Afro-Jazz/World Music Percussionist, YemiConga, says that music is his weapon WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH YEMICONGA ON WHEN WE SPEAK TV ![]() FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YEMICONGA: YemiConga on Instagram YemiConga on Facebook YemiConga on Twitter YemiConga on Youtube KEYWORDS african jazz - YemiConga - african drums - yoruba - conga drums - YemiConga interview - songs by YemiConga - afro jazz - drums - african music - when we speak tv - jermaine sain READERS OF THIS ARTICLE ALSO ENJOYEDJazz in the Alley is a free jazz concert series sponsored by the City of Norcross, Georgia. The series aims to showcase various jazz artists with diverse genre backgrounds.
News Source: OCA AtlantaThe Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs’ (OCA) annual ELEVATE public art festival recently partnered with Facebook to install five new murals, which are a part of this year’s festival — presented digitally on the ELEVATE website, Facebook, and YouTube from October 4 to 10. With 2020 marking a pivotal election year, Facebook launched the “Voting is Voice” campaign and set a goal to register 4 million new voters during the largest voter drive in U.S. history. Facebook’s partnership with the OCA and ELEVATE was a natural fit as the festival will explore the concept of social justice and equity through this year’s programming. For the “Voting is Voice” campaign, five artists from across the U.S. created original artwork commissions in response to the prompt “Voting is Voice.” Within this theme, each artist explored voting as a powerful tool of the personal and collective voice, the importance of a diversity of voices to a healthy society, the powerful impact of personal narratives as vehicles for change, and our collective responsibility to acknowledge and amplify a broad spectrum of voices. These five murals are a part of Facebook’s push to increase voter engagement and participation during this election year. Each mural will feature the artist’s bio, Q.R. codes, and URLs that direct viewers to Facebook and Instagram’s Voting Information Center, where they can find more information on the 2020 U.S. election and a quick and easy way to register to vote. In addition, the murals encourage public interaction through compelling, relevant design & digital features that create multiple levels of access for every member of the community. List of Facebook Murals and Locations
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“We want this year’s ELEVATE festival to be a platform for dialogue about important issues, provide resources for activism, and help set a course for positive change,” states Camille Russell Love, Executive Director of the City of Atlanta - Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. “For the first time, the festival enters the digital space. We invite people to join us for virtual events including visual art experiences, dance, poetry, lively conversations, film screenings, musical performances and more. All of the events are free.” |
• Mural installations honoring civil rights leader Reverend James Orange and Black women activists from the West End community.
• An online and in person voter registration event at the West End MARTA station.
• A conversation with New York Times best-selling authors Pearl Cleage and Tayari Jones, who frequently feature Atlanta’s West End community in their work.
• The opening of Hammonds House Museum’s exhibition Elements of A Revolution.
• A conversation between the executive directors of Atlanta Contemporary and Les Abattoirs/Toulouse to discuss challenges of promoting art during COVID-19, issues of gender equality and racism in their field. Since 1974 Atlanta and Toulouse have been Sister Cities.
• A screening of the stirring new documentary, “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” an intimate account of the legendary U.S. Representative’s life, legacy, and more than 60 years of extraordinary activism.
• An Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performance of Lazarus created by acclaimed hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris. The ballet connects the past and the present in a powerful work that addresses racial inequities America faced when Mr. Ailey founded his dance company in 1958 and still faces today.
• Renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems, in collaboration with SCAD, will launch RESIST COVID/TAKE 6, a public art initiative raising critical heath awareness about COVID-19 and the ways racial inequities have manifested in the pandemic.
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Jazz in the Alley is a live outdoor music concert series that features some of the best and talented jazz artists from Atlanta and surrounding cities. Brought to life in the summer of 2013 by Saxophonist Eric Thomas and Event Coordinator, Ziggy Warfield, JITA was created to be a platform for all jazz artists for exposure in sharing their music to the cities of Georgia and to keep the art of jazz alive within our communities. The City of Norcross is an annual proud sponsor and host, along with annual sponsors and supporters that help to make this free jazz concert series a success for the past 5 years and counting. |
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