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SUMMARY:Prg Artist In Residence Khari Johnson-Ricks In Conversation With Dj Tah
DESCRIPTION:During this conversation/listening session PRG’s 5th Artist in Residence\, visual artist and DJ Khari Johnson-Ricks  will speak with New Jersey based DJ TAH. Throughout the duration of his residency\, Khari will use his studio as a living archive to preserve the history of Jersey club and Jersey club dancing; a local vernacular tradition that is 20 years old and has been a creative framework for many young Black musician and artists. Over the years\, venues that were the hubs for Jersey club culture in Newark have been shuttered and Khari’s hope is to revitalize and honor this creative subculture by inviting a host of jersey club producers\, dancers\, and community members to the studio to map the progression of dances over time and talk to people about their experience with the art form. By collecting their stories\, he would preserve the trajectory of the subculture and its correlation to Newark’s shifting arts landscape\, connecting this local tradition to a lineage of Black radical art movements such as Hip-Hop and House Music.\nRSVP required. Zoom details will be sent via email 24 hours before the program. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKhari Johnson-Ricks is an artist and DJ whose work spans a range of audiovisual media and often exist in the public eye. This includes the production of zines\, works on paper\, performances\, murals\, and nightlife spaces. Through these media he explores the ways that vernacular ritual practice becomes tradition and how the body carries history through movement. By editing\, rediscovering\, juxtaposing the movement traditions of Shotokan Karate\, Jersey Club\, weightlifting and various other sports he highlights the social importance of movement as a non-verbal communication method as well as a community building and mental health tool. Khari holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Montclair State University (2016) and a Master of Fine Arts from Hunter College\, City University of New York (2019). \nTAH is a 26 year old DJ\, producer\, sound designer and engineer who has released records on Like That Records\, Thread\, and Knightwerk Records. Some notable groups he has worked with are the Black owned Halfmoon BK Radio\, Boiler Room\, and MoMA PS1.
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/prg-artist-in-residence-khari-johnson-ricks-in-conversation-with-dj-tah/
CATEGORIES:Paul Robeson Galleries
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SUMMARY:Murals: A Socially Engaged Process
DESCRIPTION:During this conversation Newark based artist Layqa Nuna Yawar will discuss how he sees murals as a socially engaged process as well as the inspiration for his mural series The Robeson Paean\, a series commemorating the life and legacy of artist-activist Paul Robeson.\n \nRSVP required. Zoom details will be sent via email 24 hours before the program. \nRSVP here | https://bit.ly/3ceMFO4 \nLayqa Nuna Yawar was born in Cuenca\, Ecuador and lives in Newark\, New Jersey. Working in the space between migrant alienation and belonging\, he makes work on paper\, canvas and sculpture as well as large–scale murals that are the result of a socially engaged process; all of which aims to amplify the silenced narratives of people of color and migrant communities across the world. His work examines the power that public and representational art have in challenging injustice\, racism and xenophobia. This form of collective artmaking is part of a liberation struggle that helps celebrate and publicly reclaim diasporic narratives as well as imagine a better and brighter future. Layqa received a B.F.A. from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and his art can be found on walls\, museums and galleries across the world. He has curated and produced mural projects with various city administrations\, art programs and private organizations in the USA and abroad. 
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/murals-a-socially-engaged-process/
CATEGORIES:Paul Robeson Galleries
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SUMMARY:Trailer Screening of\, Black Lady Goddess followed by a Q&A with Creator & Director\, Chelsea Odufu.
DESCRIPTION:Join us Thursday\, May 14th\, at 5pm on the Express Newark Facebook Live for the Trailer Screening of\, Black Lady Goddess followed by a Q&A with Creator & Director\, Chelsea Odufu. \nChelsea Odufu is a 2019 Express Newark 3rd Space Award Recipient and Express Newark Community Media Center Alumni. Black Lady Goddess is a satirical afro-futuristic series set in the year 2040 when humans on earth now have a connection to their creator in outer space. It follows the life of a young activist by the name of Ifeoma Johnson who is coming into her own in a time when humans have not only found out that God is a Black Woman\, but after reparations have been issued in the amount of $455\,000 to each person of African descent. The first season showcases the chaos that unfolds following this development. Black Lady Goddessemerges as a symbol of the end of White Supremacy and privilege and as a pillar of strength and power to women and people of color around the world.
