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SESSION 6: West Coast

March 18-22, 2024, 10am -12:30pm CT. Virtual.


CORE FACULTY

Geoffrey Grier (Producer, Director - San Francisco Recovery Theater, Night at the Blackhawk, The Psych) Judy Juanita (Novelist, Poet, Editor - Black House, Black Panther Party Newspaper, UC Berkeley Writer's Project) Emory Douglas (Black Panther Party Minister of Culture, Painter - Black House) Ayodele Nzinga (Poet, Founder - The Lower Bottom Playaz, BAMBD, CDC, BAM House) Marvin X (Poet, Writer, Director - Black Arts West Theater, Black Bird Press News and Review Magazine, Academy of Da Corner, Black Vendors Association) Ishmael Reed (Poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, composer, playwright, editor and publisher) Joan Tarika Lewis (Artist, violinist, author, political activist) Lanier Graham (Designer, Artist-Poet)

FACILITATORS

Romi Crawford (Black Arts Movement School Modality) David Jon Walker (Designer, Educator, Scholar) Antoinette Myers Perry (Artist, Scholar) Fred Moten (Scholar, educator) Stefano Harney (Scholar, educator)
Supported by Terra Foundation for American Art