2011 NBAF National Black Arts Festival ShowGuide

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FRom tHe deSk oF neil BaRClay Expect the unexpected at the 2011 National Black Arts Festival, July 7th through July 17th. Get ready for Unexpected Encounters with the culture, people and art of the African Diaspora, as this year’s festival goes beyond expectations with extraordinary experiences for all who encounter it. Beginning July 7 with the opening of Trenton Doyle Hancock’s exhibition at the SCAD Gallery at the Woodruff Arts Center there is literally something for everyone at the 2011 National Black Arts Festival!

In addition to visual arts exhibitions, workshops, symposiums, the Coretta Scott King Awards Book Fair, and The Summer Institute, festival patrons will enjoy the highly-anticipated Legends Celebration featuring The O’Jays in concert. This year the celebration adds a new tribute to cultural icons we have lost during the last year to what has become one of the summer’s hottest tickets.

Other highlights you won’t want to miss include our annual gala fundraiser a Salute to the Silver Screen; the first ever DanceAfrica Atlanta!, curated by the critically acclaimed choreographer and griot Chuck Davis; and premiere film screenings. We are especially proud to present our first visual arts tribute Interpretations: Black Visual Art-Past, Present Future, which honors visual arts masters while this year also paying homage to Romare Bearden on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

The festival returns to Centennial Olympic Park for the third year, July 15th-17th with the International Marketplace of over 100 vendors, the Children’s Education Village, and Music Main Stage featuring, Cuban jazz artist Omar Sosa, Jazz vocalists Gregory Porter and Kathleen Bertrand, Latin Dance Party with Rio Negro and Orquesta Macuba, and a fusion of soul, funk and jazz with The Chronicle. All activities at the park are free and open to the public, so come enjoy the food and entertainment while you shop ‘til you drop at the International Marketplace.

NBAF (presenter of the National Black Arts Festival) is celebrating 23 years of year-round arts and cultural programming. The fact is that NBAF presents programs and events 365 days each year of which the summer festival is just one part. NBAF is a membership organization that hosts nearly 300,000 patrons each year including 25,000 children through year-round performances, exhibitions, and Education and Public Programs.

I hope you will consider becoming a member, which will help the organization to continue to serve the community through critically-acclaimed programs.

You don’t want to find yourself wishing you had been there—so make plans to join us, July 7th – 17th in Atlanta. Become a member and purchase your tickets soon for the best prices and seats.

See you at the Festival!

Neil A. Barclay President and Ceo of nBaF 2011 NBAF Festival Guide

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2011 FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS legenDS celebrAtion: the o’JAyS

DAnceAFricA AtlAntA!

Sponsored by Macy’s, Chevron and South Arts NBAF presents DanceAfrica Atlanta!

Curated by Chuck Davis, Founder and Artistic Director of the African American Dance Ensemble.

DanceAfrica is a celebration of the movement, spirit and energy of cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora. Features Lesole’s Dance Project, Vincent Mantsoe, Giwayen Mata and Diali Keba Cissokho, July 16-17, Sat 8:00 PM, Sun 3:00 p.m, Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University

Sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company The O’Jays are honored as the 2011 Legends. After a string of hits over more than 50 years, the O’Jays perform around the world and show no signs of easing up. July 15, 8:00 PM, Atlanta Symphony Hall

brunch AnD gAllery tour with rADcliFFe bAiley

Join NBAF at Table 1280 for an intimate brunch conversation with Radcliffe Bailey prior to touring his exhibition Memory as Medicine at the High Museum of Art. July 17, 1:00 PM, Table 1280, Woodruff Arts Center

nbAF gAlA: A gAthering oF colorS — SAlute to the SilVer Screen

interpretAtionS: blAcK ViSuAl Art – pASt, preSent, Future

Presenting Sponsors: The Coca-Cola Company and UPS It’s an evening in black and white, just like the old movies. The theme is the silver screen and the camera bulbs will pop along with champagne bottle corks.

July 16, 7:00 PM, RitzCarlton, Buckhead

Sponsored by Bank of America Interpretations: Black Visual Art – Past, Present and Future remembers Romare Bearden on the 100th Anniversary of his birth and honors master artists; Elizabeth Catlett, Samella Lewis, Betye Saar, Richard Mayhew, Thornton Dial and David Driskell. July 14, 8:00 PM, Symphony Hall

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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS internAtionAl mArKetplAce At centenniAl olympic pArK

Marketplace. Features: Publix Healthy Cooking Pavilion, African Ancestry, Senegalese Village and Ghanaian Trade Fair. July 14-July 17. Thurs 5 PM-9 PM, Fri-Sat 10 AM-9 PM, Sun 12 PM-8 PM, Centennial Olympic Park.

Sponsored by American Family Insurance From paintings, beautifully woven fabrics and clothing to skillfully handcrafted jewelry and wood carved sculptures, artists from around the world showcase their best in the

the mAin StAge At centenniAl olympic pArK

Three days of jazz, reggae, world, blues, soul and African rhythms! Featuring Orquesta Macuba, Rio Negro, Ras Kofi, Frankie’s Blues Mission, Chicago Bob Nelson, Sandra Hall The Empress of the Blues, Donnie, Julie Dexter, The Chronicle, Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron, Kathleen Bertrand, Gregory Porter and Omar Sosa. The full line up is available at NBAF.org. July 15 - July 17, Fri 5 PM-9 PM, Sat 12 PM9 PM, Sun 12 PM8 PM, Centennial Olympic Park

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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Ebenezer

High Museum of Art – Memory as Medicine – Radcliffe Bailey Mercer University – Lynn Linnemeier: Douglass’ Douglasville: A Journey Project Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University – Susan J. Ross, Sankofa Zucot Gallery/Premier Art – Views, Moods, Attitudes: Life Perspectives from Acclaimed Atlanta Artists

The National Black Arts Festival and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra continue their annual partnership to present a community concert at Ebenezer Baptist Church on historic Auburn Avenue. July 17, 7 PM, Ebenezer Baptist Church

Visual Arts Highlights:*

Support for NBAF’s Visual Arts Programs is provided by Bank of America

ACA Gallery of SCAD – Trenton Doyle Hancock – We Done All We Could and None Of It’s Good Avisca Fine Art – Works on Paper: Freddie Styles and Lynn Marshall Linnemeier Catherine Kelleghan Gallery – A Diversity of Colors, Group Show Chastain Arts Center – Home, curated by Fahamu Pecou Gems of Africa Gallery – Contemporary Africa Hagedorn Gallery – True Hip Hop – Mike Schreiber Hagedorn Gallery – John Florio Hammonds House Museum – Equal Rights: The Art of Michael D. Harris

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*For more information on these exhibitions, visit NBAF.org

