FOUND!

FOUND! The Exhibit
The Graham Collection
3518 12th Street, N.E. Washington, DC 20017

Press Photos: http://blackartistsofdc.org/Found/

Karl Graham,The Graham collection
(202) 832-9292
Barbara Blanco,Curator
(410) 519-6528


July 1-29 2006 Opening Reception July 1, 3-6 p.m.
Artists talk: July 9, 2006

The Graham Collection has done it again!
In the Spring of 2005 this gallery lay the treasures of 64 of the 100plus fledging membership of the Black Artists of DC before the eyes of the public for the first time. That exhibit, HIDDEN TREASURES, was astounding and opened to a record- breaking crowd.
The treasures are now indeed FOUND! Out of the now doubled membership of the group, we present the visual evidence of the source, theexhibit FOUND! Unlike one definition of found:"to melt or pour into a mold"

...this group seeks to break the mold that sees their creativity as anything short of universal. FOUND! for the individual artist has layers of meaning, one of which is to lay the lowest par of a structure on a firm base or ground. Indeed the Black Artists of DC, through this exhibit lay a foundation on which their young membership can confidently create and share their work with an extended community.
A part of the group's foundation is being unapologetically Black, and like the universe, understanding Blackness to be infinite in possibility and therefore all-inclusive.
Boundless. Evolving. Expanding. The exhibit is the result of an outstanding support and sharing with one another. Elder to youth. Youth to Elder. See work by masters Renee Stout, Frank Smith, Viola Leek; also emerging artists Stan Squirewell, Juliette Madison, and Daniel Brookings. A feast for the eyes.

Come witness the results of the refreshing and inspiring exchange. Discover a profoundly wonderful find in FOUND! the exhibit.
Check out some images from FOUND here: http://www.blackartistsofdc.org/Foundimages/

intersections

A few weeks back i went with some friends out to Bedford, Pa for a Juneteenth Celebration, who would have thought there would be a Juneteenth celebration in the middle of the Pennsylvania mountains.
On the way wayback we stopped through Harpers Ferry where John Brown's Raid took place and we check out Storer College. Storer was a historically black college located in Harpers Ferry in Jefferson County, West Virginia founded in 1867 read more here.

All in all it was nice weekend ( i am going somewhere with this i promise).

So yesterday, i am reading E-NOTES and Ethelbert calls his readers attention to an article in the post about Clifford Brown, affectionately known as Brownie. I became interested in Clifford Brown when i found out much of an influence to get clean he was on Trane and the impression (pun intended) that Brown left on him.
Now many us young jazz cats (or young lions, as we are sometimes called) tend to be Miles men, sometimes Terence Blanchard or Freddie Hubbard and maybe even Lee Morgan ( I am on a Lee Morgan kick right now), but Brown was such an important musician at the time which he arrives on the scene; but i will speak on that later. Anyway, I read the article and toward the end it talks about the details surrounding Brownie's death. It turns out that Clifford Brown died in a car accident among those same mountains that I was celebrating Juneteenth in. Thinking about this started me to writing a poem, i am still working on it so i am not going to put it up here yet, but I thought it was significant enough to talk about, because it is moments like that that make up the art in our lives, when your life intersects with someone elses in a way you might not have thought of, that creates and opportunity to produce something of beauty and perhaps even something to heal.
Anyway, I will put the poem up here when i done.
until the next...

upcoming theater happenings

FREE JUJUBE BROWN! presented by The African Continuum Theatre Company
Experience the voices of those who support his imprisonment, those who love and know him best, and those who feel the need to Free Jujube Brown!

The African Continuum Theatre Company concludes its first full season at the Atlas Performing Arts Center with Free Jujube Brown! on June 23rd and 24th. Written, conceived and performed by Psalmayene 24, Free Jujube Brown! is a one-man play that uses Hip-Hop movement and musical compositions to help tell the story of a young writer who accidentally kills a police officer.

In the tradition of Anna Deavere Smith and Sarah Jones, Psalmayene’s multi-character solo performance examines issues of racial identity, the commercialization of revolution, and the state of Hip-Hop culture. Free Jujube Brown! is the thematic sequel to The Hip-Hop Nightmares of Jujube Brown, first presented at the African Continuum in 1997.

Free Jujube Brown! will be presented at the Atlas Performing Arts Center at 1333 H Street NE, Washington, D.C. on June 23rd and 24th. Performances will be at 8pm on Friday and Saturday evenings with a 2pm matinee on Saturday. Regular single tickets are $25, student/senior tickets are $15. Group rates for parties of ten or more available. For group rates contact Weusi Baraka at 202-529-5763. For regular tickets, contact the Atlas Box Office at 202-399-7993.
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THE OTHER RIVER: RIPPLES & VIBES FROM D.C.'S SOUTHSIDE @ THEARC (Town Hall Education Arts & Recreation Campus)
by Karen Zacarias and Patrick Crowley
directed by Jennifer L. Nelson

ONLY 3 SHOWS - June 23 (8pm) & 24 (3pm & 8pm), 2006
at THEARC (Town Hall Education Arts & Recreation Campus)
1901 Mississippi Ave, SE
(Abundant Parking; close to Southern Ave Green Line)

Tickets:
$10 for adults
$7 for Woolly Subscribers and patrons 25 - 17
$5 for ages 17 and under
RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 14 & UP

READ ABOUT THE SHOW in the Washington Informer and Washington Post on Thurs, June 22.

Woolly presents the second in this unique series of community-based plays - THE OTHER RIVER: RIPPLES & VIBES FROM D.C.'S SOUTHSIDE. This project focuses on Southeast D.C. – Southside to the residents – which features neighborhoods as rich and historically diverse as any in the city. From Capital Hill to historic Anacostia, from Berry Farm to Eastern Market and beyond, Woolly is proud to help bring the stories of these communities to the stage with a talented and enthusiastic cast of residents and professionals.

Emerging after almost three years of workshops, interviews, archival research and story-gathering, much of it conducted by longtime residents of Southside D.C., THE OTHER RIVER brings to vibrant life the stories, history and people of the neighborhoods on both sides of the Anacostia - “the other river.”

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June 7th Birthdays

Gwendolyn Brooks: June 7, 1917
"Prince" Rogers Nelson:June 7, 1958
Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr. "Nikki Giovanni": June 7, 1943

sorry i have not updated in a while, but

go to this event at the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Homage to Gordon Parks: 1913-2006 by Deborah Willis
Wednesday, June 07, 2006 @ 7:00pm

Gordon Parks was an American Renaissance man who mastered many media—including photography, film, music and writing—to express an uplifting message of hope in the face of adversity. His life and work have inspired generations of young people who have found humanity despite intolerance. Parks died on March 7, 2006 at age 93. In an insightful evening Deborah Willis, professor of photography and imaging at NYU and a lecturer at Harvard University, and Johanna Fiore, Gordon’s 18-year indispensable collaborator, and still photographer on the HBO documentary film, The Life and Works of Gordon Parks, who understands the man and his work better than anyone else, present an incomparable view of this inspirational man. Philip Brookman, Corcoran Senior Curator of Photography and Media Arts, and co-curator with Deborah Willis of Half-Past Autumn: The Art of Gordon Parks, moderates.

Members: $12.00 Public: $15.00

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