The Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) announces ARTISTS SPEAK PROJECTING PEACE, a bold extension of the current exhibition CANCEL VIOLENCE: ARTISTS SPEAK.
Free and open to the public, CANCEL VIOLENCE: ARTISTS SPEAK PROJECTING PEACE is in collaboration with ILLUMINUS and FPoint Productions. It is comprised of projected images from the exhibition intermixed with video clips of artists talking about causes of violence and solutions. It intends to guide communities toward social healing. The projections will be on the exterior facade of the museum at dusk thus providing one of the earliest grand scale, artistic screening events on a Roxbury building. It will be a must see!
Preceding the outdoor screening, CANCEL VIOLENCE: ARTISTS SPEAK PROJECTING PEACE will present Love, Queens Who Suffer From Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, an original choreo-poem written and compiled by Jamila Batts Capitman and Heather Thomas. Directed by Capitman, Love, Queens was inspired by Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Consider Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. It explores the impact of violence on communities through dramatic, poetic monologues. A discussion with the playwright, artists and commentary by Chaplain Clementina Chéry of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute follows.
The exhibition and related programs are funded through the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture’s Un-Monument INITIATIVE with a grant from the Mellon Foundation.
By Bike: There is a BlueBike station right outside the museum.
By T: From Ruggles Station (Orange Line) or Nubian Sq. (Silver Line), take bus #22 or #42.
By Car: Take Columbus Ave. outbound to the second light beyond Egleston Sq. Turn left onto Walnut Ave., and go three blocks. The Museum will be on the right just past the David A Ellis School. For parking, turn right on to Crawford Street, and enter the second driveway on the right.
The Un-Monument public programming is supported by the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture in collaboration with the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Inc., the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, Illuminus, and FPoint Productions. This programming is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation's Monuments Project.
Interpretation, translation, and disability accommodation services are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please contact us at arts@boston.gov, LCA@boston.gov, or 617-635-4445. Additionally, there will be accommodations available for those who do not wish to appear in event photos.
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