The Publix Healthy Cooking Pavilion at Centennial Park

Sponsored by Publix Get on the right track to a healthier and happier you by participating in healthy cooking demonstrations, tastings and learning new cooking ideas at the Healthy Cooking Pavilion sponsored by Publix. July 14 - July 17, Thurs 6 PM-8 PM, Fri-Sat 12 PM-8 PM, Sun 12 PM-6 PM, Centennial Olympic Park

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Magnet school principal

music director Music publisher

Opera company director Starts music therapy program

Manages a r&b band

Music law practice

Sings with opera

Opens recording studio

Conservatory scholarship Music business degree

Music industry major

Voice tutor for kids Choral competition, Vienna

AP music theory

Joins debate team

Makes honor band

Justin breathes music

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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Education and Public Programs Highlights:

Jazz Around Town

Jazz at the Southwest Arts Center featuring Avery Sunshine. Mon, July 11 at 7:30 pm, Southwest Arts Center

Children’s Education Village

Dance Master Class

This year’s Children’s Education Village features five distinct destinations with a variety of hands on experiences designed for children aged 5-12: The Boyhood Home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Growing the Dream); an African hands-on village (Destination Afrika); an urban ecological experience for children (Black and Green!); Partners’ Row featuring the best of Atlanta for children; and the Family Stage. Fri, July 15, 10 AM–4 PM, Camps and Groups

by Reservation Only (Pre-registration is required). Family Days Sat, July 16, Noon–4 PM, Sun, July 17, Noon–4 PM, Centennial Olympic Park

Atlanta area dancers participate in a Community Master Dance Class with choreographers Vincent Mantsoe and Lesole’s Maine. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited and reserved on a first–come-first-served basis.

Sat, July 15, 10:30-11:30 AM, Ballethnic Dance Studio

Coretta Scott King Awards Book Fair: Beautiful Blackbird

Presented in partnership with the Children’s Department of the Atlanta Fulton Public Library System Event includes storytelling, hands on activities, and youth workshops. This year’s featured award-winning author is Ashley Bryan. The featured award-winning illustrator is Bryan Collier. The Coretta Scott King Book Awards honor Mrs. King for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood. Children presenting a public library card can select a FREE Coretta Scott King Award-winning book. This event is Free, but

NBAF in the Community

NBAF in the Community showcases local talent to children, families, seniors and other residents throughout Fulton County. Artists include the James Patterson Sextet, Río Negro, Kuumba Storytellers, Kevin Spears and Marcus Hopkins-Turner. More information is available at NBAF.org.

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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS “The Life and Times of Congressman Robert Smalls” Exhibition and Educator Workshop

reservations are required, please call 404 224-3464. Wed, July 6, 10 AM-2 PM, Atlanta Fulton County Public Library – Children’s Department, One Margaret Mitchell Square

Presented in Partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library and Museum Traveling exhibition includes visual displays, threedimensional artifacts, pictures and other memorabilia of Civil War hero, Robert Smalls, his life and his family. July 5 – September 19, Auburn Avenue Research Library. Conducted in partnership with Auburn Avenue Research Library

NBAF Summer Institute

Conducted in partnership with the Hammonds House Museum.

World renowned artists and scholars provide participants with an up-close and personal experience with art and culture which is supported by a selection of performances and gallery tours. The Summer Institute will guide participants through the Contemporary Arts of the African Diaspora. Pre-registration is required, register at NBAF.org.

July 12-16, 9 AM-12 PM, Hammonds House Galleries

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First Glance: Fresh Perspectives from Young Artists

Sponsored by Turner Voices, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. High school students compete against one another to win the top prize in spoken word, visual arts and film. Who will take home the honors? Come out and see for yourself.

July 14, 12:00 PM, Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University

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AFricAn AmericAnS AnD the AFricAn renAiSSAnce: A Forum on the 3rD worlD FeStiVAl oF blAcK ArtS AnD culture, DAKAr, SenegAl, 2010

rAce, DiVerSity & perFormAnce SerieS: the conVerSAtionS

African American Art in the 21st Century with Halima Taha and Michael Harris A conversation between Halima Taha, author of “Collecting African American Art: Works on Canvas and Paper”, and visual artist Michael Harris, about African American Visual Art in the 21st century. Facilitated by visual arts curator Karen Comer Lowe. Wed, July 13, Hammonds House, 1 PM

Reports from the 3rd edition of the World Festival of Black Arts and Cultures in Dakar, Senegal, held last year, where thousands of people from Africa and the Black Diaspora engaged a new vision of the African Diaspora. Sat, July 16, 10 AM, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History

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Presented in Partnership with Horizon Theatre Company This blues & pop musical set in 1969 is about three women who gather for the third year in a row for a funeral.

When they return to pack up the family home, sparks fly as they share wine, memories, dreams and secrets. Story

by Janet Pryce, Book & Lyrics by Thomas W. Jones II, Music

by William Hubbard, Directed by Thomas W. Jones II. July 15 – August 28, Wed-Fri 8 PM, Sat 3 PM & 8:30 PM, Sun 5 PM, Horizon Theatre Company

Join Dr. Dwight Andrews as he considers the challenges and the possibilities of African American Music in the 21st Century. Wed, July 13, 4 p.m, Hammonds House Museum

the o’JAyS: in context

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Dr. Portia K. Maultsby, Professor of Ethnomusicology at Indiana University explores the music of The O’Jays and contextualizes this legendary musical phenomenon. Thurs, July 14, 1 PM, Hammonds House Museum

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It’s not easy being different. Just ask the Ugly Duckling, a newly hatched bird who sets off to explore the wonders of the pond and ends up finding his true self.

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Adapted and directed by Jon Ludwig Based on the book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, with illustrations by Floyd Cooper Ages 9+

Feb 7 - 26, 2012 Ruth and her family face a very tough time navigating segregated America; thankfully, the Green Book knows the directions to an America where everyone is welcome.

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RADCLIFFE BAILEY One World Under the Groove Film Series

Radcliffe Bailey (American, born 1968), Notes from Elmina II (detail), 2011, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Bert and Cathy Clark, 2011.7.2. © Radcliffe Bailey, 2011.

Kinshasa Symphony

Saturday, July 23, 8 p.m.

This heartening film follows Central Africa’s only symphony orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste, as it prepares an independence anniversary concert against all odds.

(2010, Germany, 95 minutes.) In French and Lingala with subtitles.

Space is the Place

Saturday, July 30, 8 p.m.

This performance documentary focuses on Sun Ra, shaman-philosopher and avant-garde bandleader, and his Arkestra.

(Sun Ra is one of Radcliffe Bailey’s favorite musicians.)

(1974, U.S.A., 82 minutes.)

Strange Fruit

Saturday, August 6, 8 p.m.

