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SUMMARY:Black History Month Exhibit – African Americans and the Arts
DESCRIPTION:Our Current Exhibit: \nBlack History Month – African Americans and the Arts\nFebruary 9\, 2024 – March 30\, 2024\nCost – Free\, Donations Appreciated\nMuseum Hours: Thursdays Thru Sundays 10:00 am – 4:00 pm\n \nAfrican Americans and the Arts\nIn alignment with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s 2024 Black History Month festival theme\, Petaluma Blacks for Community Development presents African Americans and the Arts\, an exhibition at the Petaluma Historical Library & Museum\, February 9-March 30. The exhibition will celebrate African American expression across several genres\, including music\, dance\, literature\, film\, architecture\, and the visual arts. Works from artistic and cultural movements such as the New Negro movement\, Black Renaissance\, hip-hop\, and Afrofuturism will be featured. \nAfrican Americans and the Arts will showcase local contemporary artists Denise Ward and Orin Carpenter\, and will also highlight the artistic achievements of acclaimed African American painters across the decades\, including Joshua Johnson\, Alma Thomas\, and Faith Ringgold. The exhibition will also highlight the accomplishments of award-winning science fiction writer Octavia Butler\, groundbreaking dancer Misty Copeland\, pioneering architect Norma Merrick Sklarek\, and lauded filmmaker Spike Lee. Additionally\, the exhibition will recognize the 50th anniversary of hip-hop and honor the contributions of numerous Black American musicians. \nAn opening reception for the exhibition will take place at the Museum on February 9 at 6:30pm. The event will include a performance by special guest Makeda Kumasi\, a multi-talented dancer\, storyteller\, teacher\, and much more. Kumasi will dance and play African drums. Admission to the opening reception is $10\, but no one will be turned away. \nPetaluma Blacks for Community Development will kick off Black History Month at the Petaluma Historical Library & Museum with a sold-out annual jazz concert featuring Dorian Mode on February 2 at 7:00pm. \nOther Black History Month events organized by Petaluma Blacks for Community Development and partners include the following: \n\nFeb 4: Art in Conversation with Denise Ward and Orin Carpenter at the Petaluma Arts Center\nFeb 15: Tina Rogers will perform two 30 minute hip-hop sessions at the Polly Klaas Center\nFeb 17: Keenan Webster will share music of the banjo related instruments at the Petaluma Library\nFeb 18: Art in Conversation with Denise and Rose Hill at the Santa Rosa Museum\nFeb 24: Annual Black History Program at the New Life Christian Church\n\nPlease see petalumamuseum.com for exhibition information and visit pbcd4us.com for additional information and programming details.
URL:https://www.petalumamuseum.com/calendar-event/black-history-month-exhibit-african-americans-and-the-arts/
LOCATION:Petaluma Historical Library & Museum\, 20 4th St\, Petaluma\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History Month Activities,Exhibit Opening Reception,Exhibit Presentations
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SUMMARY:Exhibit Opening – African Americans and the Arts
DESCRIPTION:Exhibit Opening!\nYou’re Invited!\nBlack History Month – African Americans and the Arts\n\nMakeda Kumasi\nFebruary 9\, 2024 – Exhibit Open House – Doors open at 6:30 pm\nFeaturing Special Guest Makeda Kumasi. Makeda is a performer\, dancer\, storyteller\, noted speaker and lecturer\, teacher and much more.\nCost – $10\, but no one will be turned away \nMuseum Exhibit Hours: Thursdays Thru Sundays 10:00 am – 4:00 pm\nFree and Open to the Public\nThru March 31\, 2024 \nMakeda is from San Bernardino and is a dancer\, storyteller and much more.  She will mystify us with one of her original stories. Makeda has previously released a CD\, “A Spoken Word Experience.”  Along with her spoken word stories\, Makeda will also be playing an African instrument at our opening. \n\nSponsors of  “The Urban Djali Tour” \nBiography\nMakeda Kumasi is the founder of WE 3 PRODUCTIONS\, as well as the co-founder and artistic director of The Umoja Ensemble of the Inland Empire. She attended CalArts before receiving her B.A. in Communications from Cal State\, Fullerton\, and her M.F.A in Theater from the University of Southern California. She also possesses an MA in Elementary Education\, and is a wife\, mother of three children\, and a caregiver for her mother. \nAlong with being a featured performer on stage and T.V.\, Kumasi has danced for two prominent Southern California based African dance ensembles\, Abalaye African Dancers; an Orange County Arts Group\, and Niancho Eniyaley African Performers. Kumasi has been featured on MTV’s Starting Over\, BET’s Fly Poet\, and the first season of So You Think You Can Dance?\, as well as several independent films and theater projects. \nKumasi is a University of California\, Riverside Continuing Lecturer in the Department of Dance\, as well as a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Theater\, Film and Digital Production\, where she directed and choreographed productions of Marisol by José Rivera and Little Shop of Horrors by Howard Ashman. Kumasi is also an adjunct professor in the Performing Arts Department at Long Beach City College (LBCC). \nRecently\, Kumasi received the 2023 Living Cultures Grant from the Alliance for California Traditional Arts as a Culture Bearer\, as well as being one of 26 individual artists to receive a California Arts Council grant through Creative Corps Inland Empire to be the lead artists in the production of a yearlong performing arts project titled “Dancing with the Leaders of the Inland Empire”. \n \nIn Summer of 2021 she released her first wide release album\, A Spoken Word Experience including music videos for the tracks Maat and Electricity which can be found on most major digital music platforms and YouTube. Kumasi is expanding the tour of her multimedia show\, Urban Djali Tour which is based on the album. The Urban Djali Tour show features various dance genres\, original video\, photography\, and paintings\, as well as music from West African instruments that Kumasi plays\, including a 21 string Malian instrument called the kora. \nhttp://makedakumasi.net \nNOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON by Makeda Kumasi: \n12 Days in Senegal… A short travel memoir for the avid reader. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=12+Days+in+Senegal&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A12+Days+in+Senegal \nI See Hip Hop Afrika… A poetry picture book the entire family can enjoy. http://www.amazon.com/I-See-Hip-Hop-Afrika/dp/1514413922/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1454530277&sr=8-1&keywords=I+See+Hip+Hop+Afrika
URL:https://www.petalumamuseum.com/calendar-event/exhibit-opening-african-americans-and-the-arts/
LOCATION:Petaluma Historical Library & Museum\, 20 4th St\, Petaluma\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History Month Activities,Event,Exhibit Opening Reception,Exhibit Presentations
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