D. LAMMIE HANSON
AIMEE LEE
DIANA MCCLURE
ALICE MIZRACHI
GABRIEL RUEDA PACHECO
MIRIAM ROMAIS
KEISHA SCARVILLE
JAMEL SHABAZZ
DANNY SIMMONS
JAVAKA STEPTOE
Exhibition On View: September 9 - October 13, 2007
The Gallery at Harriet’s Alter Ego
293 Flatbush Avenue between St. Marks Pl. and Prospect Pl.
Brooklyn, New York
(718) 783-2074
www.HarrietsAlterEgoOnline.com
Directions:
2, 3 to Bergen Street; Q, B to 7th Avenue; 41 Bus to Flatbush and St. Marks Place
August 3, 2007 - Blast Master KRS- One and Lady Bug Mecca totally represented in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Ladybug Mecca sang some songs from her solo album “Trip The Light Fantastic.” As a bonus, Mecca hit the crowd off with some Digable Planets favs.
KRS-One rocked hip hop from the 80’s right through to the Milleneum. KRS- One has to be one of the greatest hip-hop performers of all times…..He literally had the crowed banging their heads all the way through.. The most dynamic thing about his performance was when he reflected back 20 years ago, when he usd to sit behind the very stage that he performed on homeless. Although he was homeless, he knew one day he would be on stage, and the world would know his name. As KRS-One says, “take five minutes everyday to seeyour future.” Speak it, see it, and believe it…anything can manifest.
First and foremost, a special SHOUT OUT goes out to Octavia Obermuller,
our official SIL teen reporter and APEX youth member, for creating the
official NIKE AF-1 Say it LOUD! limited edition sneaker. Octavia - we love
you girl and we’re so PROUD of you. You did your thing!!!!
Please read the official press release that has been circulating from NIKE.
The write up and photo is also being featured on the following web sites.
Scroll down to check out Octavia’s design.
Media RELEASE - www.kixandthecity.com/2007/06/19/a-look-at-the-
upcoming-nike-air-force-1-low-id-premium-say-it-loud-set-to-release
-June-23rd/#comments
This Saturday June 23rd, Nike 255 iD, located at 255 Elizabeth Street in NYC,
is set to release the Nike Air Force 1 Low iD Premium “Say it LOUD”.
The “Say it LOUD” Nike Air Force 1 Low iDs were recently designed
at the NIKEiD studio during a special event that brought together
members from the world of sport, entertainment and education.
The “Say it LOUD!”, designed by Octavia Overmuller of Brooklyn
based Say it LOUD!, celebrates the achievements made by African
Americans within the community. The specially designed “Say it LOUD!”
Air Force 1 Low features premium materials and will retail for $150 plus
tax. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each NIKEiD Air Force
1 Low Premium will go to benefit Say it LOUD! a teen magazine
founded by Kayinde Harris and Delphine Fawundu-Buford.
About Say it LOUD!
Say it LOUD! is a project of Eye & I Inc., a non-profit organization
that engages youth in the visual and literary arts as a means of
self-expression and self-awareness. We provide our participantswith free visual art programs which use the arts to encourage literacy, creativity, social and communication skills.
Print Date: May 31, 2007
[EXHIBIT]
Beyond Fierce: Photographs and Words of Black & Latino Men in the Life
Acclaimed photographer Delphine Fawundu-Buford has got a wayfarer’s inability to settle down, and it shows. Her work examining black culture has appeared in nearly every venue available; it’s adorned greeting cards, graced album covers, and hung on the walls of temples to culture like the Brooklyn Museum. Her latest work-in-progress, the photo-essay Beyond Fierce: Photographs and Words of Black & Latino Men in the Life, features images alongside text of her subjects musing on topics like gay marriage, homophobia, and religion. Fawundu-Buford has turned her roving eye toward depictions of gay black and Latino men, and seen far beyond stereotypes like the bitchy queen and creepin’ husbands on the D.L. (Shalita)
Tuesdays through Saturdays from noon to 8, and Sundays from noon to 5 through July 6, Harriet’s Alter Ego 293 Flatbush Ave between St Mark’s and Prospect Pl Brooklyn, NY 11217 Park Slope (718) 783-2074 harrietsalterego.com, $free
Six of Brooklyn’s emerging women photographers invite us into their worlds through glimpses into their growing bodies of work. From candid portraiture to guerrilla documentary and street photography, the images included in SheShootin‘ marks personal stations of these women’s photographic journeys.
The women of SheShootin‘ have varied approaches and histories with the medium of photography:
Nsenga Knight studied filmmaking at Howard University; her intimate photographs focuses primarily on documenting the African American Muslim and Caribbean experiences of New York. Her work was exhibited in the prestigious Small Works Exhibition this year and is currently exhibited at Chelsea’s Art Gotham Gallery.
Delphine Fawundu-Buford has been composing since the early 90s; influenced by greats like Lorna Simpson and Roy DeCarava, her photography has focused on hip hop and women. She has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum of Art and International Center of Photography.
Kerika Fields is a contributing writer and photographer for the New York Amsterdam News, through event photography she has been able to build a impressive collection of candid portraiture.
Ava Griffiths approach to street photography is cinematic and reminiscent of a detailed novel, her series of elders is a warm tribute to these sages of Brooklyn.
London-native and jewelry designer, Karen Jackson fashions her photography with detail and grace just as she assembles her jewelry for her company, Ambiguous Art Jewelry.
Laylah Amatullah Barrayn is both an essayist and photographer, focusing on international travel and jazz. She is one of the photographers included in the Shootout exhibition in honor of Jack T. Franklin this August at the African-American Museum in Philadelphia.
Inspired by myriad themes, SheShootin‘ are offerings in frames that are exposures of these women’s souls.
A Drum Beats in Brooklyn offers a panoramic view of traditions such as J’ouvert, Drummers Grove, Tribute to the Ancestors of the Middle Passage among others and show how they are uniquely Brooklyn. From the intimate gesture to the grand declaration, the She Shootin’ Photography Collective document these celebrations that bring spectator and performer together and highlight the timeless magic of the drum.
Curators
Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, Delphine Fawundu-Buford, Ava Griffiths, Kerika Fields and Nsenga Knight
Opening Reception February, 15, 2007, 5:30pm
Exhibition Dates February 14 - May 13, 2007
Brooklyn Historical Society
128 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201 www.BrooklynHistory.org
ANNEX EXHIBITION:
Brooklyn Public Library - Central Branch @ Grand Army Plaza
February 13 - April 13, 2007
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