Weaving together jazz genealogy, biography, performance footage, and the history of lynching, director Joel Katz illustrates a fascinating discovery of the story behind the song “Strange Fruit,” a true American jazz classic.

(2002, U.S.A., 57 minutes.)

Return to Gorée

Saturday, August 13, 8 p.m.

A musical road trip, this film follows Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour as he traces the epic voyage of enslaved Africans and the parallel musical journey from jazz to gospel.

(2006, Switzerland/Luxembourg, 108 minutes.)

In English and French with subtitles.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Radcliffe Bailey: Memory as Medicine, on view through September 11 Admission: $7; $6 students, seniors, Museum members (free for Patron-level members)

Tickets: High.org or 404-733-5000

This program was selected by Carol Thompson, the High’s Fred and Rita Richman Curator of African Art. Generous support for this program is provided by the Ed Bradley Family Foundation. Special thanks to Manthia Diawara for inspiring this film program.

image: Radcliffe Bailey (American, born 1968), Windward Coast (detail), 2009–2011, courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery. Photo by K. Tauches. © Radcliffe Bailey, 2011. Photo of Radcliffe Bailey: Victoria Rowell.

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RADCLIFFE BAILEY MEMORY AS MEDICINE Through September 11 Atlanta-based, internationally known artist Radcliffe Bailey explores American history and memory to encourage healing and transcendence through art.

Tickets: High.org or 404-733-5000 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E. | Members Always Free Radcliffe Bailey: Memory as Medicine is organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta. The exhibition has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius.

Additional support has been provided by the Ed Bradley Family Foundation, the Lubo Fund, Jack Shainman Gallery, Vicki and John Palmer, Marjorie and Steve Harvey, Mrs. Gary W. Rollins, and members of the Radcliffe Bailey Guild, co-chaired by Vicki and John Palmer, Jay and Arthur Richardson, and Honorary Chair, The Honorable Kasim Reed, Mayor of the City of Atlanta.

Film at the festival SNEAK PEEK SCREENING FunkJazz Kafé: Diary Of A Decade

Wednesday, July 13, 7:00 PM Red carpet and Doors Diary of A Decade is a full-length documentary film on the FunkJazz Kafé, a music and arts movement born of Atlanta’s diverse musical heritage. The film covers the

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decade when Atlanta’s underground music scene became established on the world stage and a new generation of soul singers and musicians emerged. The film features Dr. Cornel West, Cee Lo, Dick Gregory, George Clinton, Roy Ayers, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Kevin Powell, Janell Monae, Loose Ends, Omar, Caron Wheeler, The Mizell Bros., Jamie Foxx, Doug E. Fresh, Public Enemy, Stic Man, Meshell Ndegeocello, Van Hunt, Bilal, Dallas Austin, Organized Noize, Andre 3000, Joi, Dionne Farris, Speech and many others. Directed by Jason Orr.

when he “gets to be somebody.” Years go by, and Bill and Selina’s rising careers intersect only briefly, since Selina is unwilling to “settle down.” Will she ever change her mind? Concludes with a big all-star show hosted by Cab Calloway. Stars Lena Horne, Bill Robinson and Dooley Wilson. Director: Andrew Stone. Film provided by Turner Classic Movies.

PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL AT THE NATIONAL BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL,

July 13 & July 14, Wednesday, 10 AM – 6:30 PM; Thursday, 2:30 AM – 9:00 PM. Rialto Center for the Arts The National Black Arts Festival welcomes the curatorial expertise of long-time partners, the Pan African Film Festival again this year to present a diverse slate of films from throughout the African Diaspora. The Pan African Film Festival presents the most provocative films created by filmmakers of color throughout Africa and the African Diaspora.

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The Manuscripts of Timbuktu (South Africa/ Documentary Feature/2009/74min) $7 All but forgotten by the West, the life of powerful Black icon and one of Africa’s greatest scholars, Ahmed Baba, is examined in the context of his life in Timbuktu along with the thousands of remarkable manuscripts of Timbuktu.

Once a center of world scholarship and learning, Timbuktu was at the crossroad of trade and ideas. Hundred of

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Stormy Weather (US/Narrative Feature/1943/78min) $7 Dancing great Bill ‘Williamson’ sees his face on the cover of Theatre World magazine and reminisces: just back from World War I, he meets lovely singer Selina Rogers at a soldiers’ ball and promises to come back to her 2011 NBAF Festival Guide

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universities, run by scholarly families, hosted students from the world over. None, however were held in higher esteem than Ahmed Baba. Beautifully shot on location in Timbuktu, this dramatization of the life of Ahmed Baba brings to the fore his revolutionary and unwaivering attitude as well as his written works, an inspiration to all. Stars Eriq Ebouaney (“Lumumba”). Director: Zola Maseko.

Winner of the Walter Mosley Award -Real Life Documentary Film Festival-Ghana 2009

From a Whisper (2009/Kenya/79min) $11 Abu is a quiet, hardworking intelligence officer who keeps to himself. When he meets Tamani, a young, rebellious

The New “N” Word (US/Narr short/30min) A comedic series of events ensues when a workplace dispute in “post-racial” America spirals out of control.

Raymond plots to save his job. His plan? The new “N” word.

Director: Sowande Tichawonna

artist in search of her mother, he decides to help, setting up a string of events that will lead to the revealing of a 10-year-old secret. Director: Wanuri Kahiu Winner Best Screenplay, Best Director & Best Picture, 2009 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA); Winner Best Feature Narrative – PAFF 2010

Grace (US/Narr short/13min)

Annie James spends her evenings praying in the run-down shack she calls her sanctuary.

She prays for her eight-months pregnant daughter, Jeannie, who struggles to keep her heroin addiction at bay.

On one night, we witness intimate catharsis between mother and daughter that breaks through the unspoken cycle of destruction offering the possibility of redemption.

Director: Roni Henderson

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I Sing of a Well (Ghana/ Narrative Feature/2009/100min) $7 Set in the ancient Mali Empire before the emergence of white slave traders, Prince Wenambe wins the throne from his father when he hands over the kingdom to Mansa Musa for protection from slave raiders. Basking in his glory as royalty, Wenambe tirelessly seeks after the beautiful Soraya who is betrothed to and in love with Dume, a lowly hunter. Revolving around a love triangle that is fuelled by pure love, passion, uncertainty and abuse of power, the story unfolds with elements of humor, suspense and romance. Director: Leila Djansi.

Winner of the British Academy Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) Prize at PAFF 2011. Mature Audiences Only, Not Appropiate For Children Under 14. www.nbaf.org

Thursday, July 14 2:30PM (Documentary Series)

Stubborn as a Mule! (US/Short Documentary/2010/43min) $11 A discussion of the ignorance, inequality, injustice, and immoral attitude of the majority of Americans toward African-Americans’ appeal for reparations. Since 1865, African-Americans have been marching in a perennial

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struggle for equality and justice in a democratic nation that was forged in the pursuit of “Liberty and Justice for all.”