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/trailer-screening-of-black-lady-goddess-followed-by-a-qa-with-creator-director-chelsea-odufu/
CATEGORIES:Express Newark
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SUMMARY:The Poets Express Newark Instagram Live Takeover
DESCRIPTION:Join us Friday\, May 22nd\, at 6pm on the Express Newark Instagram Live for an evening of live poetry with Newark Poets & Rutgers-Newark MFA Poets. This live poetry showcase will be hosted by Nora Luongo (@phigirl) with readings by Marie “Mia X” Johnson (@bestthingcreated)\, Malcolm Minor (@malcolm.minor)\, Mayowa Godsent(@realgodsent) Chris Caruso (@chris.inkspot)\, Susanna Velarde (@susanna_velarde)\, Antonio De Jesus Lopez (@barrioscribe) Sean Battle (@battleseanbattle) Roberto F. Santiago(@thefrsantiago)
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/the-poets-express-newark-instagram-live-takeover/
CATEGORIES:Express Newark
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SUMMARY:Go Deep Goes Digital: A Virtual Dance Party
DESCRIPTION:Artists \nThaddeus Jeffries \nRasaki \nMannpaqq \nPRG is excited to be partnering with the Atlanta based event production company Go Deep to host a virtual dance party for our community! Go Deep is a platform used to educate on the inclusive roots of house music\, but more specifically highlight its historical connections to Black and POC queer spaces. Put on your best outfit and pull up! \nIn the meantime\, enjoy the sounds of Go Deep: An Introduction. \nSaturday\, May 23\, 2020 \n6:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nZoom Login\nMeeting ID: 980 0175 0670\nPassword: 459038 \nSounds provided by: \nThaddeus Jeffries \nRasaki \nMannpaqq \n 
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/go-deep-goes-digital-a-virtual-dance-party/
CATEGORIES:Paul Robeson Galleries
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SUMMARY:Film Screening And Q&A With Ngu Asongwed
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a short film screening and Q&A with Newark based digital artist Ngu Asongwed.\nRSVP required. Zoom details will be sent via email 24 hours before the program. \nRSVP Here! \nFilm Schedule \nWetlands (dir. Ngu Asongwed\, 2019\, USA\, 2 minutes)A collaboration between Sqad Nwk and Brujas\, an NYC based feminist skate collective. \nA wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is inundated by water\, either permanently or seasonally\, where oxygen-free processes prevail. The primary factor that distinguishes wetlands from other land forms or water bodies is the characteristic vegetation of aquatic plants\, adapted to the unique hydric soil. Wetlands play a number of functions including water purification\, water storage\, processing of carbon and other nutrients stabilization of shorelines\, and support of plants and animals. \nCity on Fire (dir. Ngu Asongwed\, 2017\, USA\, 8 minutes)\nA Sqad Nwk production. Viewer’s discretion advised (language). \nRacism\, poverty and police brutality reach a tipping point one hot summer night in Newark N.J. The arrest and beating of African American taxi driver John Smith\, sparked five days of rebellion in New Jersey’s largest city. Flames of fear gripped the city as the citizens released their rage on to the streets\, forever changing the fate of the troubled metropolis. This film is a story about the ghosts of our past\, the fears of our present and the hope for our future. This is not just the story of Newark\, this is the story of an America on fire. \n Gourd (dir. Ngu Asongwed\, 2019\, USA\, 6 minutes)\nA Sqad Nwk production. \nGourd is a full dome format video installation speaking on the traditions of enslaved Africans in North America\, exploring their use of natural resources when escaping slave plantations. From the 1600’s-1800’s\, after escaping from plantations these men and women traversed through Americas southern states on foot guided by the stars\, specifically The Big Dipper\, also known “The Drinking Gourd”. Ngu Asongwed is a Newark based video editor & graphic designer working in a majority of digital formats. \nRSVP Here! \n 
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/film-screening-and-qa-with-ngu-asongwed/
CATEGORIES:Paul Robeson Galleries
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SUMMARY:Third Space Talks with artist Virginia Hanusik\, Friday\, May 29th\, at 6:30pm (ET)
DESCRIPTION:We’re headed to the BIG EASY! Join us Friday\, May 29th\, at 6:30pm (ET) on the Express Newark Instagram Live for Third Space Talks with artist Virginia Hanusik. Hanusik is an artist and writer whose work explores the relationship between landscape\, culture\, and the built environment. Her projects on climate change and environmental justice have been exhibited internationally\, featured in The New Yorker\, Domus\, Places Journal\, NPR\, The Atlantic\, MAS Context\, and Oxford American among others\, and supported by the Graham Foundation and Mellon Foundation.
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/third-space-talks-with-artist-virginia-hanusik-friday-may-29th-at-630pm-et/
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