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A Sunset Outdoor Performance, Celebrating Juneteenth, and other Upcoming Events
From My Home
to Yours: Sunset Live Score and Screenings with Laura Ortman
June 17,
7:30 p.m.
MAM launches a
three-part Indigenous performance series in conversation with the
new cinematic installation From My Home to Yours with a
special outdoor evening featuring exhibition artist Laura Ortman
(White Mountain Apache).
With a palette of foot pedals, clouds of rosin, and
multi-instrumental mastery, Ortman will perform her atmospheric
score to an exterior projection of the film, followed by a
screening of acclaimed short films by Ortman and her collaborator,
Caroline Monnet (Anishinaabe/French).
Last Weeks
to See Tenacity & Resilience: The Art of Jerry Pinkney
Closes June
26
Tenacity
& Resilience: The Art of Jerry Pinkney features more than 80 beautiful illustrations and
working drawings from nine children’s books spanning 1979 to the
present by Jerry Pinkney, one of America’s most renowned children’s
book illustrators.
For the Love
of Art: A Juneteenth Celebration of Joy & Justice
Showcasing
the works of local and nationally renowned artists, authors, and
musicians
Empower the Village
is proud to once again partner with Kente Royal Gallery,
Montclair Art Museum & African American Cultural Committee at
MAM, and dozens of established and emerging artists to present
the For the
Love of Art Fundraiser: A Juneteenth Celebration of Joy and Justice.
Montclair Art
Museum and Montclair
Early Music present Jubilee, A Celebration
of African American Music.
African
Dance and Drum ensemble from
Montclair State University will begin the program. The program will
include singing, dancing, and poetry with audience
participation.
The highlight of
the afternoon will be a performance by Emily O’Brien, a professional recorder soloist from Boston, who will perform
“Oracle," a composition by award-winning contemporary African American composer Melika Fitzhugh. Emily will be
accompanied by a string quartet fromAPEX ensemble.