But somewhere along the line the word “All” seemingly excluded the African-American race that laboriously helped build this nation through many atrocities and adversities. With the help of such leading authorities as Dr. Cornel West (Princeton University), Dr. Robert St Martin Westley (Tulane University), Dr. Preston T. King (Morehouse College), Dr. Charles Elmore (Savannah State University), and Dr. Na’im Akbar (Florida State University), “Stubborn As A Mule!” embarks on a journey to show Americans the truth and enlighten them about the call for reparations for African-Americans. Director: Arcelious J. Daniels & Miller Bargeron, Jr. Winner: Best Africa Diaspora Documentary-African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) 2011.

Viva Riva! (DRC/Fr/Belgium/ South Africa/Narrative Feature/2010/96min) $11

Riva is an operator, a man with charm and ambition in equal measure. War-torn Kinshasa is an inviting place.

With petrol in short supply in DRC’s (Democratic Republic of Congo) capital, he and his sidekick steal barrels of fuel they can sell for a huge profit. Of course they’re not the only ones who want the cache: Marking a new genre of African film, “Viva Riva” brings a new cinematic verve as it illuminates the contradictions, pain, loss, heroism, and hopes of 21st Century Africa. Director: Djo Tunda Wa Munga.

Winner: Best Feature Film Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress-2011 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA); Winner-PAFF Directors’ Award for Best Feature Narrative– 2011PAFF. Mature Audiences Only, Not Appropriate For Persons Under 18. Photo: Riva (Patsha Bay Mukuna)

Shaft or Sidney Poitier: The Emergence of Black Masculinity in Comic Book (US/Short doc/55min)

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As a young boy, the filmmaker loved comic books and the escape that they provided. However, as a young Black boy, his ability to truly escape was limited by the fact that many of the heroes were White.

In addition to addressing more than forty years of representation of Black men in comic books, this documentary critically examines the earliest representations (1965-1977) of Black masculinity in comic books and the troubling influence of race on these representations. Through interviews with prominent artists, scholars and cultural critics along with images from the comic books themselves, it becomes clear that the Black superheroes that did eventually emerge are generally constrained by stereotypical understandings of Black people and Black men in particular. From the humorous to the offensive to the tragic, early Black superheroes never stray too far from common stereotypes about Black men.

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The Inheritance (US/Narr/2010/90min) $11 Five ambitious cousins set out on a family reunion during a winter storm. They hope to please the elders and secure their inheritance, a fortune that dates back to days of slavery. Their Uncle Melvin welcomes them with open arms, but warns them to respect their family traditions.

During the weekend, as each of the cousins mysteriously

disappears, they learn the truths about their family legacy, blood ancestor — Chakabazz, and the ultimate sacrifice they must make in exchange for their beloved inheritance.

Stars Keith David, Golden Brooks, DB Woodside, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Rochelle Aytes and Shawn Michael Howard. Director: Robert O’Hara

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2011 SCHEdulE EDUCATION PRE-FESTIVAL WEd., JuNE 10 - July 23 HOME ExHIBITION The Gallery at Chastain WEd., July 6 CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARDS BOOK FAIR 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Atlanta-Fulton Public Library

THURS., JULY 7 TRENTON DOYLE HANCOCK OPENING RECEPTION 6:30 PM SCAD/ACA GALLERY

FRI., JULY 8 NBAF IN THE COMMUNITY Schedule available at NBAF.org CONTEMPORARY AFRICA ExHIBITION 12:00 PM Gems of Africa Gallery NBAF JAzz JOURNEY NIGHT AT THE AqUARIUM 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM Georgia Aquarium A DIVERSITY OF COLORS OPENING RECEPTION 7:00 PM Catherine Kelleghan Gallery

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FILM DOUGLASS’ DOUGLASVILLE: A JOURNEY PROJECT OPENING RECEPTION 3:00 PM Mercer University/Douglas County TRUE HIP HOP ExHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION 6:00 PM Hagedorn Foundation Gallery

SUN., JULY 10 EqUAL RIGHTS: THE ART OF MICHAEL HARRIS OPENING RECEPTION 2:00 PM Hammonds House

MON., JULY 11 NBAF SUMMER INSTITUTE 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Hammonds House JAzz AROUND TOWN: AVERY SUNSHINE 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM SW Arts Center

TUES., JULY 12 NBAF SUMMER INSTITUTE 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Hammonds House

WED., JULY 13

NBAF IN THE COMMUNITY Schedule available at NBAF.org

NBAF SUMMER INSTITUTE 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Hammonds House

HOME ExHIBITION ARTIST TALK AND GALLERY TOUR 1:00 PM The Gallery at Chastain

FILM — STORMY WEATHER 10:00 AM-11:30 AM Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University

FIRST GLANCE FILM — THE MANUSCRIPTS OF TIMBUKTU & THE NEW “N” WORD 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Rialto Center for the Arts CONVERSATION — RACE, DIVERSITY & PERFORMANCE: MICHAEL HARRIS & HALIMA TAHA 1:00 PM- 3:00 PM Hammonds House FILM — I SING OF A WELL 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University CONVERSATION - RACE, DIVERSITY & PERFORMANCE: MUSIC IN 21ST CENTURY 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Hammonds House FROM A WHISPER & GRACE 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Rialto Center for the Arts FILM — FUNKJAzz KAFÉ: DIARY OF A DECADE 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Rialto Center for the Arts

THURS., JULY 14 NBAF SUMMER INSTITUTE 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Hammonds House THE O’JAYS IN CONTExT WITH DR. PORTIA MAULTSBY 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Hammonds House FIRST GLANCE: FRESH PERSPECTIVES FROM YOUNG ARTISTS 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Rialto Center for the Arts FILM — STUBBORN AS A MULE 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM Rialto Center for the Arts

VISUAL ARTS FILM — SHAFT OR SIDNEY POITIER: THE EMERGENCE OF BLACK MASCULINITY IN COMIC BOOK 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Rialto Center for the Arts FILM – VIVA RIVA! 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Rialto Center for the Arts RADCLIFFE BAILEY’S ART AS AESTHETIC ACTION 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Woodruff Arts Center, Rich Symphony FILM — THE INHERITANCE 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Rialto Center for the Arts INTERPRETATIONS: BLACK VISUAL ART PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Woodruff Arts Center, Symphony Hall

FRI., JULY 15 NBAF SUMMER INSTITUTE 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Hammonds House INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE Sponsored by American Family Insurance 10:00 AM- 9:00 PM Centennial Olympic Park CHILDREN’S EDUCATION VILLAGE 10:00 AM-4:00 PM Centennial Olympic Park

