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SUMMARY:Shenece Oretha with Blair Ebony Smith | Artist Performance Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Join the Krannert Art Museum for an back to back DJ performance lecture by multidisciplinary artist Shenece Oretha and exhibiting artist Blair Ebony Smith (lovenloops)\, presented as part of the Black on Black on Black on Black exhibition. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShenece Oretha (b. Montserrat) is a London based multidisciplinary artist sounding out the mobilizing potential of sound and listening in art. \nThrough multi-vocal and multichannel installations\, sculpture\, print\, workshops and text Shenece Oretha amplifies and celebrates listening and sound as an embodied and collective practice. Her works are attentive to not just the music\, but the musicality of Black oral and aural traditions\, ceremonies and literature together with the emotional\, physical and communal resonance they generate. \nHer solo shows include Ah So It Go\, Ah No So It Go\, Go So!\, Cubitt Gallery\, London(2022)\, Called to Respond\, Cell Project Space\, London\, (2020)\, TESTING GROUNDS\, Cafe OTO Project Space\, London\, (2019). Group exhibitions include\, In the House of My Love\, Brent Biennial 2022 \, London (2022)\, SURVEY II\, G39\, Cardiff and Jerwood Arts\, London (2021)\, Cinders\, Sinuous and Supple\, Les Urbaines (2019)\, Lausanne\, Switzerland (2019) and PRAISE N PAY IT/ PULL UP\, COME INTO THE RISE\, South London Gallery\, London\, (2018). \nShenece was recently commissioned to make a new work in response to the sound archive at the British Library as part of the CCA Show – Notes on Play (2021). \nSee her work at www.black-whole.info or follow her on Instagram @oooretha
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/shenece-oretha-with-blair-ebony-smith-artist-performance-lecture/
LOCATION:Krannert Art Museum\, 500 E. Peabody Drive\, Champaign\, Illinois\, 61820
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221013T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221013T193000
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SUMMARY:Dr. Kelli Morgan Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Join the Krannert Art Museum for a talk by Dr. Kelli Morgan\, Professor of the Practice and the inaugural Director of Curatorial Studies at Tufts University\, presented as part of the Black on Black on Black on Black exhibition. \nAbout the artist\nDr. Kelli Morgan is a Professor of the Practice and the inaugural Director of Curatorial Studies at Tufts University. A curator\, educator\, and social justice activist who specializes in American art and visual culture\, her scholarly commitment to the investigation of anti-blackness within those fields has demonstrated how traditional art history and museum practice work specifically to uphold white supremacy. \nBesides her own curatorial experience\, Dr. Morgan mentors emerging curators and regularly trains staff at various museums to foster anti-racist approaches in collection building\, exhibitions\, community engagement\, and fundraising. \nOver the past year\, Dr. Morgan has become a leading and influential voice in bolstering anti-racist work in art museums. She has held curatorial positions at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields\, the Birmingham Museum of Art\, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and teaching positions at Wayne State University\, the University of Michigan\, and the Tyler School of Art at Temple University \nDr. Morgan earned her PhD in Afro-American studies and a graduate certificate in public history–museum studies from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2017.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/dr-kelli-morgan-lecture/
LOCATION:Krannert Art Museum\, 500 E. Peabody Drive\, Champaign\, Illinois\, 61820
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ORGANIZER;CN="Krannert Art Museum":MAILTO:kam@illinois.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220924T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220924T203000
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SUMMARY:Screening of Afro-Punk and Conversation with Director James Spooner
