On March 4, 2000, Howard University will be the site for
"The Ground Together II--
Assessing the State of Black Arts for 2000 and Beyond: An
Interdisciplinary Conference."
As the sequel to the October 1998 Ground
Together I event, this conference, like its predecessor, is inspired by
appeals made by acclaimed playwright August Wilson to the black
community to "develop guidelines for the protection of our cultural
property, our contributions, and the influence they accrue."
This year's conference will
convene a veritable rainbow of performance and visual artists, scholars,
arts administrators, and educators to grapple with issues such as the
economics of black arts, strategies for teaching black arts, and the
black artist in a global society.
Presented by Wilson scholar and Howard University professor
of African American Literature and Drama, Dr. Sandra G. Shannon, the
conference is scheduled for Saturday, March 4, 2000 and will be held on
the campus of Howard University at both Armour J. Blackburn University
Center and the Howard University Bookstore.
The entire event is free and open to the public.
In follow up to last year's discussions and debates, this year's
conference offers increased focus on the creative process and the Back
press, while continuing the general focus upon an interdisciplinary
approach to the analysis of Black art and its manifestations in arts
institutions,
academic institutions, economic systems, etc. Featured speakers will
include
Jabari Asim, Senior Editor for Washington Post Book World;
Dorothy Pierce McSweeny, Chair of the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities;
Dr. Thomas Battle, Director of Howard University's Moorland
Spingarn Research Center;
Kalamu ya Salaam, New Orleans-based writer and Founder of
Nommo Literary Society;
Prester Pickett, Founder/Director of the Cleveland African Grove Ensemble
and
Coordinator of the African American Cultural Center at Cleveland State
University;
C. Brian Williams, Co-founder of Step Afrika!;
Alfonso Pollard, National Legislative Director of the American Federation
of Musicians;
Dorothea Fischer-Hornung,Senior Lecturer in the Department of English
at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and
Dr. Ajuan Mance, freelance illustrator and visual artist and
Assistant Professor of English at Mills College in Oakland, CA.
Sandra G. Shannon
Conference Coordinator
Department of English
Howard University
Washington, DC 20059
sshannon@fac.howard.edu
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