Dr. Doris Derby Awards
Dashboard grants three artists, Nastassja Swift, Jalen Amir and April Banks with an award in honor of Dr. Doris Derby.
Dr. Doris Derby is an artist, activist and educator who worked in the Civil Rights Movement in Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama alongside of Fannie Lou Hamer, Dr. Dorothy Height, Dr. Dorothy Cotton, Dr. Septima Clark, Senator Julian Bond, Congressman John Lewis, Mayor Andrew Young, Reverend Hosea Williams, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and many others. Dr. Derby was a working member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), as well as co-founder of the Free Southern Theater. She was the founding director of the African-American Student Services and Programs at Georgia State University as well as an adjunct associate professor of cultural anthropology. Dr. Derby is a photographer, painter, dancer, author, and filmmaker.
A Tiny Film Fest
Wade In The Water
A Juneteenth Celebration
June 19, 2021 8p-10p
Free, Outdoors @ Historic Belmar Park
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Hello Community! Please join us on Juneteenth for Wade in the Water: A Tiny Film Fest featuring the premiere of BELONGING, a Belmar History + Art site-specific film honoring early African Americans in Santa Monica. This in-person outdoor screening of short films celebrates Black culture and the water. From spiritual rituals to migration and sports, water is an integral part of how we rejuvenate and restore joy.
Before the screening, enjoy food trucks, music by DJ Moni Vargas, and the history panels and sculpture that make up the Belmar History + Art exhibition. At the close of the event, we will raffle off free prizes!
Bring your blankets or beach chairs for lounging on the field. Limited seating will be provided for accessibility.
Please note we will be following the COVID County Health public health and safety guidelines that are in place at the time of the event.
Field Entrance: On 4th Street between Olympic and Pico Blvds., at 1840 4th Street, Santa Monica CA 90401
$5 Parking: Civic Center Parking Structure, corner of 4th Street and Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90401
Metro: 8 minute walk from the Downtown Santa Monica Station
#ProjectBlackSpace, 2021. Projections on sites of hidden Black history in Santa Monica, CA. ©April Banks
Artist Talk
The Poetics of Portraiture
Getty Museum
Thursday, May 6, 2021, at 5 pm PDT
ONLINE ONLY
Watch the recording
How can photography investigate and liberate the visual language of Black identities? In this conversation, Glen Wilson moderates a conversation with April Banks, Duane Paul and Rikkí Wright to discuss their diverse, emancipatory work that focuses on portraiture. These four Los Angeles-based artists offer individual and collective acts of refusal and reimagination to map freedom in public and private spaces. This is the second of four talks complementing the forthcoming exhibition Photo Flux: Unshuttering LA.
Book Launch
Afro-Nostalgia: Feeling Good in Contemporary Black Culture
by Badia Ahad-Legardy
Sunday, April 25, 2021
4:00 - 5:00 pm Central Time
Afro-Nostalgia: Feeling Good in Contemporary Black Culture is about cultivating beautiful memories to survive difficult times, so bring your romantic recollections, favorite beverage, and good vibes to this special gathering. And be sure to check out the Afro-Nostalgia playlist on Spotify.
The event will be hosted by Anthony Ocampo, PhD and feature special guests, April Banks and Rhonda Wheatley.
Afro-Nostalgia is *now available* in bookstores and online. We encourage you to support independent booksellers near you.
Zoom Information:
https://luc.zoom.us/j/87360481258?pwd=RTZOcERuT29sNkpYSU9Oa2xwczdXUT09
Meeting ID: 873 6048 1258
Passcode: 950323