DESCRIPTION:James Spooner will be at 25 O’Clock Brewing Co. as part of Pygmalion\, in partnership with the Urbana Arts + Culture Program. Please visit the Pygmalion website for information about purchasing tickets. \nJames Spooner is an accomplished tattoo artist\, illustrator\, and filmmaker. He directed the seminal documentary Afro-Punk. Spooner is also the co-founder of the Afro-punk Festival. Spooner’s work has appeared in NPR\, Vice\, The Village Voice\, The New Yorker\, Vibe\, Fader\, MTV\, NBC News\, and Variety. He is an ongoing guest curator for the Broad Museum in Los Angeles\, and previously programmed for the Brooklyn Academy of Music. \nABOUT THE HIGH DESERT \nA Memoir by James Spooner \nFrom James Spooner\, the creator of Afro-Punk\, comes a stunning graphic memoir of his coming-of-age in a miserable desert town in California in the early 1990s: THE HIGH DESERT (Harper; on sale May 17\, 2022; $26.00\, 368 pages; ISBN 978-0-358-65911-2). THE HIGH DESERT is the story of a young man’s immersive reckoning with identity\, racism\, clumsy teen love\, and belonging—and the story of a search for salvation and community through punk. \nTeenage James Spooner hates that he and his mom are back in the Apple Valley\, California town after years away. The one silver lining—new school\, new you\, right? But the few Black kids at school seem to be gangbanging\, and the other kids fall on a spectrum of microagressors to future Neo-Nazis. Mixed race\, acutely aware of his Blackness\, James doesn’t know where he fits until he meets Ty\, a young Black punk who introduces him to the school outsiders—skaters\, unhappy young rebels\, caught up in the punk groundswell sweeping the country. \nA haircut\, a few Sex Pistols\, Misfits\, and Black Flag records later: Suddenly\, James has friends\, romantic prospects\, and knows the difference between a bass and a guitar. But this desolate landscape hides brutal\, building undercurrents: a classmate overdoses\, a friend must prove himself to his white supremacist brother and the local Aryan brotherhood through a show of violence. Everything and everyone are set to collide at one of the year’s biggest shows in town. \nWeaving in the Black roots of punk rock and a vivid interlude in the thriving eighties DIY and punk scene in New York’s East Village\, THE HIGH DESERT is an engaging and moving graphic memoir of a budding punk\, artist\, and activist.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/screening-of-afro-punk/
LOCATION:25 O’Clock Brewing Co.\, 208 W. Griggs St.\, Urbana\, Illinois\, 61801
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220924T181500
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SUMMARY:Ayana Contreras at 25 O'Clock Brewing Co.
DESCRIPTION:Ayana Contreras will be at 25 O’Clock Brewing Co. as part of Pygmalion\, in partnership with the Urbana Arts + Culture Program. Please visit the Pygmalion website for information about purchasing tickets. \nAyana Contreras is a cultural historian\, memory worker\, radio DJ and archivist.  An avid collector with over 8000 vintage vinyl records\, she hosts the Reclaimed Soul program on WBEZ and Vocalo Radio in Chicago. She is also a columnist for DownBeat magazine\, and her writings have been published in Chicago Review\, Oxford American and Bandcamp Daily among other publications. Her book on Post-Civil Rights Era cultural history\, titled Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago\, was published December 2021 through University of Illinois Press.  \n 
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/ayana-contreras-at-25-oclock-brewing-co/
LOCATION:25 O’Clock Brewing Co.\, 208 W. Griggs St.\, Urbana\, Illinois\, 61801
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220924T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220924T143000
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SUMMARY:Nabil Ayers at the Krannert Art Museum
DESCRIPTION:Nabil Ayers will be at the Krannert Art Museum on September 24 as part of Pygmalion. Please visit the Pygmalion website for information about purchasing tickets. \nNabil Ayers is the President of Beggars Group USA\, where he has released albums by many GRAMMY Award-winning artists. Ayers has written about music and race for publications including The New York Times\, NPR\, Rolling Stone\, and GQ. He currently resides in Brooklyn\, New York. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT MY LIFE IN THE SUNSHINE \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn 1971\, a white\, Jewish\, former ballerina chose to have a child with the famous Black jazz musician Roy Ayers\, fully expecting and agreeing to his absenteeism. In MY LIFE IN THE SUNSHINE\, their son Nabil Ayers recounts a life spent living with the aftermath of that decision\, and his journey to build an identity of his own despite his father’s absence. Even though Nabil has only met him a handful of times\, his father has been a steady influence in his life. Like Roy\, Nabil became deeply involved in the music industry\, first as a musician\, and currently as the President of Beggars Group USA\, where he has worked with musicians such as The National\, St. Vincent\, and Big Thief. The title of his memoir is a homage to the opening lyric from his father’s 1976 song\, “Everybody Loves the Sunshine\,” which has always followed Nabil as both a painful and hopeful reminder of his connection to his father– reflecting the passion and ambition that they share as well as the close relationship that they don’t. \nIn Nabil’s search to connect with his father\, he ultimately discovers the existence of several half- siblings as well as a paternal ancestor who was enslaved. Following these connections\, Nabil meets and befriends the descendant of the plantation owner\, which\, strangely\, paves the way for him to make meaningful connections with the extended family he never knew existed. A thoughtful meditation on biracial identity\, intimacy\, and finding true community; MY LIFE IN THE SUNSHINE upends our conventional understanding of family and redefines its boundaries.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/nabil-ayers-at-the-krannert-art-museum/
