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May 15, 2023

How ‘Fortnite’ Led to 18-Year-Old d4vd Quietly Dominating Alternative Music

d4vd leads Billboard‘s 2023 21 Under 21 list. See all of the artists honored this year here.

The first concert d4vd ever attended was his own. Earlier this year, the singer-songwriter embarked on his first headlining tour, a sold-out six-city trek. “I wasn’t into show culture,” he says over Zoom from Los Angeles. “I was just at home.”

Since stepping out into the world, the 18-year-old has quickly become one of alternative music’s most promising new artists. Thanks to his emotive ballads (breakout hit “Romantic Homicide,” “Sleep Well”) and teen-angst bangers (“Worthless,” “DTN”), he boasts a career total of 614.3 million on-demand official U.S. streams, according to Luminate. And now, as d4vd (pronounced “David”) prepares for his upcoming debut EP, Petals to Thorns, out May 26 on Darkroom/Interscope, his life mostly happens on the move. But making music wasn’t always in the cards for the Queens-born, Houston-based d4vd, so he’s savoring the movement — and bringing his family along for the ride. (His parents are ever present, with d4vd even panning his phone to his father during this Zoom.)

Growing up, the artist born David Anthony Burke sang in his church choir — playing piano and primarily being exposed to gospel music — but like many other teenage boys, he was also an avid gamer. He took a liking to Fortnite in his early teens and would use popular songs to soundtrack the gameplay montages that he posted on YouTube. But after receiving multiple copyright strikes, his mother encouraged him to create his own music.

By late 2021, d4vd was using his sister’s walk-in closet to experiment with the only recording equipment he had at the time: his iPhone, earbuds and online music-making software BandLab. His inspiration came from video-game storylines and alt-rock bands he discovered through other YouTube montages like The Neighbourhood, Arctic Monkeys and Wallows. He created his first song, the ethereal, piano-led “Run Away,” and several tracks followed, including “You and I,” “Here With Me” and, of course, “Romantic Homicide.”

On the melancholy fuzz-rock song that arrived last July, d4vd croons about heartbreak — something he has yet to actually experience himself. The track gained instant success on TikTok, which d4vd credits to his incredibly active presence on the app prior to releasing music. To help promote the song, he posted screen recordings of the vocal stems without ever revealing his identity, both inviting listeners into his process while also fueling the mystery behind his sudden rise.

“Romantic Homicide” peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned top 10 spots on the Hot Alternative Songs, Hot Rock Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs charts. (“Here With Me” also cracked the top 40 on the Hot 100.) Suddenly, d4vd understood the commercial value of a DIY approach — his bedroom songs were emotionally relatable. “You feel like you can make the song yourself,” d4vd says of his music. “You hear the flaws in it, too, especially [with me] making it on my phone.”

While d4vd says that it’s “hard to break through the saturation” of social media, noting it’s “super hard to be seen,” his prolificness helped him stand out. He recalls the first time he met his manager, Mogul Vision’s Josh Marshall, who had discovered his music on SoundCloud even before “Romantic Homicide.” “I remember he flew down to Houston the next day, and we [sat] in Panera talking about the music industry, and I was like, ‘OK, this is it.’ You really can’t hesitate. Social media moves so fast. You can blow up as quick as you fall off.”

Around the same time, d4vd’s parents were moving just as quickly to help him navigate the various labels eager to set up meetings in New York and L.A. By August, as “Romantic Homicide” continued to build, d4vd signed with Darkroom/ Interscope — the label responsible for developing Billie Eilish, a superstar whose career d4vd admires especially because of what he thinks is the “perfect timing” of her releases. He signed a management deal with Marshall (along with his day-to-day manager, Robert Morgenroth) at Mogul Vision soon after.

“The Darkroom team, I just feel like we clicked because everybody saw the vision. My management company as well,” says d4vd. “I wasn’t even trying to be an artist at the beginning, so people who are making plans and seeing the bigger picture, that’s who I want to [work] with.”

