Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ruth & Harold D. Uris Center for Education

1000 Fifth Avenue - enter at 81^st Street

February 8, 2008

NCAnewyork Presents a Black History Month

Mini-Conference Celebrating the
49^th Anniversary of the National Conference of Artists

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10:00 AM Introduction of Board of Directors

Dr. Margaret Burroughs speaks to

National Conference of Artists New York Board and Honorees

Announcement of 50^th Anniversary Celebration 2009

Kwame Brathwaite

( Proposed Schedule/ Panelists in red to be confirmed )

10:30 AM Opening Ceremony

Board intros

Message from NCAnewyork Chair: Danny Simmons

Libation, Entertainment Drum/Dance salute

Atiba Kwabena & Sonhai Djele

11:00 – 12:30 Lunch Break and Viewing of MET exhibitions

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12:30 1:45 Panel: Panel Discussions

Art of Historically Black Colleges & Universities

Moderator: David C. Driskell – David C. Driskell Center for Research in Black Art

Dr. Alvia Wardlaw – Texas Southern University

North Carolina Central University – Dr. Melvin Carver

Clark Atlanta University – Tina Dunkley

Morgan State University – Gabriel S. Tenabe
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2:00 – 3:15 Historic Black Murals & Public Art & Architecture

Moderator: Edmund Barry Gaither

Michael Harris, Ph.D, Duke University – AfriCobra Member

Justine DeVan, NCA National Board – Women’s Mural Movement

Alison Saar – Harriet Tubman Triangle

Gilbert Young on MLK Monument
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3:30 – 5:00 Black Art History Makers Awards

Honorees:

Georgette Powell legendary artist of the WPA

Dr. Floyd Coleman NCA National Bd Member,
Convener of the James A. Porter Colloquium

Laurie Cumbo, Creator of The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA)

Jumaane E. N’namdi N’namdi Galleries

Derrick Adams RUSH Arts Gallery

Josh Wainwright National Black Fine Art Show

Benny Andrews (posthumously)

8:30
Exhibition Opening & LeGrand Party

Bob Marley Birthday Celebration

Excerps from “Brother Bob- Blessed Dread”

Photographic Exhibition by Kwame Brathwaite

Le Grand Dakar Cafe

Grand Avenue, Brooklyn

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Columbia University

Davis Auditorium

Shapiro Center for Engineering

and Physical Science Research

530 West 120^th Street
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10 AM –Meet and Greet / Views from Conferences Past exhibit

10:30 AM Panels: Using Our History to Build Our Future

Dr. Margaret Burroughs – NCA Founder, DuSable Museum,

African American Museums Association

Ademola Olugebefola –Weusi Nyumba ya Sanaa Artists

Frank Smith – AfriCOBRA (African Commune Of Black Relevant Artists)

Aziza Claudia Gibson Hunter- BADC (Black Artists of D.C.)

Laurie Cumbo, MoCADA

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11- 12 Noon

History of Arts Movements

Kwame Brathwaite, Former NCA National President

Executive Director, NCAnewyork

12 Noon Lunch Break

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1 PM- 2:00 Arts in Education

Historically Black Colleges & Universities Speak Out on Art

Moderator: Dr. Floyd Coleman, Howard University

Dr. Melvin J. Carver, Chair of Art Department North Carolina Central University

Aziza Claudia Gibson-Hunter, (BADC) Education and Organization for the Visual Artist

Hugo R. Miller aka Hugeaux "The Importance of Documentation & The History of ARTE MECCO"

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History

2:15-3:30 PM The Southern Arts Movement

Ed Spriggs Director Emeritus of Hammonds House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Dinizulu Tinnie, Kuumba Artist of Southern Florida

Stella Jones, Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA

3:45 PM – 5:30 PM NCAny Business Meeting

Election of Board of Directors

Installation of Board Members

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Board Meets to Select Officers

8:30 – 11:00 NCA GALA & Exhibition Opening focusing on Historic Arts Groups:

African Jazz-Art Society & Studios (AJASS), Weusi Nyumba ya Sanaa,

The African Commune Of Black Relevant Artists (AFRICOBRA),

Kamoinge Photographers, Where We At Black Women Artists

GALA, Exhibition opening, and Reception for Awardees, Panelists and Artists

Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba

219 E. 2^nd Street
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Sunday, February 10, 2008

AC-BAW Gallery (Association of Community-Based Artists of Westchester

128 South Fourth Avenue
Mount Vernon, New York 10550

Mt. Vernon, NY

Opening of NCA Members Exhibition

Westchester artists and (NCA members nationwide)

Artist Talk

Reception

Conference Closing Party

This Conference is made possible by the generous support by

The Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, Tshe Harlem Arts Alliance

And Community Works