Spring 2024 EADJ will focus on nurturing relationships with our local community, artists, partners, Ìýstudents, faculty, and staff. Focusing on the hyper-local will lay the groundwork to further cement and expand our global reach.
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- February 8–March 9: Jose Luis Benavides: Video Experiments at Begonia Labs, opening hours February 8, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
- February 10, 11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. and February 11, 12:00–6:00 p.m.: Valentine’s Card Art Activation at Nashville Black Market
- February 20, 12:00–1:00 p.m.: Lunch & Learn with writer Kashif Andrew Graham at Begonia Labs
- February 29, 5:00–6:00 p.m.: Dinner & Open House at Begonia Labs
- February 29, 6:00–8:00 p.m.: Video Screening & Artist Conversation ofÌýUn Pasado NuevoÌý(Someday Soon) with Jose Luis Benavides, Film DirectorÌýPablo Mazariegos, & Latino ImmigrationÌýscholar Giovanni Román-Torres
- March 4–8, Dusk to Dawn: Begonia Windows: Film Screenings curated by Jose Luis Benavides
- March 7, 5:00–6:00 p.m.: A conversation with Jose Luis Benavides and Amanda Cervantes aboutÌýAmigas Latinas ForeverÌýon Zoom.To register: https://vanderbilt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ao9ric-0TcmjGJHDDgiLiA#/registration
- March 20–21, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.: The Wildflower Project (Park Location TBD)
- April 11: Poetry Benches at Fisk äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾
- April 11: Art Benches at Vanderbilt äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾
- April 18–May 31: LeXander Bryant Exhibition
- February 23–March 1, 2024 6:00–10:00 p.m.: Four Faces of the Sun, part of the 2022/2023 program, Artistic Activism and the Power of Collective Resistance, curated by Selene Wendt
Public Art Video Installation:
Dikenga –ÌýFour Faces of the Sun
February 23 – March 1, 2024, 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Location: John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, Fisk äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾
1000 17th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37208
Reception: February 23, 2024
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Featuring artist Michelle EISTRUP, Artistic Fellow at the John Lewis Center for Social Justice.
DIKENGA – FOUR FACES OF THE SUN
A PUBLIC ART LARGE-SCALE OUTDOOR VIDEO INSTALLATION
Lusito: To honor, Milenvo: To ask pardon to apologize. Source: Dr. Barbaro Mártinez RuÃz, Kongo Atlantic Body Language (2009)
Mbembe Nzila: The crossroads gesture, Gods above in heaven, ancestors below within the earth. Source: Dr. Robert Farris Thompson, interview (2015)ÌýDancers: Jaila Williams, Qwynn Foster, Thea Jones, and Henry Alumona.
A community-centered and research-driven collaborative effort
- exploring the Bakongo philosophy regarding gentleness, openness, strength, and resilience
- revitalizing a language embodied in gestures often found in the living artifacts, niombos and nkisi’s trapped in museum collections
- celebrating an African-American heritage that transmits real social and aesthetic values
- highlighting the significance of spirituality at the facade of a primary place of gathered knowledge
- representing a circular and transitional journey of human life, from which all can take inspiration
Produced with the support of the Schusterman Foundation, the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Galleries and the Discipline of Art, Fisk äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾, and the Danish Arts Council.
Four Faces of the SunÌýis part of the Engine for Art, Democracy and Justice (EADJ) at Vanderbilt äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBվ’s 2022/2023 program, Artistic Activism and the Power of Collective Resistance, curated by Selene Wendt.
For inquiries about this event, please write Lakesha Moore at Fisk äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Galleries: lmoore@fisk.edu