And while d4vd may not have intended to land here, as a Black artist in the alternative space, he now feels honored to be a reference point for young listeners who didn’t think that combination was possible. “Before ‘Romantic Homicide,’ I [hadn’t] posted my face. Then I released my live performance of it on YouTube, and people were like, ‘You’re Black?!’ ” he says with a laugh. “[I’m] a gateway into that genre. It’s an absolute honor and a blessing.”

This story originally appeared in the May 13, 2023, issue of Billboard.

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May 15, 2023

Raoul Peck’s Documentary On Photographer Ernest Cole Acquired by Magnolia Pictures And mk2 Leading Into Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures and mk2 have acquired rights to Oscar-nominated filmmaker Raoul Peck’s Untitled Ernest Cole Documentary, about South Africa’s first Black freelance photographer.

Magnolia’s deal is for North American rights, while mk2 takes international; mk2 is launching international sales at the Cannes Market, which opens Tuesday.

Cole (1940-1970) documented apartheid in South Africa not as an outsider but someone who experienced its cruelties. Under the country’s racist system, Black people could only be employed as laborers; nonetheless, Cole became a photographer, a defiance of rules that made him a “banned person” and forced him to flee to the United States. He continued making important documentary photography in New York, but at his death he had published a single book, House of Bondage (1967) and the whereabouts of much of his unpublished work remained unknown.

Only a few years ago, “more than 60,000 of his 35mm film negatives were inexplicably discovered in a bank vault in Stockholm, Sweden,” according to a release about the Untitled Ernest Cole Documentary. “Most considered these forever lost, especially the thousands of pictures he shot in the U.S. Told through Cole’s own writings, the stories of those closest to him, and the lens of his uncompromising work, the film is a reintroduction of a pivotal Black artist to a new generation and will unravel the mystery of his missing negatives.”

Director Raoul Peck Courtesy of Matthew Avignone

Peck, a native of Haiti, where he served as minister of culture from 1996-’97, earned his Oscar nomination for I Am Not Your Negro, his portrait of James Baldwin.

“Ernest Cole’s long and, at times, painful and tedious journey in America brings me back to a period of my life when my political commitment and artistic stamina were forged,” Peck said in a statement. “I profoundly feel, cherish, and treasure his human eye on the facts of life and his piercing acuity over our terrible contradictions.”

Magnolia Pictures plans a theatrical release of the Untitled Ernest Cole Documentary at a date to be announced. Magnolia released I Am Not Your Negro in the U.S. in 2016.

“The opportunity to serve auteurs like the great Raoul Peck is why we do this work,” said Magnolia Pictures Co-CEO Dori Begley. “With his incomparable vision and integrity as our guide, team Magnolia can’t wait to help share the extraordinary story of this essential artist with audiences.”

Velvet Film, Peck’s production company, “has the full collaboration of the Ernest Cole Family Estate helmed by Cole’s nephew Leslie Matlaisane, who has granted Peck exclusive access to the totality of the family’s archive, including images never previously seen by the public,” a release noted. The film is produced by Raoul Peck and Tamara Rosenberg (O.J.: Made In America).

The unexpected recovery of Cole’s negatives has prompted a resurgence of interest in his work. International exhibitions of his photographs are coming in the fall, as is the publication of a book by Aperture of Cole’s photographs documeting Black life in America.

mk2, Magnolia Pictures logos — mk2/Magnolia Pictures

Fionnuala Jamison, mk2 Films’ managing director, said, “The combination of a powerful human rights story, Ernest Cole’s own struggles as an exiled artist, and the mystery around his negatives and legacy promise to deliver an incredibly moving and thrilling film from the masterful documentarian.”

The acquisition deal was negotiated by Magnolia Co-CEO Dori Begley, as well as SVP of Acquisitions John Von Thaden, and by Range Media Partners on behalf of mk2 and the filmmakers.

Peck is represented by Range Media Partners and Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein Lezcano Bobb & Dang.

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Breland: As singer’s star rises, he doesn’t always feel accepted in country music

As a bevy of white artists walked down the red carpet of the 58th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday, there was a Black artist waiting anxiously to interview them.

