The Art of Faith Ringgold and Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson
curated by Mikaela Sardo
Lamarche and Fabienne Powell
Albany, New York - Faith Ringgold and Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, two
highly accomplished female artists, take us on an inspired visual journey
through memory, while weaving in monumental stories of their own journeys ripe
with heritage and community. Their stories and journeys, provoke us to more
closely examine mythologies of identity, culture, and collective memory.
EXHIBITION DATES: January 22 -
April 21, 2013
EXHIBITION
HOURS: Monday-Friday, 10am-8pm
and Sundays, 12pm-4pm
The gallery will be open by appointment only
March 9-17, 2013
PERFORMANCE
BASED
PANEL
PRESENTATION: Thursday, January 31, 7:00-9:00
pm
Moderated by Truemaster
Trimingham. DJ Trumaster is an educator
for the New York state Museum, founder
of Beat*Shot Productions, and an international touring DJ based
in Albany, NY. Truemaster will lead a performance based panel
discussion on the roots and collective history of this genre in the community. This
event is free to the public.
RECEPTION: Friday, February 1, 5:00-9:00 pm, with Exhibition Story-Tour at
7pm
by Vanessa Johnson, a Griot and storyteller
in the West African Tradition whose
stories document heritage, history, and community. This event is free to the public.
GUIDED TOUR Friday,
March 1, 6:00pm
Mikaela Sardo Lamarche, curator at ACA
Galleries and co-curator of Stories and Journeys gives a guided tour of the
exhibition. This event is free to the
public.
LECTURE: Friday, April 5, 6:30pm
Oral
History and Memory
Lecture presented by Dr.
Sarolta A. Takacs, Research Professor of History, Rutgers University. This event
is free to the public.
WORKSHOPS: Saturday,
February 2, March 2 & April 6, 1:00pm
Children’s art project
workshops will be held at 1pm on the first Saturday of each month during this
exhibition. Space is limited to 15
people per workshop. Cost is $5.00 per participant.
12th Annual Underground Railroad History
Conference
Programming at the Opalka Gallery
Friday, April 12, 2013
Sage College of Albany, 140 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208
The year 2013 is the 150th
anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the 100th anniversary of the death
of Harriet Tubman and the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington.
These, and other key anniversary events, are milestones along the road to
achieving Martin Luther King’s vision articulated in his “I Have a Dream”
speech. The 12th annual conference on the Underground Railroad seeks to connect
the Underground Railroad, these key events and present day struggles for
freedom and justice. This public history conference, scheduled for April 12-14,
2013, will be held at Sage Colleges Albany, Russell Sage College, and the
Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence. At the Opalka Gallery, the exhibition Stories and Journeys: The Art of Faith
Ringgold and Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson will be the center piece of the
Educator's Workshop and Opening Address on Friday, April 12
·
Educators’ Workshop
“Milestones to Freedom Bound by the Shackles of Racism and Privilege – Personal Milestones to Productive Conversations: Images, Identity and
Anti-Racist Pedagogy”
Open to teachers and educators of all sorts; 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Facilitators: Russell Gray-Couch, PhD, Shealeen Meaney, PhD, Tiffany
Powell-Lambright, PhD Guest Speaker: Michele Wallace, PhD, the City College of
New York
·
Opening
Conference Address and Reception
Michelle Wallace, “The Portrayal of Slavery
and the Underground Railroad in the Visual Art of Faith Ringgold, with
Reference to the Path-Breaking Work of Jacob Lawrence”
Open to
the Sage Colleges community and the general public; 7:00-9:00
p.m.
Michele Wallace, Professor of English
at The City College of New York, is a widely published analyst of African
America art, and the daughter of the renowned African American artist Faith
Ringgold. Professor Wallace is also a
leading Black Feminist, whose 1997 breakthrough book, Black Macho and The
Myth of The Superwoman, is of historical and critical importance.
Further information about the
Educators' Workshop, Opening Address, and other weekend conference programming,
is available by visiting www.UndergroundRailroadHistory.org or by calling
518-432-4432.
LOCATION: Opalka Gallery
The Sage Colleges
140 New Scotland Ave
Albany, NY 12208
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