DANCE PUBLIx HEALTHY COOKING PAVILLION 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM Centennial Olympic Park RIO NEGRO 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Centennial Olympic Park RAS KOFI 6:00 PM - 6:45 PM Centennial Olympic Park VIEWS, MOODS, ATTITUDES: LIFE PERSPECTIVES FROM ACCLAIMED ARTISTS 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM zucot Gallery ORqUESTA MACUBA 7:30 PM - 8:50 PM ,mnbvvccxza Olympic Park SANKOFA: LOOKING BACK TO MOVE FORWARD ExHIBITION 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Rialto Center for the Arts LEGENDS CELEBRATION: THE O’JAYS Sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Woodruff Arts Center, Symphony Hall

SAT., JULY 16 INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE Sponsored by American Family Insurance 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM Centennial Olympic Park

LEGENDS AFRICAN AMERICANS & THE AFRICAN RENAISSANCE 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Auburn Avenue Research Library FATHER/SON DRUM CIRCLE 10:00 AM - 11:30 PM Centennial Olympic Park COMMUNITY DANCE CLASS W/ MANTSOE & MAINE 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Ballethnic Dance Company CHILDREN’S EDUCATION VILLAGE 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Centennial Olympic Park PUBLIx HEALTHY COOKING PAVILLION 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM Centennial Olympic Park

GALA JULIE DExTER 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Centennial Olympic Park THE CHRONICLE 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Centennial Olympic Park FREDDIE STYLES & LYNN MARSHALL- LINNEMEIER 6:00 PM Avisca Fine Art Gallery NBAF GALA: A GATHERING OF COLORS 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead DANCEAFRICA! LIBATIONS AND PROCESSIONAL 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM Rialto Center for the Arts

MUSIC CHILDREN’S EDUCATION VILLAGE 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Centennial Olympic Park PUBLIx HEALTHY COOKING PAVILLION 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM Centennial Olympic Park YO! KARAOKE 12:00 PM- 12:45 PM Centennial Olympic Park TRIBUTE TO GIL SCOTTHERON 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Centennial Olympic Park KATHLEEN BERTRAND 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Centennial Olympic Park

CHICAGO BOB NELSON 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Centennial Olympic Park

DANCEAFRICA! Sponsored by Macy’s, Chevron & South Arts 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Rialto Center for the Arts

DANCEAFRICA! Sponsored by Macy’s, Chevron & South Arts 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Rialto Center for the Arts

SUN., JULY 17

SANDRA HALL: THE EMPRESS OF THE BLUES 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Centennial Olympic Park

BRUNCH & GALLERY TOUR WITH RADCLIFFE BAILEY 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Table 1280, Woodruff Arts Center

GREGORY PORTER 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Centennial Olympic Park

JAzzMATIC 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM Centennial Olympic Park

INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE Sponsored by American Family Insurance 12:00 PM - 9:00 PM Centennial Olympic Park

FRANKIE’S BLUES MISSION 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Centennial Olympic Park

DONNIE 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Centennial Olympic Park

OMAR SOSA 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Centennial Olympic Park ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Community Concert 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Ebenezer Baptist Church

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The National Black Arts Festival is proud to present interpretations: black Visual Art – past, present and Future. We remember romare bearden on the 100th Anniversary of his birth and honor master artists; elizabeth catlett, Samella lewis, betye Saar, richard mayhew, thornton Dial and David Driskell. Featuring performances by The Russell Gunn Quartet, Heidi Martin, Jessica Care Moore and Jodi Merriday.

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Presentation to Elizabeth Catlett Presentation to Samella Lewis performance: russell gunn Quartet & heidi martin

Presentation to Mid-Career Artists Presentation to Betty Saar Presentation to Thornton Dial performance: russell gunn Quartet & Jodi merriday

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Visual Arts – The Artists Romare Howard Bearden

Romare Howard Bearden was born on September 2, 1911, to (Richard) Howard and Bessye Bearden in Charlotte, North Carolina, and died in New York City on March 12, 1988, at the age of 76. His life and art are marked by exceptional talent, encompassing a broad range of intellectual and scholarly interests, including music, performing arts, history, literature and world art. Bearden was also a celebrated humanist, as demonstrated by his lifelong support of young, emerging artists.

Romare Bearden began college at Lincoln University, transferred to Boston University and completed his studies at New York University (NYU), graduating with a degree in education. While at NYU, Bearden took extensive courses in art and was a lead cartoonist and then art editor for the monthly journal The Medley. In 1935, Bearden became a weekly editorial cartoonist for the Baltimore Afro-American until 1937. From the mid-1930s through 1960s, Bearden was a social worker with the New York City Department of Social Services, working on his art at night and on weekends. His success as an artist was recognized with his first solo exhibition in Harlem in 1940 and his first solo show in Washington, DC, in 1944.

In 1954, Bearden married Nanette Rohan, with whom he spent the rest of his life. Among his many friends, Bearden had close associations with such distinguished artists, intellectuals and musicians as James Baldwin, Stuart Davis, Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, Joan Miró, George Grosz, Alvin Ailey and Jacob Lawrence.

Bearden was also a respected writer and an eloquent spokesman on artistic and social issues of the day.

Among Bearden’s numerous publications are: A History of African American Artists: From 1792 to the Present, which was coauthored with Harry Henderson and published posthumously in 1993; The Caribbean Poetry of Derek Walcott and the Art of Romare Bearden (1983); Six Black Masters of American Art, coauthored with Harry Henderson (1972); The Painter’s Mind: A Study of the Relations of Structure and Space in Painting, coauthored with Carl Holty (1969); and Li’l Dan, the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story, a children’s book published posthumously in September 2003.

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Bearden was the recipient of many awards and honors throughout his lifetime. Honorary doctorates were given

by Pratt Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Davidson

ATLANTA MUSIC FESTIVAL featuring Indra Thomas, soprano, Meridian Herald Chorale and 500 Atlanta children September 21–24, 2011 atlantamusicfestival.org

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College and Atlanta University, to name but a few. He received the Mayor’s Award of Honor for Art and Culture in New York City in 1984 and the National Medal of Arts, presented by President Ronald Reagan, in 1987.

Elizabeth Catlett

The granddaughter of enslaved people, Catlett was born into a middle-class Washington family; her father was a professor of mathematics at Tuskegee Institute. Disallowed entrance into the Carnegie Institute of Technology because she was black, Catlett enrolled at Howard University (B.A., c. 1936), where she studied design, printmaking, and drawing and was influenced by the art theories of Alain Locke and James A. Porter.

In 1940, Catlett became the first student to earn a master’s degree of fine arts in sculpture at the University of Iowa.

