Sankofa is an Adinkra Symbol from Ghana meaning “Return and Fetch It.”
Click here to read Riehlife post from December 5, 2007 on how Sankofa has defined the path of my life.
The SANKOFET is a poetry form created by the Sisters-Nineties Literary Group. The format has three verses or stanzas of seven lines each. The first […]
Wole Soyinka, playwright, “The Lion and the Jewel”
The Lion And The Jewel opens Friday, April 18, 8:00 p.m.at Washington University: Edison Theatre St. Louis, St Louis, Missouri.
“The Lion and the Jewel” by Wole Soyinka is diirected by Ron Himes and presented by the Washington University Performing Arts Department.
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Edison Theatre St. Louis
900 Walnut Street
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TWO ROZELLE WEBSITES
View images of John Rozelle’s work at his website by the same name and also at Sanaa Productions where you’ll find marvelous collages for sale.
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“Well, its like jazz: you do this and then you improvise.”—Romare Bearden
Rozelle has long lived by the slogan “Every symbol tells a story,” and he’s become quite an accomplished […]
“Art is about possibility…it is capacious; its history is ever-changing;and what is lost is only lost until you see it again,” says Holland Cotter in his NY Times essay (April 7, 2006) “Energy and Abstraction at the Studio Museum in Harlem.”
St. Louis Art Museum’s “African American Abstraction: St. Louis Connections” brings that capacious, ever-changing, history […]
(Phillip Hampton’s work is honored at the St. Louis Art Museum’s African American Abstraction: St. Louis Connections.)
David Bonnetti at St. Louis Today.com says:
Philip Hampton, the fourth artist featured, is sort of odd-man out. Rather than developing here, he moved to the area an already established artist to teach at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. The most radical […]
The Saint Louis Art Museum African American Abstraction: St. Louis Connections, an installation of thought-provoking abstract works from both the Museum’s collection and local private collections features artists Oliver Jackson (born 1935), John Rozelle (born 1944), Phillip J. Hampton (born 1922) and Michael Marshall (born 1953).
John Rozelle’s abstract mixed media works communicate profound emotional content […]
Click here to watch Naomi Silver’s three vivacious interviews with Curator Andrew Walker, Artist Phillip Hampton, and Artist John Rozelle—all discussing the current African America Abstraction: St. Louis Connections which runs through March 23rd at the St. Louis Art Museum.
“The first time I hit a golf ball, I felt free!”
“When your way get dark, turn your light up high.”
The title comes from Roosevelt Hicks’ “Radio Golf” radio program…and the theme of “Blue Skies”…”Stay out of sand traps” ripples throughout.
On Aunt Esther’s porch at 1839 Wiley, “Everybody expresses themselves indifferent ways…different meanings…[even] scratching your head.”
“You […]
Wole Soyinka, playwright, “Death and the King’s Horseman”
I saw this play performed as part of the Wole Soyinka symposium in Carbondale, Illinois and I’m eager to see it performed again, right here in St. Louis.
The St. Louis Black Rep Company describes Wole Soyinka’s play “Death and the King’s Horseman” in this way:
Considered by many to […]
“ALL TIED UP (100% COTTON/ACRYLIC) is how I felt, when I was creating a new face for textile art, coming from the fashion world,” says Constance. “ALL TIED UP keeps me connected to where I have or have not been. It’s currently exhibited at LAMATH BUILDING, OAKLAND, CA. Portfolio Gallery would like to see […]
