Through months of workshops, artist Jabari Jefferson drew residents of Annapolis into his work.

They brought old clothes, books and other personal objects to the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum and sessions after classes in local schools, giving it all up to create something new.

Then they cut them into long strips.

“It was essential from the beginning that we include the community while I was doing this,” Jefferson said. “My mixed-media process can be complex, but the results are beautiful.”

One result is an 18-foot-tall tapestry at the center of the museum’s new yearlong exhibit, “Sacred Spaces.” It opens Saturday.

Jefferson is a Washington, D.C., artist who works with deconstructed materials, ink, acrylic and oil paints. Fifteen of his tapestries, paintings and sculptures are displayed over three floors of the museum for the exhibit.

Officials at the museum, the state’s official African American history and culture museum, describe the exhibit as a meditation on disposable life in America and Black culture.

Jefferson is a bit more direct.

“When all those strips are put together on rolls ... it then becomes a library, a very grand, tall library,” Jefferson said.

He developed the technique while studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, creating a series of Black historical figures at libraries. He has since moved to other styles, but brought this back for the collaboration project.

“I thought it would be wonderful to let the people in on it,” he said. “We spent time breaking them down, specifically to create an 18-foot tapestry dedicated to ... the life and history of Maryland.”

The centerpiece also includes an interactive element by Baltimore artist Scott Tucker. A QR code takes viewers to a video on the history of the building, created out of the former Mount Moriah AME Church on Franklin Street.

The exhibit opens with a reception and celebration of Black History Month from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.

Admission is free, but tickets are required for the reception and several other events planned during the run.

Here are more great things to do in the coming week.

Opera for children

11 a.m. Saturday

Opera often can be misunderstood as a stuffy art form for very serious adults. Annapolis Opera breaks that stereotype with its latest production, “Little Red’s Most Unusual Day.”

The comic retelling of “Little Red Riding Hood” features a shy forest ranger, Red’s mother, grandmother and the wolf. Along the way, Granny kisses the wolf, the ranger loses his pants and Little Red gets in trouble.

The show was produced in cooperation with the Towson University Opera Outreach Ensemble. Tickets for the performance at Maryland Hall on Chase Street are $18.

Go-go, again

6 p.m. Saturday

Two bands exploring go-go, the D.C. funk variant that originated with Black musicians of the 1970s, come to Maryland Hall.

Annapolis-based Pock3t, fronted by Troy Sellman Jr., will perform, and so will DC Vybe featuring DJ Princess C, in Go Go: The Next Generation. The concert is the first for Pock3t and is hosted by Eric “Buddy” Davis of Annapolis.

General admission tickets are $30 plus fees, or $25 for students who purchase seats in the balcony and use the discount code “youthgogo.” Children 5 and under are free.

Code breaking

7 p.m. Saturday

Let’s be honest. When was the last time you saw a stand-up comic who identifies himself as a queer/transgender Tamil Sri Lankan American cultural-worker-activist-poet-writer-actor-comic?

You can catch D’Lo along with fellow comedian Hedi Sandberg and host Stephen Baxley at Stan and Joe’s Saloon on West Street in Annapolis. It’s a show produced by Beer Run Comedy and Ray Jubela.

D’Lo’s unique perspective has led to a two-decade career of standup comedy and a trilogy of one-person plays.

Tickets are $20 online, plus taxes and fees.

Chilly market day

9 a.m. to noon Sunday

If cold weather has you dreaming of local greens and other produce, check out the Anne Arundel County Farmers Market.

Open just one day a week during the winter, the market off Truman Parkway features mushrooms, greenhouse greens, meats, cheeses, beverages from Maryland distilleries and breweries, and a breakfast grill.

Admission is free, individual prices vary.

Good soup, good cause

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday

Since its inception in 2007, the annual Annapolis Souper Bowl fundraiser at Heritage Baptist Church has raised over $60,000 for the Light House shelter and its homelessness programs.

This year, volunteers hope to raise another $10,000 through donations at its soup lunch hours before Super Bowl LIX kicks off in New Orleans.

Guest chef Brian Shallcross, a member of the Forest Drive church and general manager of the Chesapeake Baysox, has prepared soups including chicken noodle, baked potato and chili.

Admission is free, and all proceeds go to the shelter.

Bluegrass pioneer

7:30 p.m. Tuesday

Dom Flemons is co-founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the first Black string band to win a Grammy.

A folk musician, country artist, songwriter, music historian and poet, he brings his solo act to Rams Head on Stage on West Street. Tickets are $35, plus taxes and fees.