After holding several teaching positions and continuing to expand her range of media, Catlett went to Mexico City in 1946 to work at the Taller de Gráfica Popular, an artists’ collective. There, along with her then-husband, the artist Charles White, she created prints depicting Mexican life. As a left-wing activist, she endured investigation by the House Un-American Activities Committee during the 1950s. About 1962 she took Mexican citizenship.

Catlett is known largely for her sculpture, especially for works such as Homage to My Young Black Sisters (1968) and various mother-child pairings, the latter of which became one of her central themes. She was also an accomplished printmaker who valued prints for their affordability and hence their accessibility to many people.

Catlett alternately chose to illustrate famous subjects, such as Harriet Tubman and Malcolm X, and anonymous workers—notably strong, solitary black women—as depicted in the terra-cotta sculpture Negro Woman (c.

1960) and the prints Sharecropper (1968) and Survivor (c. 1978).

Samella Lewis

Samella Lewis was born on February 27, 1924, in New Orleans, Louisiana; her heritage led her to view art as an essential expression of the community and its struggles. Lewis began her art career as a student at Dillard University, where she was instructed by the African American sculptor Elizabeth Catlett. At one of her instructor’s suggestions, she transferred to Hampton Institute, where she earned her B.A. in art history in 1945. She completed her graduate studies at Ohio State University, earning an M.A. in 1948, and in 1951 Lewis became the first African American woman to receive a doctorate in fine arts and art history. In order to publish www.nbaf.org

Black Artists on Art (1969), she founded the first African American-owned art publishing house, Contemporary Crafts.

Lewis worked as professor of art history at Scripps College in Claremont, California, from 1969-1984, becoming the college’s first tenured African American professor. She also helped to found the Museum of African American Art in Los Angeles in 1976 and established the scholarly journal International Review of African-American Art that same year. Through the museum and journal she founded, Lewis has created exhibition opportunities for African American artists that have bolstered their credibility.

Lewis has received several awards and distinctions. In 1995, she received the UNICEF Award for the Visual Arts, and from 1996 to 1997 was distinguished scholar at the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities in Los Angeles. Scripps College has also named an academic scholarship in her honor. She and her husband, Paul G. Lewis, have been married since 1948 and have two children.

Betye Saar

Betye Saar was born in Los Angeles, California in 1926.

She graduated from the University of California and continued graduate studies at California State University at Long Beach, the University of Southern California and California State University at Northridge. Saar is known for her multimedia collages, box assemblages, altars and installations consisting of found materials. Saar has received numerous awards of distinction including two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships (1974, 1984), a J. Paul Getty Fund for the Visual Arts Fellowship (1990) and a Flintridge Foundation Visual Artists Award (1998). In 1994, Saar, along with artist John Otterbridge, represented the United States at the 22nd Biennial of Sao Paulo in Brazil.

In 2005, the University Of Michigan Museum Of Art organized the traveling exhibition Betye Saar: Extending the Frozen Moment which examined her incorporation of photographic fragments in her work. A role model for generations of African-American women, Saar has raised three daughters, two of whom (Alison and Lezley) are accomplished artists. Saar continues to work and live in Los Angeles.

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Visual Arts – The Artists Richard Mayhew

Richard Mayhew was born in 1934 in Amityville, New York.

Mayhew’s reverence for the land and sea was established during his early years in his small hamlet on Long Island.

His father, Alvin Mayhew, was of African-American and Shinnecock Indian descent; his mother, Lillian Goldman Mayhew, was the product of a Cherokee Indian and African-American ancestry. In the late 1950s, Mayhew studied art at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, the Art Students League and Hans Hofmann’s School of Fine Art in New York.

Richard Mayhew commits each impression to memory like a Zen master until the time arrives to reveal them on paper or canvas. In addition to his worldwide exhibitions, Mayhew’s work is represented in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art; the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution; the Brooklyn Museum; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum; The Manoogian Collection and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, among others.

Thornton Dial

Thornton Dial was born 1928, in Emelle, Alabama. He came to prominence as an artist in the late 1980s. One of 12 children, he and his siblings created toys from the discarded objects around them. He lived in Bessemer, Alabama for most of his life. He married Clara Mae Murrow in 1951 and they had five children. His principal place of employment was the Pullman Company in Bessemer, Alabama, until the company closed its doors.

Atlanta collector and scholar William Arnett assisted Dial in bringing his work to national prominence.

Dial has had many important solo and group shows since his discovery by the art world. A show entitled Bearing Witness: African-American Vernacular Art of the South was described by the New York Times as the first attempt in New York City to organize a comprehensive exhibition of contemporary black ‘vernacular art. Dial is perhaps most well known for his 2005 exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. Today his large-scale assemblages sell for over $200,000. A Dial solo show opened at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in February entitled “Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial” and runs until September 18, 2011. The exhibition will travel to the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Mint Museum, and the High Museum of Art.

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David C. Driskell

Born in 1931 into a family of Georgia sharecroppers, David C. Driskell is today a renowned painter and collector of art, as well as one of the leading authorities on the subject of African American art and the black artist in American society. His paintings can be found in major museums and private collections worldwide. His contributions to scholarship in the history of art include many books and more than 40 catalogues for exhibitions he has curated.

His essays on the subject of African American art have appeared in major publications throughout the world. In establishing the Driskell Center, the University of Maryland has proudly taken up Driskell’s challenge to “grow the field.”

Prof. Driskell studied at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine and received his undergraduate degree in art at Howard University (1955) and a Masters in Fine Arts degree from Catholic University (1962). In 1976, Driskell curated the groundbreaking exhibit “Two Centuries of Black American Art: 1750-1950” which laid the foundation for the field of African American Art History. He joined the faculty of the Department of Art at the University of Maryland in 1977 and served as its Chair from 1978-1983. Since 1977, Prof. Driskell has served as cultural advisor to Camille O. and William H. Cosby and as the curator of the Cosby Collection of Fine Arts. His works are in major museums throughout the world, including the National Gallery of Art, the High Museum of Art, and Yale University Art Gallery, to name a few.

Prof. Driskell received the National Humanities Medal in 2000 from President Bill Clinton, in a White House Ceremony. In 2007, he was elected as a National Academician by the National Academy.

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Page after page of stunning photographs of beautiful dancers.

A great gift for the dancer or dance lover in your life.

And don’t miss “Water Dance” also.

Available online at www.richardcalmes.com

cuLTurAL SPoTLIGHTS Gems of Africa Gallery is Atlanta’s leading resource for contemporary African art, featuring Shona sculptures, South African pottery, Ngwenya glass, Zulu baskets and much much more! Upon entry to the gallery, you are taken on a visual journey showcasing many African countries. Each piece of artwork is intricately detailed portraying the emotions of the artist’s subject matter.

