Academic Symposia & Lecture Series
Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library
100 Larkin St. (at Grove) | 415.557.4277 | www.sfpl.org
Admission Free
Presented by SFIAF and the San Francisco Library
Anthony Brown
Wed, Apr 18, 6:00pm
Composer, band leader and academic, Anthony Brown gives a lecture demonstration on the history of African music as it has been interpreted in the Americas.
Saturday's Children: The Life of the Mind
Two Days of Dialogue About the Art of What We Do/Where We At
Saturdays, May 19 and 26
With a wink to the past and a beckoning to the future, SFIAF invites you to take part in the conversation. We will come together to peruse the concrete commonalities, rituals of knowing, and cultural expressions of a people.
Gather around scholars, performers, artists, social activist, and community brokers for an in-depth discussion about the artistic, cultural, and spiritual legacies of the African Diaspora.
May 19, 3-4:30 pm
Legacies of Slavery
Panel:
Prof. Shawan Worsley, USF, Performing Arts & Social Justice Program
Title: The Narratives of a Negress in the Flames of Desire: Kara Walker and the Politics of Black Cultural Production Prof. Brandi Wilkins Catanese, UC Berkeley, Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
Title: Remembering Saartjie Baartman with Love
Linda Tillery, Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir
Title: A Long Journey Home: Concertizing the Golden Triangle
Moderator: Constanza Svidler, PhD
May 26, 12-1:30
Mapping Bay Area Hip-Hop Theater
Roundtable:
Paul Flores, Representa!
Julio Cardenas, Representa!
Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Word Becomes Flesh and Scourge
Rhodessa Jones, Medea Project
Moderator: Hodari B. Davis, Youth Speaks
May 26, 3:00-4:30 pm
Perspectives on Bay Area Dance
Roundtable:
Robert Moses, Robert Moses' Kin
Joanna Haigood, Zaccho Dance Theatre
Deborah Vaughan, Dimensions Dance Theater
Moderator: Prof. Albirda Rose, School of Music & Dance, SF State University
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