And his name was Breland.

“When I look at the best new artist category, both male and female, I think there’s some work that we can do,” the platinum-selling singer-songwriter said mere hours before taking his place as a co-host of the ACM Awards red carpet show. “I think there are some more faces of color and some more people who have more diverse perspectives than are currently being recognized in that capacity. It’s a lot of people that look very similar to one another.”

The rising country music star lets out a slight laugh, making it seem that the truth doesn’t hurt. But as a forever forward thinker, Breland soon pivots to the positive.

“I’m seeing the diversification of country music and seeing some people being recognized,” he continued. “[Country duo] War and Treaty is the first Black group nominated in the duo category, so hopefully we’ll see some more of that. They can become a staple and pave the way for some more artists.”

Someday Breland may find his name listed in multiple categories of one of country music’s biggest award shows, having built up an impressive body of work off his 2022 debut album “Cross Country.” But there still seems to be doubt in his voice whether that day will ever come.

“I don’t know,” the “My Truck” singer said quietly. “I have days where I feel very accepted and embraced by country music, and then I have some days where it doesn’t necessarily feel that way. There are times where it feels like it’s a little tougher for me than it might be for some other people.”

Breland’s talents long have been recognized by some of country music’s biggest power players, with everyone from Sam Hunt to Dierks Bentley to Keith Urban lining up to collaborate with the vocal powerhouse with the ever-present glasses.

“One of the biggest things about country music is that we all have these mentors and people that support us who have been in these positions before,” reflected Breland, who recently held his second annual fundraiser “Breland & Friends” at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. “That’s such an integral part of country music developing from generation to generation. But I think also for me in particular, to be able to collab with all these people is particularly special.”

One particular city also seemed to have supported Breland from the start.

“Chicago just keeps raising its hand,” said Breland, a New Jersey native whose mom was born in Elgin, Illinois. “I just think that the Midwest in general tends to understand what it is that I do in ways that certain American markets aren’t as readily accepting. Chicago’s such a diverse city with diverse music tastes. I think it just makes the country listeners out there a lot more receptive.”

Breland arrives Thursday at the 58th annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Frisco, Texas, where he interviewed artists on the red carpet.

And receptive is what Breland hopes the audience will be as he heads to the Windy City for a headlining show at Joe’s Bar, where his new single “For What It’s Worth” certainly will make its way to the set list.

“It’s an important song for me I think when it comes to country radio, though it’s going be a longer journey for me in terms of continuing to break that barrier,” Breland explained of his first song officially taken to country radio. “I understand that this is going to be somewhat of an uphill battle, but we take the wins where we can get ’em. And seeing the success we seem to be having in Chicago is definitely important.”

And in a way, almost unbelievable.

“There was this version of my career trajectory in my head where the establishment wouldn’t end up supporting what I do,” he admitted. “I’m really grateful that wasn’t the case. Whenever I do finally get to that point where I’m headlining arenas and winning awards, I will know that it was a hard-fought battle and people will hopefully be able to appreciate the fact that I earned it.”

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May 15, 2023

‘Découverte: Her Diasporan Chronicles of Self Discovery’ exhibit highlights Black women and beauty

‘Découverte’ explores identity at Evanston Art Center

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A close up image of a tea painting made by Laju Sholola, a Nigerian artist featured in an Evanston Art Center exhibit with Nigerian Canadian artist Ojo Agi.

Jack Austin, Senior Staffer
May 15, 2023

Evanston Art Center’s “Découverte: Her Diasporan Chronicles of Self Discovery” exhibit explores the identity of Black women from the context of the greater Black diaspora. The most recent lobby gallery exhibit, which opened May 6 and runs through May 21, features Nigerian artist Laju Sholola and Nigerian Canadian artist Ojo Agi.

Show curator and Evanston-based artist Fran Joy said she paired the artists due to their aesthetics, with both using similar brown tones in their art. Both also have a Nigerian woman’s perspective. Joy said she appreciates art highlighting the beauty of Black women because Black girls throughout the diaspora often grow up teased about their skin and hair.

