Posts Tagged ‘CFAC’
Friday, October 16th, 2015
Najee Dorsey talked about creating mixed-media art during a Q+A session at the Community Folk Art Center on Thursday.
Dorsey’s group, Black Art in America, will sponsor a panel next week in Harlem to further explore art social activism. Dr. Kheli Willetts, Executive Director of the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC), will appear on the panel.
Black Art in America is an online portal dedicated to preserving and promoting African-American Art.
Tags:2015, Art, Black Art in America, CFAC, Connective Corridor, Najee Dorsey, Syracuse
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Monday, September 21st, 2015
CuseCulture Magazine is out to prove that a great time in Syracuse is not predicated on the day of the week. Their inaugural “The Colors of Love” poetry and art event was held tonight at Nikao Events on Burnett Avenue. The roster included poets Rae Sunshine, Symphony, and Hassan Stephens.
They were joined by singer Starlett Brown and painter Wil Anthony.
This regularly scheduled event will take place on select Mondays each month.
Also, the fall issue of CuseCulture will coincide with another public event at the Community Folk Art Center in October.
Tags:2015, Art, CFAC, Nikao, Poetry, Rae Sunshine, Starlett Brown, Syracuse, Wil Anthony
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
Here was one of our favorite performances from Women’s History Month. Soprano Mary Rose Go remixed the song Dahil Sa’Yo with her poetry during the Women in Music event at the Community Folk Art Center. What an amazing voice.
Tags:2015, CFAC, coloratura soprano, Connective Corridor, Dahil Sa'Yo, Mary Rose Go, Poetry, Syracuse, Vocalists, Women's History Month
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Sunday, March 22nd, 2015
Earlier in the week we were pleased hear, for the first time, Starlett Brown. She performed as one of the acts for the Women in Music event at the Community Folk Art Center.
Brown has sang background for many national-acts. In this clip she shows her range and takes a secular song and folds it into the sacred realm. Listen and let it take you to church…
Tags:2015, CFAC, Connective Corridor, Gospel Music, So Clear, Starlett Brown, Vocalists, Week in Review, Women in Music, Women's History Month
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Saturday, March 21st, 2015
Here is a Marvin Gaye cover from Thursday’s Women in Music event at the Community Folk Art Center. You’ll enjoy the great melodic synergy between Sherri Williams, Jeff Houston and Travis Reed, plus the slide show of local and national protest photographs that accompanied the song was genius. Almost makes you wanna holler!
Tags:#BlackLivesMatter, 2015, CFAC, Connective Corridor, Jeff Houston, Marvin Gaye, Music, Protest, Protest Songs, Sherri Williams, Travis Reed, Vocalists, Women in Music, Women's History Month
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Friday, March 20th, 2015
Vocalist Sherri Williams talked about the impact of music on her family.
We saw five dynamic ladies participate in the Women in Music series last night at the Community Folk Art Gallery (CFAC). The featured vocalist was Sherri Williams. Her set, complete with a visual slide show, reminded us how much our relationship to music has changed in terms of sharing and appreciating songs. Unlike today’s personal device/social media/digital download environment, back in the day we often listened to music as families, and did our own version of liking and sharing. One particular cut Williams remembered hearing through her uncle’s collection was “For the Love of You” by the Isley Bros. Her rendition of that classic, with Jeff Houston on guitar and Travis Reed on keys, ushered in a sweet wave of nostalgia that felt like a late summer cookout.
Tags:2015, CFAC, Connective Corridor, Jeff Houston, Music, Sherri Williams, Travis Reed, Vocalists, Women in Music, Women's History Month
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Friday, March 6th, 2015
“I am a storyteller, that is what I do.”
-Natalie Daise
Natalie Daise as Harriet Tubman (at the Community Folk Art Center).
Long before there was Sheryl Sandberg, Mayor Miner, County Executive Mahoney, or other female CEOs, we had Harriet Tubman. Remember the abolitionist/nurse/spy/Underground Railroad conductor spent her latter days in nearby Auburn, NY. We feel the leadership strategies that solidified her reputation deserve further examination.
Last night we watched actress Natalie Daise slowly transform into Harriet Tubman during a one-woman show at the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC). We learned several facts during the performance, including the fact that Tubman had a close relationship with John Brown, and was scheduled to be at Harper’s Ferry for the raid. Also Tubman’s original name was Araminta Ross.
Earlier in the week the show played at SUNY Oswego.
Daise, who originally got the theater bug while at Nottingham High School, perfectly captured Tubman in costume, idiom and song during the 1 hour-show.
It has been a while since we visited the Harriet Tubman Home, but we suggest that the newly designated National Park location capture Daise’s work in audio or video and preserve it as part of a permanent educational collection/display.
Happy Women’s History Month.
Tags:2015, CFAC, Connective Corridor, Harriet Tubman, leadership, Natalie Daise, Nottingham High School Alumni, Place & Being, Race, Syracuse, Theater, Women's History Month
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