Andrew Dosunmu's MOTHER OF GEORGE ends Thursday October 3! Gene Siskel Film Center

"A lavish and exuberantly colorful wedding in Brooklyn’s Yoruba community unites restaurant-owner Ayodele (De Bankolé) and beautiful new arrival from Nigeria, Adenike (Gurira), but all is not well. 

Director Dosunmu, a former creative director for Yves Saint Laurent, brings visual bravado and striking styling to this tale of a fledgling marriage threatened by the bride’s failure to conceive, and her imperious mother-in-law’s secret and potentially scandalous plan for producing the all-important heir. 

Starring Isaach De Bankolé (CASINO ROYALE) and Danai Gurira (AMC's The Walking Dead), the film's eye-popping colors and striking widescreen compositions earned Director of Photography Bradford Young the Best Cinematography award at Sundance." -Source- The Gene Siskel Film Center

Actor and producer Tony Okungbowa was present for Q&A following the 3:00 show on Saturday.

For more information and showtimes on 
Mother of George

 go to the Gene Siskel Film Center website at:

http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/motherofgeorge

Remaining dates:

Tue, Oct 1st at 6:00pm    

Tue, Oct 1st at 8:00pm

Wed, Oct 2nd at 6:00pm

Wed, Oct 2nd at 8:00pm

Thu, Oct 3rd at 6:00pm

Thu, Oct 3rd at 8:15pm

Africobra In Chicago Exhibit is closing today! 9/29 2-4pm

Maleness to Manhood Opens tonite 6PM at South Side Community Art Center

"A visual response by noted male artists of color to the ongoing violence and  multilayered crisis facing young Black  men in our community."

Opening Reception September 6, 

6 - 9 pm

Exhibit - September 6 - October 5, 2013
at

The Southside Community Art Center

3831 S Michigan

Chicago, Illinois

773 373-1026

http://southsidecommunityartscenter.com

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Africobra - Behind The Canvas at The DuSable

In “Behind the Canvas,” Dr. Carol Adams, cultural arts expert and CEO of the DuSable Museum, leads a discussion with members and protégés of the AfriCOBRA collective about the inspirations behind their incomparable and emotive masterpieces.

Panel members will include:

Rahmaan Statik Barnes

Napoleon Jones-Henderson

Dayo Laoye

Nelson Stevens

Raymond Thomas 

This is a FREE event. For more information, call 773-947-0600 ext. 254.

Source- DuSable Museum

Art..Flow...and Impact N2 the Next Dimension..Africobra In Chicago at the DuSable Museum

Black Children Keep Your Spirits Free… by Carolyn Lawrence

From the moment I read the words in this  most colorful painting…

Black Children Keep Your Spirits Free… 

I could hear the drum  beating out the ritmos...

Rhythms of freedom…with colors bouncing out the flow of happy thoughts….and energy....

Can a painting change your mind? 

Can it give you hope like good song on the radio… does?  

Can a painting make you want to dance to a happy  funky beat? 

I think so. 

I could feel the drummer in this painting by Carolyn Lawrence...

From the moment I read the words in this  most colorful painting…

Black Children Keep Your Spirits Free… 

I could hear the drum  beating out the

Rhythms of freedom…

with colors bouncing beats into a flow of sound….
Flowing in a African 6/4 time…

Do da Dat Doo Dat Da!…..
Do da Dat Doo Dat Da!

I could almost hear vocals being sung by Maya Angelou in a prose…voice…

Black Children Keep Your Spirits Free… 

Black Children Keep Your Spirits Free…

Black Children Keep Your Spirits Free…

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AFRICOBRA Artist talk...at the DuSable Museum tonite!

Thursday, August 8, 2013

7:00pm – 9:00pm

In this gallery talk, Arlene “Arty” Crawford, the curator of 

AFRICOBRA: Art and Impact, highlights featured masterpieces in the exhibition and discusses the members of the AfriCOBRA collective in Chicago and the subsequent incarnations of the group as it began to move beyond Chicago to the rest of the United States. 

Arlene is a practicing visual artist with a commitment to community and activism. She is an Executive Board member of the African American Arts Alliance and a founding member of the Sutherland Community Arts Initiative and Sapphire & Crystals, a collective of African American women artists.

AFRICOBRA: Art and Impact explores works produced by the artist collective AFRICOBRA, formed in 1968 on the South Side of Chicago. Still in existence today, AFRICOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) worked to make African-American art something unique in society, using different techniques to display aspects of blackness in their artwork.  
Source-DuSable Museum

Africobra in Chicago Opening at the Dusable Tonite!