Remember, you don’t have to travel to Africa for fine African Art; just come to Gems of Africa Gallery for all of your African art needs. We are located in the Poncey Highlands neighborhood, (between North Ave. & Ponce DeLeon) just around the corner from the Jimmy Carter Center & Library.

Located in the heart of Buckhead at the corner of East Paces Ferry and North Fulton Street, Catherine Kelleghan Gallery opens “A Diversity of Colors” on Friday, July 8, 2011 featuring works by 12 very different artists, including Kamal Al Mansour, TWIN (Jerry Lynn and Terry Lynn), Alfred Conteh, Dante Yarbrough, Tamara Natalie Madden, Morris T. Howard, JAMALI, James W. Taylor, Kendall Portis and Brad Robertson. Drop by and meet the artists at a Reception that evening from 7 until 10 pm, sip Specialty Cocktails provided by Bombay Sapphire, and view an eclectic array of works ranging from collage pieces to oil paintings.

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309 East Paces Ferry, Suite 130, Atlanta, GA 30305

404.841.2345

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hAmmonDS houSe muSeum preSentS eQUal RiteS: tHe aRt oF miCHael d. HaRRiS Michael Harris’ work revolves around his emotional and political consciousness. Growing up, Harris was always aware of issues dealing with race, integration and struggles.

It is in his artwork and his studies of art history where the expression of these thoughts and feelings come together.

The value of education and the importance of a positive future were strongly encouraged within Harris’ family. It was while he was attending college when he developed a social awareness. In 1979, while working on his MFA in painting, Harris joined the group AfriCOBRA, African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists. The experiences and dialogues that were formed between he and this community of artists had an important influence on his work. He has shown his work all over the United States, in the Caribbean, and in Europe.

July 11 - September 11, 2011.

Giwayen Mata, the award winning all sistah dance, percussion and vocal ensemble, performs traditional West African rhythms mostly from Guinea, West Africa. Her broad repertoire also includes original contemporary works.

This year, Giwayen Mata will engage audiences at Dance Africa Atlanta and Dance Africa Dallas, vibrant celebrations of the diaspora. Giwayen Mata will also be seen at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center ushering in the spirit of Kwanzaa. African Dance classes, taught by Giwayen Mata members and visiting master and community dancers are equally potent, driven by the force of live drumming. For more information on classes and performances visit or call 404-604-9364.

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2011 LEGENdS cELEBrATIoN tHe o’JayS

It was in 1957 when Eddie Levert, Walter Williams, William Powell, Bobby Massey and Bill Isles began as a quintet called the Triumphs of McKinley High School in Canton, OH. In 1960, they became the Mascots but were renamed The O’Jays in 1963 after legendary radio D.J. Eddie O’Jay. Things began to take off for the group when they signed with Imperial Records in 1963 and achieved their first hit, “Lonely Drifter.” This was followed by several hit singles and the release of their debut album in 1965, Comin’ Through. The O’Jays had released one more record, Soul Sounds, in 1967 when they met songwriters and producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. The group soon recorded on Gamble and Huff’s Neptune label as a quartet (Isles departed in 1967). Massey left the group in 1972 and the trio united with Gamble and Huff on Philadelphia International Records recording some of the best R&B/pop hits ever. It was on the Philadelphia International label that The O’Jays’ career skyrocketed.

For the next seven years after the 1972 release of “Back Stabbers”, The O’Jays had a gold or platinum record every year and garnered three Grammy nominations for Best R&B Vocal Group. In 1990, the group won an American Music Award for Favorite R&B Group or Duo for their hit album, Emotionally Yours. With six platinum and eight gold LPs including Family Reunion, Message in the Music Ship Ahoy, So Full of Love and Travelin’ at the Speed of Thought, the talented trio has proven the test of time.

Newest member, Eric Grant, is proud to be included as part of The O’Jays legacy. With more than 50 singles released spanning a 50+ year career, The O’Jays have earned the right to be called LEGENDS!

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progrAm welcome Evern Cooper Epps, Chair, NBAF in memoriam Neil Barclay, President & CEO, NBAF introduction of the o’Jays Ingrid Sanders Jones Senior Vice President, Global Community Connections, The Coca-Cola Company Chairperson, The Coca-Cola Foundation post-performance presentation of 2011 legends Awards to the o’Jays Neil Barclay, President & CEO, NBAF Leatrice Ellzy, Director of Artistic Programming, NBAF

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THURSDAY-SUNDAY.JULY l4-l7 Discover all the excitement of art in a 4-day market in Atlanta, Georgia!

Don’t miss this great event that will showcase individual fine ar�sts and cra�smen whose work include pain�ng, printmaking , glass, ceramic, fiber art, sculpture, jewelry, leather, photography, dolls, and mixed media. Featuring the following artists: Abdul Aziz Wycliffe Benne� . Keenyah Brooks . Robert Carter . Sidney Carter . Frank Frazier . Kelvin Henderson Abe Lavalais . Joyce Lomax . Edward Mar�n . Stuart McClean . Creseida Ann Motley . Woodrow Nash . Sammie Nicely . Calvin Nicely . Barbara Nicholson . George Nock . K. Joy . Ballard Peters SekouRa . GwendolynRedfern . Aaron Reed . Karen Roache . Mary Sereal . John Sims . Theresa Smith . Delores Surry-Smith . Stephen A. Webber . Brenda Winstead . Ron Witherspoon

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dANcEAFrIcA! ATLANTA 2011 FeAturing:

Dr. Charles Davis, Durham, North Carolina Diali Keba Cissokho, Durham, North Carolina Giwayen Mata, Atlanta, Georgia Lesole’s Dance Project, Silver Springs, Maryland Vincent Mantsoe. Paris, France

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African dance tells stories, expresses emotion and communicates a message. It is a central part of daily life and occasions are rarely celebrated without it. Experience the blend and reinterpretation of song and movement as we infuse Atlanta’s flavor.

proceSSionAl greetingS AnD welcome

Baba Chuck Davis, Founder and Artistic Director of DanceAfrica America, Welcomes all to The Bantaba (dancing ground).

welcome DAnce

Baba Chuck Davis assisted by Giwayen Mata A traditional welcome dance incorporating the Fanga from Liberia.

A tribute to Mama Pearl Omawale Primus

memoriAl

Candle Bearers, Full Company We recognize and honor those, connected to DanceAfrica, who have made the transition to the Ancestral Grounds.

phAnS’emgoDini (gumbootS)

Lesole’s Dance Project Traditionally performed by the gold and diamond miners of South Africa, as an artistic “voice” against oppression and inequality. Let the rhythms and the energy wash over you, as you ponder the connections of percussive dance around the world. Then settle in to enjoy the show!

ntu

Vincent Mantsoe Some things cannot be explained, like the spirit’s complexity or its simplicity. This notion ‘NTU’ penetrated the idea that even this when nothingness takes place, there is also something.

