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Friday, June 28, 2013
AFRICOBRA in Chicago at the Logan Center for the Arts
opens at the
Logan Center for the Arts
Friday, June 28, 2013
915 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL
773-702-ARTS
arts.uchicago.edu/logan/gallery
The memorable style of the group incorporates Africentric concepts and ideas using light, energy and color. Many of AFRICOBRA's artists, juxtapose African figurative patterns and motifs into complex abstract layers and rhythms of color.
The African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists originated its beginnings in Bronzeville in the 1960's and 70's starting with the Wall of Respect on 43rd St.
Learn more about this exhibit which is spread across three art galleries in Chicago this summer including The South Side Community Arts Center, The Logan Center for the Arts and The DuSable Museum of African American History.
AFRICOBRA in CHICAGO Exhibit opens Friday, June 28, 2013 from 6 to 9 pm at new Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago.
From the very beginning, AFRICOBRA's uniquely vivid and powerful images have made a indelible statement on the arts esthetic of the Black Arts Movement in Chicago. The memorable style of the group incorporates Africentric concepts and ideas using light, energy and color. Many of AFRICOBRA's artists, juxtapose African figurative patterns and motifs into complex abstract layers and rhythms of color.
The African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists originated its beginnings in Bronzeville in the 1960's and 70's starting with the Wall of Respect on 43rd St.
Learn more about this exhibit which is spread across three art galleries in Chicago this summer including The South Side Community Arts Center, The Logan Center for the Arts and The DuSable Museum of African American History.
(For more details... click on photo to enlarge)
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Happy Kwanzaa! 2011 from the Bronzeville Arts Blog!
Celebration of the First Fruits - KWANZAA
Hartzell Church Harvest Festival in Bronzeville
The Nguzu Saba - The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa National Stamp issued 2011 USPO
HAPPY KWANZAA!
Places to celebrate KWANZAA in Bronzeville and in Chicago
Take your family and friends! All are welcome to:
Celebrate...Lighting of the KWANZAA KINARA at the Du Sable Museum
Pop the link!
http://www.dusablemuseum.org/events/details/the-lighting-of-the-seven-principles-of-kwanzaa
Malcolm X College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago, in the partnership with the Bolozi Wazee/Shule Ya Watoto (Council of Elders)
are hosting the 17th Annual Kwanzaa Observance,
December 26, 2011 to January 1, 2012,
the largest seven‐day celebration of Kwanzaa held at an institution of higher learning in the country.
The week‐long event is free and open to the public and features live entertainment, cultural activities and an African Market.
(Merchandise – 1st Floor and Food court – 2nd Floor).
Doors open 10:00 a.m. daily; program begins at 12:00 p.m.
The 2011 Kwanzaa Observance calendar is the following:
Monday, December 26 ‐ Umoja (Unity)
program begins at Noon; followed by cultural lineup
Najwa Dance Corps
Kwame Steve Cobb and Chavunduka
Charles “Rick” Heath
Tuesday, December 27 – Kujichagulia (Self‐determination)
program begins at Noon
special tribute day to Baba Hannibal Tirus Afrik and Mzee Koumba; followed by cultural lineup
Kaotic Drumline
Walter King Jr. “Spellbinder
Julia Huff
Wednesday, December 28 – Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility)
program begins at Noon; Enstoolment of Elders day; followed by cultural lineup
Armen Rah;
Joan Collaso
Thursday, December 29 - Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)
program begins at Noon; followed by cultural lineup
Darrell Wilson “Sax Preacher"
Ayrie King III "Mr. Taps;"
Ugochi Nwangwugwu
Friday, December 30 – Nia (Purpose)
program begins at Noon; followed by cultural lineup
Fred Baker’s West Indian Folk Dance Company
Prince Ravanna Bey/Kerry Wills and the “Thunder Sky Drummers”
Corey Wilkes
Saturday, December 31 – Kuumba (Creativity)
program begins at Noon; followed by cultural lineup
Maggie Brown
Bill McFarland: Ayogele
the Chicago Horns
Sunday, January 1 – Imani (Faith)
program begins at Noon; followed by cultural lineup:
African Fashion Show
(Coordinated by the Monarch Awards Foundation of Xi Nu Omega
Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.);
Dee Alexander
M.A.D.D. Rhythms; Ari Brown Quartet;
Minianka African Dance and Drum Ensemble
Friday, October 14, 2011
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Yanga Fest 2010! at the DuSable Museum
The DuSable Museum's Yanga Fest was a two day celebration featuring the opening of a new exhibit, The African Presence In Mexico From Yanga to the Present.
The two day festival was with filled art, music and dance! Activities included the DuSable Museum's 36 Annual Arts and Crafts Festival. Also featured were explosive dance and music presentations by Muntu Dance Theatre, Mexican Dance Ensemble, Dance Africa, Alyo Children's Theatre, Sones De Mexico and The Family Reunion Band that highlighted the power and beauty of Mexican and African-American culture.
Under the direction of the new president and CEO, Carol Adams, Phd, the DuSable Museum and the National Museum of Mexican Art, the exhibit which introduces the little known history of Africans in Mexico including the early African travelers, the Olmec heads, Yanga, and the interaction of Africanos, the Indigenous cultures (Native Americans) and the Spanish during the slave trade in Mexico. It is a powerful presentation of the shared history of African-Americans and Mexicans in the new exhibit.
The exhibit, which is organized by the National Museum of Mexican Art is described as "the most comprehensive project ever organized about African contributions to Mexican culture over the past 500 years." The exhibit is curated by Sagario Cruz of the University of Veracruz and the National Museum of Mexican Art's visual art director, Cesareo Moreno.
All photos by Aki Antonia c2010. All rights reserved.
To enlarge, click on the photo.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Yanga Fest! and The African Presence In Mexico Exhibit at the DuSable Museum
The Du Sable Museum
presents Yanga Fest !
Saturday, August 28 and Sunday, August 29, 2010
and
The African Presence In Mexico exhibit
“The African Presence in Mexico: From Yanga to the Present”*
A New Exhibition To Open At The DuSable Museum
Chicago, IL. (12 July 2010) —- The DuSable Museum of African American History is pleased to announce a new exhibition, “The African Presence in Mexico: From Yanga to the Present,” presented by The National Museum of Mexican Art. This critically acclaimed exhibition will open on Friday, August 13, 2010 and continue through Sunday, November 14, 2010 at The DuSable which is located at 740 East 56th Place (57th Street and South Cottage Grove Avenue) in Chicago.
Curated by Sangrario Cruz of the University of Veracruz and the National Museum of Mexican Art’s Visual Arts Director Cesareo Moreno, this exhibition through paintings, photographs, lithographs and historical texts, highlights the impact that Africans had on Mexican culture and examines the complexity of race, culture, politics, and social stratification. No exhibition has showcased the history, artistic expressions and practices of Afro-Mexicans in such broad scope as this one, which includes a comprehensive range of artwork from 18th Century Colonial caste paintings to contemporary artistic expressions. The African Presence in Mexico is also a bilingual exhibition that includes text panels, tours and various educational and public programming in both English and Spanish. Organized and originally presented by the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, this traveling exhibition has made stops in New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, D.C., and California, as well as Monterrey and Veracruz, Mexico. The exhibition features important historical figures, such as Yanga, an African leader and founder of the first free African township in the Americas (January 6, 1609), and illuminates the contributions of Africans to the artistic, culinary, musical and cultural traditions of Mexican culture from the past through the present day.
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