowed the architects to harmonize with the project through meaningful inquiry and discovery as they reimagined the process for enacting the interrelationship between the built environment, city planning, neighborhoods, and people. Transform 1012 hosted the architects through 5 days of local culture and context sessions, area tours, access to informational tools and resources, and authentic opportunities to engage with the public.
ALL PHOTOS: KEN SPARKS
DESIGN WEEK EVENTS
OPENING CELEBRATION was held on October 15, 2023
This community-wide Opening Celebration for Design Week provided Fort Worth residents the opportunity to welcome and engage with the Design Architect finalists transforming 1012 N. Main Street into a center for arts and community healing.
PHOTOS: KEN SPARKS
CLOSING CELEBRATION was held on October 18, 2023
Thank you for coming out to help us choose our Design Architect with a community-wide Presentation and Closing Celebration! Our four architect team finalists shared visions for the Transform 1012 Center for Arts and Community Healing.