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MoAD Curator & Artist Talk: Morel Doucet & M. Scott Johnson in Conversation with Key Jo Lee
Join us for a virtual discussion with UNRULY NAVIGATIONS artists Morel Doucet and M. Scott Johnson in conversation with curator Key Jo Lee.
Curated by Key Jo Lee, Chief of Curatorial Affairs and Public Programs at MoAD, Unruly Navigations testifies to the urgent, disorderly, rebellious, and nonlinear movements of people, cultures, ideas, religions, and aesthetics that define the African Diaspora.
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Morel Doucet, born in 1990, is a Miami-based multidisciplinary artist and arts educator from Haiti. His work in ceramics, illustrations, and prints explores climate gentrification, migration, and displacement impacting Black communities in the African diaspora. Doucet's Emmy-nominated work has been featured in publications like Vogue Mexico, The New York Times, and Hyperallergic. He graduated from the New World School of the Arts and the Maryland Institute College of Art. His work is currently on view at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, and other creative institutions. .
M. Scott Johnson, born in 1968, is a renowned sculptor known for reviving Direct Carving in Black American expression and exploring the culture's mythologies, rituals, and post-colonial realities. Influenced by his 19-year teaching residency at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, NY, and mentorship by anthropologist Dr. Warren Perry, Johnson integrates anthropology into his art. His formal sculpting education began in Zimbabwe in 1994, where he apprenticed with the acclaimed sculptor Nicholas Mukomberanwa. Johnson's work reflects a blend of improvisation and atavistic memory, inspired by his upbringing during Detroit's Techno music era.
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Museum of the African Diaspora Dinner 2024: Featuring Jocelyn Jackson and Dr. Jessica B. Harris
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Earlier this year, Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) Chef-in-Residence Jocelyn Jackson hosted the Diaspora Dinner-an unforgettable evening celebrating the rich culinary heritage of the African Diaspora. The event was an immersive dining experience, showcasing the ingredients, cooking techniques, and flavor profiles of the African diaspora. This year, we had the honor of celebrating the rema...
MoAD Diaspora Dinner 2024 with Chef-in-Residence Jocelyn Jackson
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Earlier this year, Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) Chef-in-Residence Jocelyn Jackson hosted the Diaspora Dinner-an unforgettable evening celebrating the rich culinary heritage of the African Diaspora. The event was an immersive dining experience, showcasing the ingredients, cooking techniques, and flavor profiles of the African diaspora. This year, we had the honor of celebrating the rema...
African Book Club | Whites Can Dance Too by Kalaf Epalanga
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African Book Club is an ongoing series at MoAD, facilitated by co-Founder Faith Adiele. June's selection is Whites Can Dance Too by Kalaf Epalanga, an exhilarating debut novel told through three different voices, reflecting on and celebrating the music of Epalanga's homeland. About the Author Kalaf Epalanga is an Angolan musician and writer. Best known internationally for fronting the Lisbon-ba...
Film Discussion | City of a Million Dreams: Parading the Dead in New Orleans
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Help us celebrate Juneteenth with a film screening & discussion of City of a Million Dreams: Parading for the Dead in New Orleans, a documentary by New Orleans-based filmmaker, author and journalist Jason Berry. ‍ A live round table discussion will follow this screening with the film's chief protagonist, the esteemed New Orleans musician and educator Dr. Michael White. Jason Berry will join the...
Chef in Residence Jocelyn Jackson Presents | The Soul of Black Land
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When we talk about the Black experience in the diaspora, the conversation must always include our relationship to land. Beginning with the viewing of the 75-minute documentary FARMING WHILE BLACK based on the book of the same title from Soul Fire Farm, this program will uplift the lived land experience of three powerful Black women farmers from across the United States - Leah Penniman, Brandi M...
Artist Activation & Reception | Mary Graham - Value Test: Brown Paper
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The opening reception of Value Test: Brown Paper featuring spoken-word activations by devorah major, Tonya Foster, Tureeda Mikell, and Rhodessa Jones, followed by a discussion of the work with Emerging Artist Program awardee Mary Graham, in conversation with art historian and professor Dr. Jacqueline Francis. ‍ About the Exhibition Value Test: Brown Paper is an exhibition of portraits depicting...
Curator & Artist Talk | Unruly Navigations
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Unruly Navigations testifies to the urgent, disorderly, rebellious, and nonlinear movements of people, cultures, ideas, religions, and aesthetics that define diaspora. Whether it is one of Haitian-born ceramicist and painter Morel Doucet's delicate porcelain busts, Vanessa German's provoking multimedia sculptures, or Jamaican sculptor Nadine Natalie Hall's hand-molded paving blocks made of suga...