“Both of these artists are about discovery as a Black woman,” Joy said. “What it said to me was, ‘We are beautiful, we are gorgeous, I feel good about myself.’”

Patricia Andrews-Keenan, founder of Pigment International, a Chicago-based multimedia publication that reports on Black arts in the African diaspora, attended a gallery reception for the exhibit Saturday.

She said Black representation in art allows Black individuals to see themselves in spaces they had thought were closed off to them. This barrier was not limited to the visual arts.

“I would go to flea markets, and I would find sheet music derogatory,” Andrews-Keenan said. “To see the evolution, to see these kinds of representations … (They have) made all kinds of strides.”

Sholola said she puts part of herself and people who look like her into her paintings, which uses the unique medium of tea to create a spectrum of brown hues. Specifically, she paints skin tones and hair textures similar to hers to tell her own story.

Agi also employs unconventional artistic techniques. She started her career in cartoons and comics and said she struggled to draw Black characters on white paper. To remedy this, Ojo began buying brown paper to use as the base, and as a result, the skin color of her portraits now better suit the background. Using brown paper is part of a process of simply finding “spaces to exist” as a Nigerian Canadian, Agi said.

During the pandemic, Agi created seven portraits of Black women with a diversity of hairstyles and textures as a cathartic process. Two of them appear in the show.

Chicago resident and Liberian American Massa Massaley said it’s important to showcase beautiful Black women in art to combat negative stereotypes.

Massaley said she could see herself in the artwork on display and added she felt happiness looking at the images. She also appreciated the innovative technical approaches to painting Black people the artists developed, she said.

Joy said “Untitled (bob)” — named for the hairstyle — was her favorite because it looks like “serenity” and a confident version of herself. She added she later “fell in love” with Agi’s other featured piece, “Untitled (bun),” because she resonated with the frustration and strength displayed in the portrait.

“The value inside and thinking good of yourself when others don’t (comes through). Because Black worldwide is Black,” Joy said. “What they see first is your skin. And we have to live with that, and it takes a toll. So I appreciate (Agi and Sholola’s) creative value.”

Ogechi Harry, Agi and Sholola’s representative and founder of Golden Era Collective, an art agency aiming to promote Black creatives, said despite the distinct forms and materials of the two artists, they unite the viewer on a journey.

According to Harry, the two artists offer stories not often told about women of African descent.

“We’re talking about vulnerabilities. We’re talking about victories,” Harry said. “We’re talking about power and strength. I mentioned before placemaking and sort of understanding where you fit in.”

Sholola said she wants viewers to be able to imagine the lives of the Black individuals she depicts and understand themselves better in the process.

Agi’s work to uplift Black women through art came as a result of feeling disempowered; in her studies, she found racism and sexism to be barriers to health. Art gave her agency to protest what she saw as injustice.

“I was really astounded by the beauty of both artists’ work,” Massaley said. “These paintings can be very inspirational for Black women.”

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May 15, 2023

Kehinde Wiley is taking his art everywhere, all at once

NEW YORK —

Kehinde Wiley was already well into his influential art career when his portrait of Barack Obama — arms crossed, perched on a chair amid brilliant foliage — was unveiled in 2018. But there’s no doubt it changed the artist’s life.

Here’s one way he describes the shift: Now, should he ever show up at the bank and realize he’s forgotten his ID — which hasn’t happened yet, but still — he could say: “You know that portrait of Obama? I’m that guy, and I didn’t bring my ID, so if you could just Google that…”

But Wiley, proud as he is of the groundbreaking work — an official portrait of a Black president by a Black artist — does wonder how long he’ll be referred to in that context.

“I wonder if I will ever be able to do anything that lives up to the gravity of that moment,” he says. “Everybody wants to be seen in a number of different contexts … but I mean, what a great project to be involved in. So, come on, here’s the world’s smallest violin, playing just for me.”

If Wiley, 46, is on a mission to make sure he’s remembered for a lot more, he seems well on his way. With shows currently on both U.S. coasts, another headed to Paris, and growing artistic bases in Africa, he truly seems to be everywhere all at once.

