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Arts & Culture
Ensures that black creative expression is recognized and encouraged by the Coalition and the community at large, by sponsoring theater parties, promoting museum attendance, producing the exhibits of creative artists and developing an audience for the arts.
Activities & Accomplishments:
Arts & Culture Committee 2010
In March 2010, NCBW Arts & Culture Committee organized and partnered with Barnes & Noble Booksellers in hosting a book signing event for associate member Elaine Meryl Brown and co-authors Marsha Haygood and Rhonda Joy McLean. The Little Black Book of Success-Laws of Leadership for Black Women, in the words of Citigroup Chairman, Richard Parsons, “is chock-full of sound and thoughtful advice on how to succeed in business.” The book, described as a “mentor in your pocket”, is the work of three dynamic and successful black female executives who share their strategies to help all black women succeed in their careers.
In November, 2010, NCBW again partnered with the Teaneck International Film Festival by sponsoring the screening of Night Catches Us, a film written and produced by black female producer, Tanya Hamilton. The film, featuring actor Anthony Mackie and actress Kerry Washington, is set in 1976 and deals with complicated personal stories related to the Black Power movement. The screening was a resounding success as NCBW supporters, Teaneck and other area residents turned out by the hundreds. A Q&A session followed the screening wherein the writer/producer was asked and answered questions from the audience.
In December 2010, with partial funding from former chair, Brenda Murphy of NJPAC, and Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs, Arts & Culture staged the moving multi-media performance piece titled, Hurricane Season: the Hidden Messages in Water at the Logan Family Life Center. The creators/performers, Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman, interweave spoken word poetry, kinetic sculpture, choreography, animation, and moving images to explore critical issues facing our nation and planet through the kaleidoscope of Hurricane Katrina. Water, the performance’s extended metaphor guides the audience on a vivid journey of unthinkable tragedy to undeniable promise; from a single drip to a violent storm that culminates in a climactic moment of possibility and resurrection. Alixa and Naima, with roots in Colombia and Haiti respectively, are multi-talented poets, dancers, muralists, and designers. Since 2003 they have performed at numerous locales and conferences where their message serves to educate their audiences.
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