When:
March 19, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
America/New York Timezone
2022-03-19T12:00:00-04:00
2022-03-19T12:15:00-04:00
Where:
Indigo Arts Alliance
60 Cove St
Portland, ME 04101
USA
60 Cove St
Portland, ME 04101
USA
Cost:
$0.00 - $100.00
Contact:
Indigo Arts Alliance
Join us as we celebrate Juneteenth with a book making workshop led by our June Artist-in-Residence, Adama Delphine Fawundu.
As the co-founder and author of the book and movement, MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora, our current Artist in Residence Adama Delphine Fawundu invites the public to a hands-on workshop where participants will be able to explore their personal narratives in the form of bookmaking. Materials will be provided, but we encourage you to bring visual representations of your personal story.This could include:family photos (bring photocopies or we will make copies for you)Collage materials: Old magazines/newspapers that could be cut upSmall personal items that can be copied (ie. a special necklace or ring)If you have crayons, markers, needles and thread, yarn, and/or paint bring it – if not no worries, we will also provide art supplies. Each participant will leave with a unique hand made book.This event is free, open to all, and takes place at the Indigo Arts Alliance Studio in Portland, ME.At the heart of Indigo Arts Alliance’s mission is our Artist Residency program, which provides Black and Brown artists an environment for the production of artwork in all media across various disciplines. Our Residency aims to connect Black and Brown artists from across the globe to local artists of African descent. We activate our mission by creating opportunities for critical feedback, relationship building and increased awareness of creative practices and resources.
PLEASE NOTE: For the health and safety expectations, all attendees at indoor events and performances are required to provide proof of up to date vaccines against the COVID-19 virus, or a negative PCR test from within the previous 48 hours or a negative ‘Rapid Test’ from the previous 12 hours. It is necessary to also show a legal photo identification along with your vaccination proof, or test result. All proof may be original or digital. Participants are asked to remain masked. There will be extra masks and hand sanitizer stations provided. Adama Delphine Fawundu is a photographer and visual artist born in Brooklyn of Mende and Bubi descent. Fawundu co-published the critically acclaimed book, MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora. For decades, she has exhibited both nationally and internationally and is a 2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition finalist. Her awards include, The Anonymous Was A Women Grant, New York Foundation for The Arts Photography Fellowship (2016) and the Rema Hort Mann Artist Grant (2018) amongst others. She was commissioned by the Park Avenue Armory to participate in the 100 Years|100 Women Project/The Women’s Suffrage NYC Centennial Consortium (2019-2021). Her works are in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Princeton University Museum, Bryn Mawr College, The Petrucci Family Foundation of African American Art, The Brooklyn Historical Society, Norton Museum of Art, The David C. Driskell Art Collection, and number of private collections. She is an Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at Columbia University.
PLEASE NOTE: For the health and safety expectations, all attendees at indoor events and performances are required to provide proof of up to date vaccines against the COVID-19 virus, or a negative PCR test from within the previous 48 hours or a negative ‘Rapid Test’ from the previous 12 hours. It is necessary to also show a legal photo identification along with your vaccination proof, or test result. All proof may be original or digital. Participants are asked to remain masked. There will be extra masks and hand sanitizer stations provided. Adama Delphine Fawundu is a photographer and visual artist born in Brooklyn of Mende and Bubi descent. Fawundu co-published the critically acclaimed book, MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora. For decades, she has exhibited both nationally and internationally and is a 2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition finalist. Her awards include, The Anonymous Was A Women Grant, New York Foundation for The Arts Photography Fellowship (2016) and the Rema Hort Mann Artist Grant (2018) amongst others. She was commissioned by the Park Avenue Armory to participate in the 100 Years|100 Women Project/The Women’s Suffrage NYC Centennial Consortium (2019-2021). Her works are in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Princeton University Museum, Bryn Mawr College, The Petrucci Family Foundation of African American Art, The Brooklyn Historical Society, Norton Museum of Art, The David C. Driskell Art Collection, and number of private collections. She is an Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at Columbia University.