1.Exhibitions
#BronxAfrica
Wednesday, May 4: 5:00-9:00pm
Closing Reception for BRONX:AFRICA + First Wednesday Bronx Culture Trolley
6:00pm: What is African Art Today? with LeRonn P. Brooks, curator; Atim Annette Oton, curator of public programming; and Deirdre Scott, executive director of the Bronx Council on the Arts.
The BRONX:AFRICA exhibit (#BronxAfrica) will feature contemporary art across disciplines along with Program Ambassador events around the Bronx and beyond.
Our borough is home to major and still growing populations from various countries inAfrica. Their vital presence influences and transforms our city. BRONX:AFRICA is a multi-disciplinary exploration of the art, expressions and influences of Africancultures, and their impact on the arts as nationals mix and infuse. BRONX:AFRICAcelebrates the influence of contemporary African cultures that strengthens and connects us with the many peoples of African descent, the diaspora, mixed heritage and migration-dispersion that call the Bronx home.
Artists featured in Gallery: Seyi Adebanjo, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, Howard Cash, Elvira Clayton, Dennis RedMoon Darkeem, Lisa DuBois, Nicky Enright, Janet Goldner, Ijeoma Iheanacho, Imo Imeh, Hakim Inniss, Natasha Johnson, Ahmed Tijay Mohammed, Nontsikelelo Mutiti, Ibou Ndoye, Eric Orr, Eto Otitigbe, Thurston Randall, Ibrahima Thiam, Osaretin Ugiagbe, Misra Walker and Tammy Wofsey.
Artists featured online: Olaniyi Akindiya, Kenneth Anderson and Ray Felix.
LeRonn P. Brooks, Exhibition Curator
Atim Oton, Curator of Community Engagement
Juanita Lanzo, Longwood Art Gallery Director
Ọya: Something Happened On The Way To West Africa!
On View February 3 - May 4, 2016
Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos
450 Grand Concourse, Rm C-190
Bronx, NY 10451
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Upcoming Screenings
2. Ọya: Something Happened On The Way To West Africa! Official Selection of 2016 New York African Film Festival
Date: Saturday, May 14th
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Maysles Cinema
343 Lenox Ave, New York, NY 10027
more info:
Purchase tickets here
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2540376
3. Trans Lives Matter! Justice for Islan Nettles Official Selection of 2016 Translations The Seattle Transgender Film Festival
The 2016 Translations Film Festival May 12-15, 2016.
Date: Saturday, May 14th
Time: 4:30 pm 5/14
Part of the Radiant Rebels Shorts Films
Float by Sam Berliner | 4 min.
Monica's Story by Glenn Holsten | 11 min.
Transcend by Kai Towns | 17 min.
Trans Lives Matter! Justice for Islan Nettles by Seyi Adebanjo | 7 min.
Whittier Boulevard by Michael Patrick Spillers | 17 min.
One Word: Passing by Cut.com | 4 min.
My Genderation: Alex by Fox Fisher and Lewis Hancox | 3 min.
That's My Boy by Akhil Sathyan | 24 min.
86 min.
Location: Northwest Film Forum
1515 12th Ave
Seattle, WA, 98122
purchase tickets here:
http://translations.strangertickets.com/films/33066474/trans-lives-matter-justice-for-islan-nettles
view schedule here:
http://translations.strangertickets.com/schedule?day=2016-05-14