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Celebrate African American arts and artists in the Triangle!
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Highlighted Events
Meet the Author: Dr. Tonya Armstrong
April 21, 2018 at 3pm
Local author and psychologist Dr. Tonya Armstrong shares insights on mental health and wellness from her new book and companion album. Free Admission.
Durham County Library
South Regional Branch
4505 S. Alston Ave, Durham
www.durhamcountylibrary.org
April 21, 2018 at 3pm
Local author and psychologist Dr. Tonya Armstrong shares insights on mental health and wellness from her new book and companion album. Free Admission.
Durham County Library
South Regional Branch
4505 S. Alston Ave, Durham
www.durhamcountylibrary.org
For Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf
April 21, 2018 at 6:45 pm
A staged reading. The ensemble will feature seven African-American women who will tell their interconnected stories of faith, love, empowerment and loss. Admission: $15. Triangle FAAA Attendees will meet in front of the box office.
The Justice Theater Project at St Augustine University
Seby Jones Auditorium, Theater Department
1315 Oakwood Ave, Raleigh
www.thejusticetheaterproject.org
April 21, 2018 at 6:45 pm
A staged reading. The ensemble will feature seven African-American women who will tell their interconnected stories of faith, love, empowerment and loss. Admission: $15. Triangle FAAA Attendees will meet in front of the box office.
The Justice Theater Project at St Augustine University
Seby Jones Auditorium, Theater Department
1315 Oakwood Ave, Raleigh
www.thejusticetheaterproject.org
Louis Delsarte: Spirit Conjurer
On view until April 24, 2018
The North Carolina Central University Art Museum inaugurates its Spring exhibition season with Atlanta-based artist Louis Delsarte. It is the artist’s first museum showing in the triangle. Louis Delsarte received his B.F.A. from Pratt Institute and an M.F.A. from the University of Arizona. Since then, he has taught painting and drawing at numerous institutions including Howard University, Pima College in Arizona and Spelman College, among others. While drawing, painting, and printmaking have been the foundation of Delsarte’s studio practice, he has not limited himself to only a masterful drawing style. It is easy to discern the spirit world that comes to him through dreams in his work. There is an otherworldly feel in much of his figurative work. His Harlem Renaissance influenced upbringing will be easily noticed in the exhibition, as well as his inventive, multilayered, improvisational compositions. Delsarte has executed several important mural projects including Transitions for the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Spirit of Harlem for Capital One Bank on 125th Street in Harlem, New York. The North Carolina Central University Art Museum is located on Lawson Street across from the Farrison-Newton Communications Building.
North Carolina Central University Art Museum
1801 Fayetteville St., Durham
(919) 530-6100
www.nccu.edu/artmuseum
Blog Highlights
African American Theater:
Why We Need to Be in the Audience
By Sherri Holmes, Founder & Director
Triangle Friends of African American Arts
On December 4, the Triangle Friends of African American Arts attended the play Dot at PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill. It was an amazing show about an African American family in West Philadelphia. It was funny, touching and dramatic. You could see our lives reflected on the stage. There were wonderful actors and a great set. And PlayMakers has such an intimate theater that every seat had a great view. And yet, when I left the show I felt disappointed.
That is because when I looked around the audience there were lots of empty seats and only a few were filled by people of color. And it is such a loss for our community. There are so many reasons to attend an African American play or musical. You’ll have a wonderful experience. You’ll receive gratitude from the family or friends that you bring (“This was such a great show. Thank you for telling me about it.”). And you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that you supported African American arts and artists.
When we fill up the audience for an African American play or musical, the African American performers feel energized and appreciated. I once spoke with an African American actor after a play and she said that it was a different show when we were in the theater. We respond. We encourage. We laugh at the right moments. The success of African American plays and musicals, enables theater companies to present shows that will provide more work for African American actors and playwrights. And it ensures that we will have more opportunities see our history, our culture, and our lives in the stories that we see on the stage. So support African American theater in the Triangle is a wonderful way to make a difference!
On January 14, 2018 at 7:00 pm, The Triangle Friends of African American Arts is bringing together several performing arts organizations to showcase the wonderful African American plays and musicals that will hit the stages in 2018. This special evening will include dramatic readings, songs and scenes from upcoming performances.
Photo credit: Audience at the 1st annual Triangle African American Theater Preview in 2017. By Beth Mann/Early Bird Photo on behalf of ArtsNowNC.
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