October Events at South Street Seaport Museum (New York City)
D. Wexler
http://www.southstseaport.org/calendar/events.spec.html
I hope to see you at some of our programs:
Africans in the New World: From Captive Passage to Cultural
Transcendence
October 15, 2003 – February 2004
Public and Family Programs Calendar
OCTOBER
Saturday, October 11, 2003
1-4 pm
Melville Gallery at South Street Seaport Museum
213 Water Street (between Beekman and Fulton)
Family Program: African Animal Masquerade
Did you know that animal characteristics are also in great leaders!!
Learn how elephants, crocodiles, leopards and antelopes are important
to the African culture. Discover the many different materials that
African artists use to make masks and use this inspiration to create
an animal mask. $5 Material fee Kid's Yoga Class: Theme-African
Animal Masquerade, 1-2 pm $5
Wednesday, October 15, 2003
7-9pm
Schermerhorn Row at South Street Seaport Museum
12 Fulton Street (Manhattan)
New York Story Exchange presents Scottie Davis in "TRUTH"
"TRUTH" is a compelling performance piece, which takes place on
Independence Day, 1826. Isabella Baumfree, better known as Sojourner
Truth, has noble reasons for running away from her owner's New Paltz
farm only one year before she was to be legally freed from slavery in
New York State. Davis's performance draws on African-American
traditions, blending the arts of mime, dance, music, and spoken word
to share Isabella's story. Wine and refreshments. Admission is free
($3.00 suggested donation). For more information contact
publicp...@southstseaport.org or 212.748.8735.
Friday, October 17, 2003
7-9pm
Schermerhorn Row at South Street Seaport Museum
12 Fulton Street (Manhattan)
Book Talk: Edward P. Jones presents The Known World
National Book Award Finalist Edward P. Jones shares selections from
his new novel, The Known World. Henry Townsend, a black bootmaker and
former slave in antebellum Virginia becomes proprietor of his own
plantation – as well as his own slaves. When Townshend dies, the
household falls apart and the known world unravels. Jones' novel
ranges from the past to the present and allows all of us a deeper
understanding of the multi-dimensional world created by the
institution of slavery. Book signing. Wine and refreshments.
Admission is free ($3.00 suggested donation). For more information
contact publicp...@southstseaport.org or 212.748.8735.
Saturday, October 18, 2003
1-4 pm
Pier 16 at South Street Seaport Museum
Africans in the New World Family Festival with the Museum for African
Art
Hey Kids! Come aboard the tall ship Peking on Pier 16 and help the
South Street Seaport Museum and the Museum for African Art kick-off
the opening of our new exhibition, "Africans in the New World: From
Captive Passage to Cultural Transcendence." Join in and experience a
day of music, arts & crafts, storytelling, facepainting, and more.
Highlights include storyteller Harry Burney and musical performances
by the Gospel Soul Children of New York and Dominic Kanza and the
African Rhythm Machine. Admission $5 for adults and a $5 activity fee
for children.
Monday, October 20, 2003
12 pm-4 pm
Schermerhorn Row at South Street Seaport Museum
12 Fulton Street (Manhattan)
Gallery Talk:
"Resistance, Creativity, and Survival: The Janina Rubinowitz
Collection of Maroon Arts"
Visit our special exhibition, a collection of paintings, woodcarvings,
photographs, and artifacts that tell the story of an African-based
culture that still exists in the rainforests and isolated villages of
Suriname, in northeastern South America. Collector Janina Rubinowitz
will be available to answer questions about the collection and her
experiences in the village of Diitabbiki over the past 39 years. Free
with museum admission.
Thursday, October 23, 2003
7-9pm
Schermerhorn Row at South Street Seaport Museum
12 Fulton Street (Manhattan)
Lecture: Dr Sherrill D. Wilson
Dr. Sherrill D. Wilson will present a slide lecture on the NY African
presence, as enslaved and free people during the 17th, 18th, and 19th
centuries. Her lecture will also include a brief update on the NY
African Burial Ground project. Wine and refreshments. Admission is
free ($3.00 suggested donation). For more information contact
publicp...@southstseaport.org or 212.748.8735.
Saturday, October 25, 2003
2-4 p.m.
Meet at Museum Lobby Entrance, Schermerhorn Row
Fulton Street (btw. South and Pearl Sts. in Manhattan)
Walking Tour: African American Life in Lower Manhattan
Explore the history of African American Life in Lower Manhattan. This
tour will connect the African Burial Ground, a burying place for
African New Yorkers (1712 to 1794), to other historic sites in the
district including the Leonard Street publication office of the city's
first black newspaper Freedom's Journal, stations on the Underground
Railroad, the former location of New York's slave market, the Old John
Street Methodist Church/Wesley Chapel Museum, and the site where
abolitionist William Peter Powell established the Colored Sailor's
Home. Free with museum admission. For more information contact
publicp...@southstseaport.org or 212.748.8735.
Monday, October 27, 2003
7-9 p.m.
Melville Gallery at South Street Seaport
213 Water Street (between Beekman and Fulton)
Art Workshop: African Fabric Printing with Filomena Nojamba Cornelio
Artist Filomena Nojamba Cornelio will teach you the art of African
fabric printing. As you apply West African motifs to canvas handbags
using carved linoleum plates, you'll learn about the history and
traditions of fabric printing in various African cultures. Like most
African crafts, this fun project also will serve a practical purpose,
as you'll leave the workshop with a beautiful handcrafted bag perfect
to keep or to share as a thoughtful gift. Seating is limited. $15
materials fee. For more information or reservations contact
publicp...@southstseaport.org or 212.748.8735.
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
6:30- 8:30 p.m.
Schermerhorn Row at South Street Seaport Museum
12 Fulton Street (Manhattan)
Melville Gallery at South Street Seaport
213 Water Street (between Beekman and Fulton)
Lecture: Encounters – Africans in New Amsterdam and Early New York
Historians Dr. John Thornton and Dr. Linda Heywood (Boston University)
have written widely on the subjects of African history, the economic
and social foundations of transatlantic slavery, and the role of
Africans in transforming identity throughout the Atlantic World. Join
us as they explore the experiences of the first Africans to arrive in
the English and Dutch colonies in the Americas, with a particular
focus on the history of intercultural exchange and identity formation
in New Amsterdam and early New York. Wine and refreshments.
Admission is free ($3.00 suggested donation). For more information
contact publicp...@southstseaport.org or 212.748.8735.