Just take the last few months. In March, he was in San Francisco for the U.S premiere of “Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence” at the de Young Museum, a powerful display of massive paintings and sculptures exploring anti-Black violence in a global context. The museum has set up dedicated spaces for attendees who need a breather from the intensity of the show, which runs until Oct. 15.

Meanwhile, at the Sean Kelly gallery in New York, he’s just opened “HAVANA,” running through June 17, focusing on circus performers and carnival street dancers in Cuba.

In between, he was in Africa, where he’s been doing everything from negotiating prices with vendors to selecting stone for the floors while building his second artist residency campus on the continent, Black Rock Nigeria, in Calabar (the first is in Senegal).

Wiley is also at work on a new portrait show on Black heads of state at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, scheduled for September.

With homes in Senegal, Nigeria, New York City and the Catskills, plus a studio in Brooklyn, not to mention roots in his native Los Angeles — including his mother and twin brother — Wiley is not an easy man to pin down for an interview. But he was generous with his time — and anecdotes — as he recently showed The Associated Press around “HAVANA.” Later that night, a passerby peering into the gallery would have seen the airy space packed to the gills with admirers for an opening reception.

Wiley had just returned from Ethiopia, and before that Nigeria. The rhythm of his travels, he says, goes like this: “You’ll be on the road working on something and you’ll be in some amazing place and there’s a couple of down days, and then you’re (again) in some extraordinary part of the world. I guess work and play are all kind of intertwined. But I’m also incredibly hungry for new experiences.”

Wiley’s projects often overlap and intersect over a number of years. His current Cuba show stems from two visits there, in 2015 and in 2022.

It features new paintings, works on paper and a three-screen film downstairs, exploring the phenomenon of the “carnivalesque.” On this particular day, with the opening only hours away, he was still actively discussing changing the font for the film’s subtitles.

During his 2015 visit, Wiley visited the Escuela Nacional de Circo Cuba — a circus school. He became intrigued by the idea of “not fully formed technicians, this metaphor of not quite being quite perfect at creating magic.” During his second visit, he met with performers from Raices Profundas, a nearly 50-year-old dance ensemble that performs in the Yoruba tradition.

Just like Obama’s portrait features, in its background, flowers from places of significance in the president’s life, the backgrounds of the Cuba paintings are comprised of “things from Africa that found their way to the Americas like sugar cane, yams, cola nut, okra … All of these fit into the narrative of African presence in the Americas.”

Wiley’s method of working has been much discussed — he has studio assistants work on the backgrounds, and then he comes in to execute the figure, or figures. There are variations, though, “moments when I’m super excited about doing that figure and the crew is already working on something else, so I’ll just go ahead and they’ll catch up with me. Now that I’ve got studios all over the place, you can swing it both ways.”

This gallery show is more intimate than his massive show in San Francisco, which has drawn significant attendance, museum officials say. In that show, portraits of young Black people in positions of rest (or in some interpretations, death) inhabit settings that recall famous artworks of the Western world. On the audio track, one of the most moving sections is commentary from Wanda Johnson, the mother of Oscar Grant, who was killed by police at a BART station in Oakland in 2009.

Museumgoer La Tanya Carmical, 66, of Castro Valley, was struck by that commentary, particularly “the tragedy in her voice.” Carmical took a Friday in March to see the show, where she spent four hours. She was particularly moved by an image of a man laying on rocks.

“For me it was the hands, the way they’re positioned,” she said. “I took a couple of pictures. And then (Wiley’s) color — these are just beautifully colored, the skin tones. It’s the hands, it’s the color, it’s the lighting.”

The show is not only about anti-Black violence in the United States.

“It’s a story of anti-Blackness globally,” says Abram Jackson, director of interpretation at the de Young. “It’s not limited to a particular country or region. There’s a universality to the ways in which Black people have been mistreated and the violence that has happened to us from colonialism forward.”

For this show, models were found in Senegal, Jackson says. The way Wiley chooses his models depends on the project —sometimes he recruits them on the streets, whereas in Cuba it took research and outreach.