This is my journey or nothing, what is yours and how do you define it?

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PeRFoRmeRS:

Motho ke motho ka Batho, ‘A person is person because of other people’

Dr. chucK DAViS

Ntu means ‘nothing’. It is derived from the word Muntu meaning person in the Nguni or Bantu language in South Africa.

DR. CHUCK DAVIS, the Founder and Artistic Director of the African Dance Ensemble and the New York-based Dance Africa, is a native North Carolinian. He attended Howard University and majored in Theater/Dance and continued his study in African dance under the guidance of Babatunde Olatunji, Eleo Pamore and the Bernice Johnson Dance Company, and received an honorary doctorate from Medgar Evers College. The African Dance Festival of Durham, NC recruited Dr. Davis for the position of Artist in Residence and to head its outreach program. His desire to reach the young people of Durham, who shared his enthusiasm for dance, was the fountainhead from which sprang the African American Dance Ensemble.

*** This work is supported and commissioned by the NAC National Arts Centre Ottawa Canada 2005 & 2006 season. Ntu is been developed in France Saint-Pont and USA Bates Dance Festival Maine Lewiston Portland and was premier in the fall of 2005 at the NAC Ottawa Canada, followed by furious performances in South Africa, Japan, and Korea. Late 2010 and early 2011, NTU/ was re-created, and was premiered in France.

intermiSSion KuKhon’mbizA (NDLAMU, ZULU DANCE)

DiAli KebA ciSSoKho

Lesole’s Dance Project Traditional Zulu dance known as the warrior dance. It was historically done as a form of training Shaka’s/Zulu warriors, to celebrate a child’s birth, during weddings and the victory of the Zulu warrior. Ndlamu is performed by both male and female dancers.

A renowned korist and percussionist from Senegal, Diali Keba Cissokho has recently relocated to the United States after years of performing and teaching in Senegal and in Europe. Born into a rich ancestry of Manding griots (the musician caste), Diali has been playing traditional West

the KorA

Diali Keba Cissokho Coming from a long tradition of historians, storytellers and musicians, the kora player is called a Jali which loosely translated means “bard”. Using skills passed from generation to generation, their fingers share stories of life, love and culture.

AFricAn ViSionS

Giwayen Mata A medley of selected works from Giwayen Mata’s vast repertoire honoring the continent and its immense cultural resources

FinAle

Full Company World Premiere!

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African music for as long as he can remember. Diali’s greatest love is the kora, the 21-stringed African “harplute” that is at the heart and soul of much West African music. He is also a passionate singer, percussionist and dancer. Crossing cultural boundaries with a wide range of sounds, from fast dance rhythms to soothing traditional grooves, Diali brings an unparalleled virtuosity with a unique personal style to this respected traditional art form.

National Museum of African Art in Philadelphia, Miami International Book Fair, Cincinnati Play House, Michigan State University and The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage.

A regular at DanceAfrica DC and a recent participant in DanceAfrica Chicago, Lesole’s Dance Project launched its First Annual International Edu-dance Program, working with local primary schools in the townships of Sebokeng, South Africa in 2009.

Vincent mAntSoe

ComPany memBeRS

Vincent Sekwati Koko Mantsoe grew up in Diepkloof, one of the South Western Townships outside Johannesburg known as Soweto. Mantsoe’s innately musical understanding of movement and its transformational potential began in the early years. As a youth he assisted with the dancing and drumming that his grandmother, his mother, and two of his aunts performed in their capacity as ‘Sangomas’, the Zulu term for traditional healers. With a wide blend of training, ranging from reinterpretation of contemporary dances from Michael Jackson as a youth, to a trainee member of Moving Into Dance Mophatong (MIDM), one of the first integrated dance companies in South Africa and learning Afro Fusion, Mantsoe draws on his own culturally-infused movement.

giwAyen mAtA

GIWAYEN MATA is a Hausa term that means, “Elephant Women”. It is a title given to women who are leaders of women’s organizations. Founded in 1993, their mission is to “celebrate the lives of women and uplift our communities and our planet, while perpetuating the cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora through the study, creation, teaching, and presentation of artistic media including dances, rhythms, songs, poetry, and prose around the world.”

Wowing audiences and students of all ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds with drum and dance classes, workshops, and performances that are entertaining, energetic, thoughtprovoking, empowering, interactive and educational, ensemble members have performed and taught in Bermuda, Germany, Ghana, Haiti, and London. Part of DanceAfrica since 2008, Giwayen Mata has participated in DanceAfrica New York, Chicago and Dallas. A three time recipient of Creative Loafing’s Best of Atlanta Awards for Best World Music Group, Giwayen Mata is excited to participate in the premier of DanceAfrica in their hometown.

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Lesole’s Dance Project creates and performs works that highlight the unique qualities of contemporary modern and Afro-Fusion dance, and provides educational residency programs on the movement and history of popular traditional South African dances such as Gumboots, Indlamu and Panstula. Founded in 2003, the company has performed throughout the United States including the 2011 NBAF Festival Guide

Dr. Charles Davis, DanceAfrica America Founder and Artistic Director Diali Keba Cissokho Vincent Mantsoe

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Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Halpern Mr. Michael Hammond Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Hardy Mrs. Regina Russell Haynes Ms. Jacqueline Hay-Primus Mr. and Mrs. Clifford C. Hepburn Mr. Keith Hill Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hillman Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Holley Dr. Collette Hopkins and Dr. Trevor Turner Ms. Cecilia Houston-Torrence Ms. Irmgard S. Immel Ms. Brenda Jackson Ms. Toi B. James Ms. Joyce E. Jelks Ms. Dia Johnson Mr. Brian P. Jones Mr. Jefrey Jones Ms. Bensonetta T. Lane Ms. Camille Russell Love Ms. Crystal Love Ms. Sharon Mangum Ms. Carla Mannings Mr. George Marshall Mr. Leo Marshall Ms. Josephine McKoy Ms. Alicia L. Melton Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Meyers Mr. and Mrs. Jason T. Moran Mr. Christopher Mosley Ms. Donna Northington Mr. and Mrs. Jack Olender Ms. Debra Polk Mr. Reginald B. Ponder Mrs. Kara L. Ponder Chatman Mr. George Queeley Ms. Courtney Rhodes

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Trenton Doyle Hancock, Torpedo Boy and Heiren Hazo, mixed media on paper, 10" x 6-1/4", 2010.

Curated by David Louis Norr, chief curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland; organized by USF Contemporary Art Museum, Institute for Research in Art, Tampa, Florida.

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