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Black Brooklyn Renaissance
Black Brooklyn Renaissance: Black Arts & Culture, 1960-2010 sponsored by MetLife Foundation and presented by Brooklyn Arts Council in partnership with Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, is a landmark, year-long initiative that is the first effort of its kind to take a holistic look at Black culture and arts in Brooklyn over five decades. The project explores a range of genres and styles from African drumming to painting to dance and Jazz, and looks at how Black artists retain ties to mid-century social and political movements and particularly how artists preserve legacies and influences across generations. We are also creating an online and paper archive to share this work with future generations.
Starting Feb 28, 2010, join BAC for 12 months of concerts, performances, workshops, readings, screenings, exhibitions and a conference in conjunction with Brooklyn College. We kick-off with African Dance/ Brooklyn Style on Feb 28 and African Dance/ Brooklyn Style Symposium on March 3.
CLICK HERE for the spring 2010 Calendar of Events!
Starting Feb 28, 2010, join BAC for 12 months of concerts, performances, workshops, readings, screenings, exhibitions and a conference in conjunction with Brooklyn College. We kick-off with African Dance/ Brooklyn Style on Feb 28 and African Dance/ Brooklyn Style Symposium on March 3.
CLICK HERE for the spring 2010 Calendar of Events!
Download the Spring 2010 Poster and Calendar of Events
> Spring_2010_Poster_Calendar.pdf (3963.321 kb)
> Spring_2010_Poster_Calendar.pdf (3963.321 kb)
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Since 1988, BAC has presented and documented the expressive arts of numerous Afro-diasporic traditional artists in Brooklyn. This slide show samples documentation from our archive.
Many events in the kick-off season this spring focus on the folk roots of the Black Brooklyn Renaissance —community arts, ceremonies and rituals that retain distinct Afro-diasporic legacies and traditions. Events feature Afro-Caribbean ceremonial music and dance, West African drumming, the influence of African traditional dance in contemporary choreography, southern-style African-American gospel and spiritual music, and the early history of Brooklyn jazz. Many of these initial concerts, panels and workshops examine how migration, immigration and political movements have galvanized these cultural expressions while drawing attention to the evolving interplay between Afro-Caribbean, southern African American and African traditions.
Are you planning a cultural event in Brooklyn that's open to the public and features Black artists? We would like to know about it. Please click here to fill out our calendar submission form.
ABOUT RESTORATION
Established in 1967 with the bipartisan support of Senators Robert Kennedy and Jacob Javits, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (Restoration) is the nation's first community development corporation, and one of Brooklyn's largest. For over forty years, Restoration’s mission has remained unchanged: to improve the quality of life of Central Brooklyn's predominantly low-income and minority families. Integral to its mission, Restoration's Center for Arts & Culture (CAC) aims to promote, present, and preserve the multi-cultural arts legacy of the African Diaspora, and encourages the artistic development of the community.
Established in 1967 with the bipartisan support of Senators Robert Kennedy and Jacob Javits, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (Restoration) is the nation's first community development corporation, and one of Brooklyn's largest. For over forty years, Restoration’s mission has remained unchanged: to improve the quality of life of Central Brooklyn's predominantly low-income and minority families. Integral to its mission, Restoration's Center for Arts & Culture (CAC) aims to promote, present, and preserve the multi-cultural arts legacy of the African Diaspora, and encourages the artistic development of the community.
Black Brooklyn Renaissance is sponsored by MetLife Foundation.
Black Brooklyn Renaissance is sponsored by MetLife Foundation. Programs are made possible by support from American Express, Con Edison, Brooklyn Community Foundation, Emma A. Sheafer Charitable Trust, Park Avenue Building and Roofing Supplies, LLC, Concord Baptist Christfund, The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by New York State Council on the Arts, the Brooklyn Delegations of the New York State Senate and New York State Assembly, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and New York City Council and its Brooklyn Delegation. Media sponsorships provided by The New York Times, Community Affairs and WBLS.Related Categories
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