LOCATION:Krannert Art Museum\, 500 E. Peabody Drive\, Champaign\, Illinois\, 61820
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220913T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220913T203000
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SUMMARY:Researching the Tuskegee Airmen and Preserving the Doris Hoskins Archive
DESCRIPTION:Mark Hanson\, former curator for the Chanute Air Museum and current curator at the Museum of the Grand Prairie (both in Champaign County) has been an active local researcher for over 11 years. Mark has researched and preserved the history of the original members of the Tuskegee airmen during his time at the Chanute Air Museum. In his current position\, he has been involved in acquiring and organizing the Doris Hoskins Archive at the Museum of the Grand Prairie. Additionally\, Mark contributes his time and research skills to the developing Champaign County African American Heritage Trail. At this presentation Mark will share some of his research methods and the local resources he used with attendees.\n\n\nThe presentation will begin at 7:00 pm (CDT).  Want some extra time to talk about genealogy? Log on as early as 6:30pm to socialize and get to know other family historians in our group.\n\nRegister in advance using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctc-GpqjojHNdOn_6zw7fZ9hxtiwaMmnW9\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. If you do not receive a Zoom link within 15 minutes after registering\, please check your spam folder.  If you do not receive a link\, please send email to programs@ilccgs.org.\n\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by the Champaign County Historical Archives at the Urbana Free Library.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/researching-the-tuskegee-airmen-and-preserving-the-doris-hoskins-archive/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220910T090000
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SUMMARY:C-U Black & African Arts Festival
DESCRIPTION:The C-U Black & African Arts Festival mission is to expose and give a culturally diverse experience to the Champaign-Urbana\, IL community by expressing both Black and African heritage. This includes\, and is not limited to: Art\, music\, fashion. \nFriday\, September 9 \nThe Soul Rebels at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts | 8:30 p.m. \nSaturday\, September 10 \nLincoln Square Mall | 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. \nFeatured in 2022: \n\nMusic by DJ Silkee and Dance Music Therapy\nLive performances\nVendors\nKids Corner\nFood\, fun\, and more!\n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/c-u-black-african-arts-festival/
LOCATION:Lincoln Square Mall\, 201 Lincoln Square\, Urbana\, IL\, 61801
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220909T203000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220909T220000
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SUMMARY:C-U Black and African Arts Festival
DESCRIPTION:The C-U Black & African Arts Festival mission is to expose and give a culturally diverse experience to the Champaign-Urbana\, IL community by expressing both Black and African heritage. This includes\, and is not limited to: Art\, music\, fashion. \nFriday\, September 9 \nThe Soul Rebels at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts | 8:30 p.m. \nSaturday\, September 10 \nLincoln Square Mall | 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. \nFeatured in 2022: \n\nMusic by DJ Silkee and Dance Music Therapy\nLive performances\nVendors\nKids Corner\nFood\, fun\, and more!\n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/c-u-black-and-african-arts-festival/
LOCATION:Krannert Center for the Performing Arts\, 500 S. Goodwin Ave.\, Urbana\, IL\, 61801
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ORGANIZER;CN="C-U Black & African Arts Festival":MAILTO:cu.blackafricafest@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220825T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220825T160000
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SUMMARY:Jettie Rhodes Day
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URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/jettie-rhodes-day/
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Park\, 915 W. Wascher Dr.\, Urbana\, IL\, 61801
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