UNDER THE BAOBAB tREE LINKS AVAILABLE 2nd ANNIVERSARY! during black history month 2023
https://m.youtube.com/@auntieafrika9519/videos
UJIMA (Collective Work & Responsibilty)
A RE-ENACTMENT OF :
NOW ON AUNTIE AFRIKA YOUTUBE CHANNEL!!!
- THE BLACK ARTIST IN AMERICA: A Symposium featuring the READING of an article published in the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN, in January 1969 by:
- * ROMARE BEARDEN *SAM GILLIAM, JR. *RICHARD HUNT *JACOB LAWRENCE *TOM LLOYD *WILLIAM WILLIAMS *HALE WOODRUFF
CAMEO PRESENTATIONS by:
ROBERT LEWIS CLARK, IV
(aka "Kofi Ga Mantse")
MRS. MOELLE SPENCE
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READ BY:
*BERNARD BUTLER
*WANDA L. SPENCE
*PETER HANES
*BEN KINARD
*MICHAEL JONES
*JACI CAPRICE CLARK
*SAMUEL L. WILLIAMS, JR.
with ADDED DIALOGUE:
ART WALLENSTEIN as THOMAS HOVING (MET DIRECTOR 1967-1977)
FEATURED MUSIC by:
*OMAR SOSA
*VATTEL CHERRY
*KWAME ANSAH-BREW
*DUKE ELLINGTON
*JACI CAPRICE CLARK
*SHARON LEE MINOR
*ROB CLARK
FUNDING:
AN ONLINE
INTER-GENERATIONAL
EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE! JOIN US!
FOR ALL AGES/module format:*THE STATUE THAT WALKED THE WATER* TO THE ANCESTORS: SANKOFA TO THE FUTURE*THE REASONING BEHIND WHAT WE DID*FROM ORDINARY TO EXTRAORDINARY:Building A Community in the Middle of a PANDEMIC!
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SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS:
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DESCRIPTION:
This series of six MODULES begins with an "imaginative" true story of how a sculpture became the impetus behind the creation of this online virtual project. The statue is also the logo for the Sandy Spring Slave Museum (Maryland, USA). The statue inspired a painter who first saw the sculpture 23 years earlier in Ghana, but had forgotten...until the "Ancestors" reminded her. Something "amazing" happens to everyone who sees the sculpture and the painting!
UNDER THE BAOBAB TREE: UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility is for all ages. First presented on December 28, 2020 during the height of the Covid-19 Pandemic, and with only five online practices, each participant remained committed to the project . It introduces eight brave volunteer residents of Montgomery County, Md. who portrayed seven famous Black Artists, and the Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969, who hosted, BLACK ARTISTS IN AMERICA: A Symposium.
In 1968. The Museum presented a "controversial" exhibition, HARLEM ON MY MIND 1900-1968 that later influenced a series of significant changes within America’s recognition of Black Visual Art and Artists. Our virtual project is based on research done by Artist/Scholar Sharon Lee Minor King, Ph.D. and funded by the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Maryland.
The Modules capture the commitment each Reader had to the project, including some humorous moments while trying to navigate through ZOOM. Even during challenging times, this series proves how people can "break through the computer screen", and create community! The Symposium also involves vigorous exchanges between the seven Black artists about WHAT IS BLACK ART? WHO IS A BLACK ARTIST? WHAT MAKES BLACK ART DIFFERENT FROM AFRICAN ART? Many of these questions are still seeking answers, today.
FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO YOUTUBE PAGE AUNTIE AFRIKA:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg57FYS42VRWRapD0DvXTBg
SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN REGULAR FOLKS ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING COMMUNITY ONLINE........AMAZING!
A MINOR ENTERPRISE &
THINKING CAP PRODUCTION
2021 (copyright 2021)
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