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SUMMARY:EMBRACING OUR ROOTS: ROOTED AND RISING Seitu Ken Jones & Soyini Vinelle Guyton in conversation with  Anura & Rekhet Si-Asar
DESCRIPTION:  \nAn African proverb says “if you want to go fast\, go alone. If you want to go far\, go together.” This Embracing our Roots event will focus on two couples: Arts giants Seitu Ken Jones & Soyini Vinelle Guyton with next generation couple\, Anura & Rekhet Si-Asar. They will engage in a wide ranging conversation on family\, community\, and the ways they work and walk together. The conversation will center on couplehood\, familyhood and community. They will also speak on how those influences impact their professional work as artists and arts leaders\, and how they curate space to build and hold community. The event will include poetry and sharing of some of the art that has beautified\, reflected\, and uplifted our communities over the years. \nRegister Here: https://bit.ly/EORapril20 \nThis is an in-person event! \nCheck out event recordings here:https://bit.ly/MTASSevents \nPanelist Bios: \nSeitu Ken Jones is a multidisciplinary artist\, advocate and maker\, and a 4th generation Minnesotan. His 30-year collaboration with his wife Soyini Vinelle Guyton includes co-created sculptural installations that inspire and inform the viewer. Together and separately\, they channel the spirit of radical social movements into experiences that foster critical conversations and nurture more just and vibrant communities from the soil up\, and how and why they connect with land to connect with known relatives and unknown ancestors. Seitu has created over 40 public artworks across America\, while Soyini’s poetry and prose has been published in collections for over 25 years. In collaboration with two other artists\, Seitu and Soyini co-founded Frogtown Park and Farm\, a 5.5-acre urban farm and 6-acre park in Saint Paul. Frogtown Farm epitomizes their belief that food\, greenspace\, nature\, and trees should be accessible in all neighborhoods. \nAnura and Rekhet Si-Asar are the co-founders of the Imhotep Science Academy and Initiatives\, an African-centered K-8 educational STEM program that has existed for over 24 years. While in graduate school at the University of Minnesota\, they founded Papyrus Publishing Inc.\, one of Minnesota’s first Black publishing organizations. Together\, they were part of the that founded In Black Ink with a mission to develop publishing arts opportunities for African Heritage writers. Anura is an educator\, publisher\, and firefighter\, and Rekhet is a recently retired School Psychologist who now leads In Black Ink as its Executive Director. Their work together has spanned several decades during which they have engaged and consulted with communities and organizations to change the academic and literary landscapes for Black children here in Minnesota. Usually you will see them and their children together\, fulfilling their believe that community work is family work.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/embracing-our-roots-rooted-and-rising-seitu-ken-jones-soyini-vinelle-guyton-in-conversation-with-anura-rekhet-si-asar-2/
LOCATION:Elmer L. Andersen Library\, 222 21st Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55455\, United States
CATEGORIES:Embracing Our Roots
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SUMMARY:Writer to Writer: Conversations Between BIPOC Writers- Hawona Sullivan Janzen and Antonio Duke
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n \n  \nJoin award-winning writers Hawona Sullivan Janzen and Antonio Duke in a conversation on Blackness\, history and writing for the stage. As writers\, historians\, playwrights\, actors and scholars\, Janzen and Duke believe writing is the only thing that can save us from ourselves. They will discuss their inspirations from the Black spiritual canon derived from Yoruba\, Santeria and Voodoo deities and their beliefs in the power of the word. Collaborator: More Than a Single Story. This program is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nWriter to Writer is a series featuring conversations between Black\, Indigenous writers and writers of color. These public intimate conversations between writers will give an inside look into these writers’ personal experiences as storytellers and creators. The Zoom link to the live online discussion will be emailed to registrants in advance. If you’re new to Zoom\, check Getting Started with Zoom. \nRegister Here: https://bit.ly/W2WApril23 \nPanelist Bios: \nHawona Sullivan Janzen is a St. Paul-based writer\, historian\, and social practice artist who believes that art is the only thing that can save us from ourselves. She is currently at work on\, “Hoo-shi and the Waters\,” the imagined story of the courtship and marriage of her Caribbean great\, great grandmother and her Irish great\, great grandfather in the mid 1800’s. \nAntonio Duke is a Twin Cities based actor and playwright. He’s inspired by myths from the black spiritual canon that derive from the Yoruba\, Santeria and Voodoo deities. He has been seen on stages with Blue Barn Theatre\, Penumbra Theatre\, Pillsbury House + Theatre\, Guthrie Theatre\, and many more. He also portrayed John Lewis in the episode “Good Trouble” from The History Channel series “I WAS THERE.”
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/writer-to-writer-conversations-between-bipoc-writers-hawona-sullivan-janzen-and-antonio-duke/
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