Curator & Artist Talk | Rachel Jones "!!!!!"
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Join MoAD for a curator and artist talk celebrating the opening of the exhibition "!!!!!", curated by Erin Jenoa Gilbert. "!!!!!," is a new body of work by acclaimed British visual artist and painter Rachel Jones which continues Jones’ ongoing exploration into Black interiority and personhood. ‍
MoAD Open Mic Night | Featuring Denise Masiel
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MoAD Open Mic Night | Featuring Denise Masiel
Erin Jenoa Gilbert in conversation with Artists JoeSam, Dewey Crumpler and Oliver Lee Jackson
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Join us for a curator and artist talk in celebration of MoAD's current exhibition JOESAM.: Text Messages. Mixed media artist JoeSam. was born on September 18, 1938 in Harlem, New York. He received his B.A. degree in sociology in 1961 from Howard University, in Washington, D.C., his M.S. degree in educational psychology from Columbia University, in New York, New York, and his Ph.D. degree in edu...
Artist Talk | Spectrum: On Color & Contemporary Art with Tawny Chatmon and Delita Martin
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Join us for an artist talk in celebration of MoAD's current exhibition Spectrum: On Color & Contemporary Art. Artists Tawny Chatmon and Delita Martin will be in conversation with MoAD's Curatorial Fellow Luke Williams to discuss how artists in this group exhibition use color to guide our perception. Spectrum brings together a multigenerational and international group of seventeen contemporary B...
MoAD Open Mic Night | Featuring CieraJevae Gordon
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Join MoAD on Zoom for our virtual Open Mic. Hosted by poet Nia McAllister, participate in an evening of spoken word, featuring amazing local, national, and international poets. All are welcome to either perform or just watch. Featured Poet: ‍Oakland-born, Richmond-raised, CieraJevae has a way of finding both the pendulous and praise of her upbringing. Her work gives ode to Bay Area cities and s...
MLK Day 2024
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MoAD will celebrate the national observance of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday as a Day of Service, providing FREE admission to the museum and programs throughout the day. ‍ Through film, art, performance and dance, our special guests will help us reflect on the importance of protest, creativity and diverse communities. Destiny Arts Junior Company presents an interactive hip...
Community Voices: Poets Speak 2024
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This group reading and celebration features six poets sharing original poetry written in response to the current exhibitions on view at MoAD. Featured poets include Briana Grogan, D'mani Thomas, Porsche Veu, LadiRev, Raymond Nat Turner, and Duane Horton. This program series is co-presented by Black Freighter Press.
Black Is, Black Ain't: The 15th Anniversary of Medicine for Melancholy
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Black Is, Black Ain't: The 15th Anniversary of Medicine for Melancholy
In the Artist's Studio | Bryan Keith Thomas
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In the Artist's Studio | Bryan Keith Thomas
In the Artist's Studio | Stephen Hamilton
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In the Artist's Studio | Stephen Hamilton
African Diaspora Film Club | Two Shorts with dream hampton and Nailah Jefferson
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African Diaspora Film Club | Two Shorts with dream hampton and Nailah Jefferson
Artist Talk | Spectrum: On Color & Contemporary Art with Manyaku Mashilo and Sheena Rose
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Artist Talk | Spectrum: On Color & Contemporary Art with Manyaku Mashilo and Sheena Rose
MoAD Open Mic Night | Featuring Dior J. Stephens
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MoAD Open Mic Night | Featuring Dior J. Stephens
Afropolitan Ball 2023 | Museum of the African Diaspora | San Francisco
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Afropolitan Ball 2023 | Museum of the African Diaspora | San Francisco
In the Artist's Studio | Regina Herod
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In the Artist's Studio | Regina Herod
African Diaspora Film Club | Rewind & Play with Director Alain Gomis
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African Diaspora Film Club | Rewind & Play with Director Alain Gomis
A Conversation | Curating from the Inside: Women Exposing Prison through Art and Poetry
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A Conversation | Curating from the Inside: Women Exposing Prison through Art and Poetry
Chef-In-Residence Jocelyn Jackson Presents | For the Culture by Klancy Miller
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Chef-In-Residence Jocelyn Jackson Presents | For the Culture by Klancy Miller
Open Mic Night | Featuring erica lewis
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Open Mic Night | Featuring erica lewis
African Book Club | Home Bound by Vanessa A. Bee
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African Book Club | Home Bound by Vanessa A. Bee
African Diaspora Film Club | AFTER SHERMAN with Director Jon-Sesrie Goff
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African Diaspora Film Club | AFTER SHERMAN with Director Jon-Sesrie Goff

