Tag Archives: Carolyn Butts

Celebrate African Voice’s 20th Anniversary Art Exhibition at the Schomburg Center!

Dear Friends,African Voices has a fine selection of programs scheduled for the fall in honor of our 20th Anniversary. I want to give you a chance to support one of our celebrations and get a pair of tickets for The Sensational Josephine Baker, a wonderful play at The Beckett Theatre. The first ten people to make a contribution to our fundraising campaign will get the tickets! There are also other gifts to thank you for donating. Continue reading
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HW Radio Pod Tribute To Harlem’s Gordon Parks And Hal Jackson

Listen to the HW Podcast show with host Danny Tisdale as he talks to artists Delphine Fawundu, Tumani Onabiyi, Henry Moss and curator Petula Payne about the show A Choice of Weapons: The New Renaissance Artists, that closes May 30th, a Tribute to Gordon Parks and we pay tribute to another Harlem legend musician, broadcaster Harold “Hal” Jackson who passed away last week.

And all the news happening in the world of Harlem. Continue reading

HW Podcast with Larry Scott Blackman and Carolyn Butts (update)

Listen to the HW Podcast show with host Danny Tisdale as he talks to Carolyn Butts, Director of African Voices, about A Choice of Weapons: The New Renaissance Artists, a  May 16th, Tribute to Gordon Parks and Larry Scott Blackman, Deputy Park Commissioner discuss the Shakespearean Sonnet Slam on May 19th in Harlem.

And all the news happening in the world of Harlem.

Today Tuesday, May 15th, at 2 pm here. Continue reading

Danny Tisdale Moderates “A Choices of Weapons: The New Renaissance Artists,” At 1199SEIU Gallery

I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, and poverty. I could have just as easily picked up a knife or a gun, like many of my childhood friends did… most of whom were murdered or put in prison… but I chose not to go that way. Continue reading

Danny Tisdale Moderates “A Choices of Weapons: The New Renaissance Artists,” At 1199SEIU Gallery

I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, and poverty. I could have just as easily picked up a knife or a gun, like many of my childhood friends did… most of whom were murdered or put in prison… but I chose not to go that way. I felt that I could somehow subdue these evils by doing something beautiful that people recognize me by, and thus make a whole different life for myself…”  — Gordon Parks, legendary photographer

In honor of Gordon Parks’ Centennial Anniversary, African Voices and SAVAE, Inc. present Continue reading