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California African American Museum News - September 2023
Arts and Entertainment
September 1, 2023
From: California African American MuseumNews
As most of you know, Southern California experienced a highly unusual tropical storm August 20-21. Unfortunately, water intrusion occurred in several areas of our facility.
As we survey and repair the damage to our building, we now know we must remain closed at least through October. Public programs slated to happen at CAAM in September and October are postponed.
We are eager to welcome visitors back into the galleries as soon as possible, and will communicate our reopening date when it is firm. In the meantime, in September we are happy to open the exhibition Bahia Reverb: Artists and Place at Art + Practice, and will be presenting related programs there in Leimert Park. Please read on for details.
New Exhibition
Bahia Reverb: Artists and Place
Opening Sept 16, 2023 at Art + Practice
Artist residencies are an important tool for artists to explore site-oriented practices and experience firsthand particular places and cultures. Bahia Reverb: Artists and Place presents the work of ten former fellows at the Sacatar Institute in Bahia, Brazil, all from North America and of African descent, to reflect on how Bahia, an epicenter of the African diaspora, has fueled their work and changed their understanding of themselves.
Related Public Program
Thu, Sep 19 | 7:00–8:00 p.m.
Street Dance Orixás Performance at Art + Practice
Enjoy a live performance in conjunction with the new exhibition, Bahia Reverb. These captivating dance duets celebrate the orixás (spirits) of Brazilian Candomblé??: Exu, Ogum, Iansã, Xangô, Oxum, Oxóssi, and Iemanjá, with one dancer performing the traditional Afro-Brazilian movement vocabulary version and a second dancer portraying a contemporary street dance version of the same orixá.
Around Town
Thu–Sat, Sep 7–30, 2023 | 8:00 p.m.
The Gospel at Colonus at the Getty Villa
Soulful and stirring, this one-of-a-kind theatrical event reimagines Sophocles's Oedipus at Colonus from the 5th century BCE as a redemptive musical celebration. Blending Greek myth with Black spiritual practice, Getty and Chicago's Court Theater have teamed up for this jubilant, life-affirming journey.