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  • @adevineart
    @adevineart 12 днів тому

    It's wonderful to hear Regina talk about the meaning, the materials, and the making of her work!

  • @MCHRQRD
    @MCHRQRD Місяць тому

    Why try to make an outdoor monument in wax. It is just wasting energy and community enthusiasm on something temporary. Just light the candle let it melt over a weekend and end the effort and exercise with dignity. Foolish to try to preserve this statue? Or raise the funds to cast it in bronze? But I expect it's just a vague representative, only worthy of a weekend of recognition and commitment. Good intentions melting foolish hearts.

  • @Lance_Knight
    @Lance_Knight Місяць тому

    wait stevie was faking being a wheelchair, lol

  • @sueauclair8704
    @sueauclair8704 Місяць тому

    This talk is brilliant.

  • @christinestangeland7771
    @christinestangeland7771 3 місяці тому

    Thank you all for your extraordinary energy and efforts..

  • @davidphillips2177
    @davidphillips2177 3 місяці тому

    Demetriband Sharif thank you for so much for this rich conversation. I just came upon Sharif’swork for the first time the Alberta Brenda gallery in NYC. I found the work to be quite awesome, somewhat sacred and intimidating by its scale and life likeness. The work causes one to pause and reflect. This interview gave me tremendous insight into the artist’s psyche. The interactions of the two of you worked well in terms of delivering the goods. Thank you.❤

  • @roccoz2231
    @roccoz2231 3 місяці тому

    Does this dude have any concept of an "inside voice"? That woman has the patience of a saint with him screaming in her face for 2 hours.

  • @alpine1600s
    @alpine1600s 3 місяці тому

    This a racist exhibit. This isn't what an individual may think, it's Marxist bullshit for Africa. You have been reported.🧐

  • @tracybrown4083
    @tracybrown4083 3 місяці тому

    This was Fantastic. Bryan Keith Thomas is a LEGEND! Thank you MOAD for hosting him.

  • @luisfernandosandovalvalenc4557
    @luisfernandosandovalvalenc4557 4 місяці тому

    Saludos desde México bro y malcom

  • @kieras.3417
    @kieras.3417 4 місяці тому

    This is brilliant. I love her mind and am now a new fan of her work

  • @user-qd9gh3bx6k
    @user-qd9gh3bx6k 5 місяців тому

    It is amazing to see this! Keith and I went to school together. I found this after another childhood friend posted about Keith in his FB posts that highlights individuals in our home community for BHM. Wow, so awesome to see Keith's brilliance!

  • @user-ll5ik3fm6f
    @user-ll5ik3fm6f 5 місяців тому

    Are you going to open a 2nd museum on the East Coast?!?!?

  • @user-ll5ik3fm6f
    @user-ll5ik3fm6f 5 місяців тому

    I'm curious about the first poem and I have a question, how can I get in touch with him to ask it?

  • @Grappapappa
    @Grappapappa 6 місяців тому

    What is Western Aesthetics?

  • @roberth2627
    @roberth2627 7 місяців тому

    Loved this film & have it in my DVD collection..I knew than, that Barry Jenkins as a young director could go on to do some unique films in his life...

  • @johnnypavkovich6238
    @johnnypavkovich6238 7 місяців тому

    When will you bad gerls dog collerd up and chained to the glamer gerls dog collers with them ladies will it happen

  • @MareRS357
    @MareRS357 8 місяців тому

    I can’t believe Georgina parents kept the fact that her biological father was black. This emotionally had to take its toll on this young lady. I am so happy that she wrote a book which helped many people. Wonderful interview. 😊❤️

  • @normmattox4989
    @normmattox4989 8 місяців тому

    an echo of sons...

  • @wandabell5301
    @wandabell5301 9 місяців тому

    Wow! I guess the word wasn't out that this film was made! Smh. I've been a fan since the 70's. I appreciate her music and her style. 😢 Because Betty Davis was different and a woman! Way ahead of her time! Nobody in the industry understood the assignment! I bet if she was a white woman, she would've got the respect and a national stage to show us her pure funk! I got her and followed her until I couldn't find anything. I still funked out to her music and to this day I still do! I wished I could've been her friend. I would've talked her out of all of her mental breakdowns! I'm glad that me and others honored her and her music. Sleep in heavenly peace queen. I'm still rocking with you.

  • @jcam783
    @jcam783 9 місяців тому

    Would loved to have seen some input from The Founder of PROPA , Puerto Rican Organization for the Performing Arts Melania Maldonado Diaz , an independent Scholar who has for over 20 years researched and made sure to bring to the forefront the many contributions that Women have made in Bomba from the very early days to the present . She has put together multiple Bomba Research Conferences .

