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EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. |
THE GROUND TOGETHER II: ASSESSING THE STATE OF BLACK
ARTS FOR 2000 AND BEYOND: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE
Armour J. Blackburn University Center & Howard University Book Store
Conference is free and open to the public.
For more info, call (202) 806-6730
You are all cordially invited to attend The Ground Together II: Assessing the State of Black Arts for 2000 and Beyond: An Interdisciplinary Conference, scheduled for Saturday, March 4th, on the campus of Howard University at both the Blackburn Center and the Howard University Bookstore. We hope that the program provides interest for you and inspires you to bring your students, to invite your colleagues, and, of course, to attend yourself. It is also our hope to interest the full academic community in the works and achievements of Black arts and Black arts practitioners. -- Dr. Sandra Shannon, Dept of English, Conference Organizer
In follow up to the series of discussions and debates in October 1998, this year's conference offers increased focus on the creative process and the Black press, while continuing the general focus upon an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of Black art and its manifestations in, among other areas, arts institutions, academic institutions and economic systems. Arts practitioners, arts institution administrators, faculty, students and the general public will find topics of interest. Featured speakers will include the following:
![]() KEYNOTE ADDRESS 10:30AM Dorothy Gilliam "THE ART OF WRITING" |
![]() 5:30 PM Jabari Asim "HONORING THE TRADITION OF BLACK ARTS" |
Continental Breakfast 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Ballroom Lobby Opening Plenary
Session 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. East Ballroom Morning Keynote Address: "The
Art of Writing" |
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Breakout Session I: "Laying Out New
Directions for the Expansion of Black Arts" Armour J. Blackburn University Center 10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Session
A: Auditorium Session B: "The Black Poet and the American Literary
Tradition: Blues Philosophy and Identity" "The Reviews: Implications, Consequences, and
Comparison in the Negotiation and Placement of Contemporary African American Women
Playwrights" Moderator: Dr. Jon Woodson, Department of English, Howard University Reading Lounge |
Breakout Session II: "We Must Develop New Guidelines for the
Protection of our Cultural Property" Armour J. Blackburn University Center 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 a.m. Session A: Auditorium Session B: "On the Performance of Knowledge:
Multicultural Desire and Intellectual Balkanization" Whiteness Studies," Moderator, Dr. Dana Williams, Louisiana State University The Gallery Session C: Hilltop Lounge |
Lunch 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. (with Performance) West Ballroom Conference Resumes at Howard University Bookstore; 2225 Georgia Avenue, NW; Washington, DC; 202-238-2640 (within reasonable walking distance from Blackburn Center; directions provided) |
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Breakout Session III "Theater Asserts That All of Human Life is Universal: Love, Honor, Duty, Betrayal Belong and pertain to every culture or Race" 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Howard University Bookstore, 2225 Georgia Avenue, NW Session
A: "Hip-Hop and the Visual Arts" Moderator: Jennifer Young, Howard University Second Floor Lounge Session B: "The Cultural Language and Integration of
Dance and Theatre as Performance Tools" "The Emergence of Stepping As An American
Dance Tradition" Moderator: TBD Cafe Lounge |
Breakout
Session IV "We can make a Difference: Artists, Playwrights, Actors...We Can be the Spearhead of a Movement to Re-ignite our People's Positive Energy for a Political and Social Change..." 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Howard University Bookstore, 2225 Georgia Avenue, NW Session A: "At the Crossroads of Form and Function:
August Wilson’s Dramatic Series" Moderator: Dr. Daphne Duval Harrison, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Cafe Lounge "Session B: "The Need for Developing Dramatic Material for
Black Children" "Black Culture at the Crossroads" Moderator: Joyce Camper, Howard University Second Floor Lounge |
Break 5:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Introduction of Keynote Speaker, Dr. Sandra
Shannon Second Floor Lounge Reception / Book Signing 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. First Floor and Cafe Lounge Areas |
Official Conference Hotels:
The Holiday Inn or the Town Center Hotel in Silver Spring, MD (301-589-0800 or
301-589-5200). A special group rate of $79 per night for GTII affiliates has been
arranged. When calling for reservations, remember to identify yourself as a conference
participant. Both hotels are within walking distance of each other and several miles from
Howard's University's campus. For your convenience, a one-time roundtrip van service to
and from Howard's campus has also been arranged, compliments of GTII organizers.
The conference is free and open to the public. For travel information, to reserve seating for groups or classes, or to receive any other information, please contact Dr. Sandra Shannon at sshannon@fac.howard.edu. Please share this information with colleagues and friends who may share an interest in Black arts at the millennium, and please forward this announcement as needed. We hope you will join us for a lively exchange and encourage others as well.