E V I DA N C E T H E AT E R C E & R E L AT E D A R T S (S I D R A ) – D S U T R A D H A R I N S T I T U T E O F DA N
In the Marquee Lounge Stories from the Field: Folklorists at Work in the Mid-Atlantic Folklorists document diverse cultural traditions. Who exactly are these folklorists, and how do they do what they do? Join four working folklorists as they describe collecting folklore and working with folk artists across the Mid-Atlantic. Recounting their experiences, participants will give a taste of the life of a folklorist in the field.
The Banjo in Maryland Discover the banjo’s rich international heritage through its long-standing significance as a Maryland tradition (since the 1740s!). Follow the instrument’s path from West Africa to the Caribbean and North America. Join Amadou Kouyate, Kevin Enoch, Pete Ross, and Greg Adams as they share stories, music, and instruments that reflect the banjo’s enduring presence in the Chesapeake region and Baltimore.
African-American Quartet Singing The Chesapeake Tidewater was a significant place for the development and national popularization of African-American gospel quartet singing. While devotional in origin, this vocal tradition also flowered as a secular music on urban street corners. This secular style – known today as doo-wop – is closely associated with Eastern industrial cities like Baltimore. Join members of the Swallows and the New Gospelites for song and conversation.
Kicking off World Refugee Day: the relationships between ‘home’ and ‘tradition’ explores the ever-changing relationship between our old and new homes and the living traditions we embody and bring with us. What does it mean to bring a ‘home’ tradition to a new ‘home’, such as the city of Baltimore, and what changes does it undergo? Do these traditions help us to connect back to our previous homes and, thereby, provide a sense of comfort and pride? Produced in partnership with the Baltimore Resettlement Center in Baltimore.
G LO B E P O S T E R
Globe Poster – Making Something New From Something Old Globe Poster was founded in Baltimore in 1929, producing posters and placards for carnivals, drag races, politicians, and more. Their R&B posters – many of which are on displayed in the gallery today – came to define the visual aesthetic of R&B, Funk, Soul, and Hip-Hop. Join gallery curator Chloe Helton-Gallagher for a conversation with Globe letterpress artist Bob Cicero and MICA letterpress instructor Mary Mashburn about the illustrious world of Globe.