  • @terressahoward3832
    @terressahoward3832 9 місяців тому

    I am so proud of my sister Tomiekia Johnson no one knows her like God does and even though we are in pain we know God is in full control if her life and this is only part of her healing before he brings her home. I love u sis

  • @Exodus26.13Pi
    @Exodus26.13Pi 9 місяців тому

    Marry by 26 for the health of your children ladies. Be fit. Be feminine. 99% of BW problems solved. 38% of Black pregnancies are terminated in America over half in NYC. 82% of BW are overweight mostly obese. Black babies in Houston are born with Syphilis. Please research THE NEGRO PROJECT to discover how they destroyed the BW. White woman Margaret Sanger is a hero to many and a devil to others.

  • @bajanfan0260
    @bajanfan0260 10 місяців тому

    Awesome! Thanks for posting! I saw Ms. Jackson's exhibit From the Deep at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC. It gave me chills--so.ppwerful! Every African everywhere around see this whennit comes to your town.

  • @evanbrill6139
    @evanbrill6139 10 місяців тому

    Modern medicine is a miracle, so inspiring to watch you stand

  • @MegaMixking
    @MegaMixking 10 місяців тому

    BLM is a marxist movement and a disgrace to all good people everywhere. no wonder San Francisco has turned to shit.

  • @kyrie7007
    @kyrie7007 11 місяців тому

    *Promo SM* 😬

  • @TFreemanJohnson
    @TFreemanJohnson 11 місяців тому

    I’ve seen him in San Francisco. He’s a magician!

  • @user-lk5oj2yy8m
    @user-lk5oj2yy8m 11 місяців тому

    Inclusive expressive mentally interactive Art Form

  • @yusefsalaam3636
    @yusefsalaam3636 11 місяців тому

    ❤been awhile since I've participated. I enjoyed this session tremendously. Thanks 👍🙏.

  • @Synsan9327
    @Synsan9327 11 місяців тому

    Wow! I love to share with Mr Moore, amazing work.

  • @millynyongo
    @millynyongo 11 місяців тому

    I am here after watching Boni on Obinna TV on 17/08/2023. thumbs up.🔥🔥

  • @crystalmatson3419
    @crystalmatson3419 11 місяців тому

    Great conversation!

  • @labosspreneurmarketingandp5932
    @labosspreneurmarketingandp5932 11 місяців тому

    Beautiful

  • @pruetoricangirl
    @pruetoricangirl Рік тому

    I'm sitting here Turk and Hyde. Helping the kids with the Make Art Kits. PRIDEful Juneteenth, Crochet Jam. The city is going through a Healing Crisis. I hope we can find a solution. I love this City. I want to see it thrive flourish. The children need this. I appreciate you. 🙏

  • @anthoneylivingston8325
    @anthoneylivingston8325 Рік тому

    Amazing❤❤❤❤❤

  • @annetteyoung8343
    @annetteyoung8343 Рік тому

    ...thanks much.

  • @tigistg.fantaye7636
    @tigistg.fantaye7636 Рік тому

    Such a talented woman

  • @thaxtonwaters8561
    @thaxtonwaters8561 Рік тому

    Antwaun Sargent is like a defibrillator in the Art World. He's kicking in doors and gracefully applying pressure inside the exclusionary institutional space, providing much needed exposure.

  • @sheelalavan2150
    @sheelalavan2150 Рік тому

    Promo-SM 💪

  • @TheSunflower1
    @TheSunflower1 Рік тому

    better late than never, I just got to reading the book and i am writing my honors paper on it but focusing on the African Science Fiction genre. this was helpful because it is nothing like I've read before, I am mind blown. I am also sad I could not be with you in real time

  • @KeyAnkhAmen
    @KeyAnkhAmen Рік тому

    enjoyed and appreciate the knowledge

  • @dacodaqueenan7131
    @dacodaqueenan7131 Рік тому

    the audio being out of sync makes this lecture incredibly hard to follow.

  • @abbyjackson9434
    @abbyjackson9434 Рік тому

    A lot of it got to do with his character Being that way. From maclm in the middle.

  • @neilfleming9426
    @neilfleming9426 Рік тому

    Great to meet the curator! I loved the show.

  • @annaward3428
    @annaward3428 Рік тому

    Hi Keenan this is your cousin Anna...your Mom shared some of your music with me and you are amazing...God Bless you

  • @nothoake
    @nothoake Рік тому

    thats my great great grandfather, i didnt even know he existed. my name is alden perry, my arents are avia buckley/bridges and christopher perry. ill have to buy it soon

  • @shanenolan085
    @shanenolan085 Рік тому

    March 19th ♓️♓️

  • @stephanienwadieiiamhybasia

    Galveston,Texas

  • @birthdayboyo9001
    @birthdayboyo9001 Рік тому