Does he remember everyone? The artist laughs.

“That’s a lot to ask,” he notes, standing amid his Cuba portraits. “But yeah, certain people stand out.”

He points to a woman in yellow, a street dancer.

“I remember her being much more timid in her self-presentation, but then this radical transformation happening when she was onstage,” he says. When a visitor says she looks wary, he notes that “a lot of it is direction, right? There’s me telling them what to do, and there’s how every human being is going to respond. Portraiture in some ways reveals how different people respond to the same direction.”

Which brings us back to Obama.

When Wiley was photographing the former president, the artist did what he always does: He directed. “Turn this way.” “Look here.”

But Obama soon grew impatient. “I’m trying to box him into this set of formulaic poses,” Wiley says, “and he’s like, ‘You know what? Stop. Let me take care of this.’ And the pose that you see him in, is when he starts to take over. And there’s a fluidity to the photo shoot.”

“And when I got to the editing,” the artist chuckles, “it was like, ‘Yeah. I should have just let him handle it!’”

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May 15, 2023

‘Every room tells a story’

Alexis E Barton

THE WASHINGTON POST – Between coastal grandma beach vibes and grand millennial chintz-covered fever dreams, it can be hard to find a design style that doesn’t feel cliche.

Atlanta-based interior design team Tavia Forbes and Monet Masters have earned a national reputation and attracted a diverse client list with their eclectic, personal work that defies easy characterisation.

“Every room tells a story,” said Masters. “Everyone can romance their space and see it as art. They just need to know how and know that they can.” The duo behind Forbes Masters spoke to The Washington Post about navigating the industry as young Black women, sourcing art, and designing meaningful spaces in which to dream, create and entertain.

CREATING CUSTOM SPACES THAT REFLECT CLIENTS’ PERSONALITY AND TASTE

Monet Masters: It’s easy to get a room that looks different every time when you truly are catering to the client. We get to know our clients, their function, their style of travel, their quirky pieces of furniture or heirlooms that have been passed down. And that is the start and inspiration to our spaces.

With that foundation, you could never have two rooms that look alike. We’ve had a lot of clients reach out to us and say, “I didn’t see my particular style in your portfolio, but because I saw so many different styles (reflected), it made me feel confident that you’re able to execute.”

Tavia Forbes (L) and Monet Masters in the home office they created for CurlBox founder Myleik Teele in Atlanta.
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A Forbes Masters design for stylist Sherri McMullen

That’s how we’ve (developed) such a diverse portfolio, because we truly do cater to the client – collecting information and getting to know the client at the start of the project.

TELLING A COMPLETE STORY DESPITE THE UNEXPECTED

Masters: Tavia and I were doing a basement remodel for a client’s husband, as his festive gift.

The only thing that we had to consider was this hideous cockatoo side table. The husband loved sailing, which is why he had a cockatoo table.

The entire table was an oversized red cockatoo with a piece of glass on top, and the cockatoo held the glass. When we saw that table out of the context of the space’s full story, it was hideous. We were kind of upset that we even had to use it.

In the end, it made the space and it was our favorite piece because it’s what held everything together. We (thought of) elements that you would see on a boat or yacht and implemented some of those things throughout the space.

So all of the same elements are there – wall art, texture, fabrics, table top accessories – to cater to the narrative that’s telling the story. That’s why there are no missing pieces. We consider the room from every angle. Sometimes we’ll randomly walk to a corner and then look at the room from that view and say, “Oh, we need a piece of art on that wall” to ensure that the room is full and complete.

THE IMPORTANCE OF SOURCING AND SELECTING ARTWORK

Tavia Forbes: We use some local galleries here in Atlanta to help our clients curate art and to source art, particularly Black art.

We have some favourite Black artists and discover new artists every day as we source for projects.

Or we work with a gallery in terms of placing a piece, particularly when we do show houses because we get to borrow expensive pieces, and with sourcing art for a client.

When we don’t have a great budget for art, we do use a website called Society6. It’s a collective of a bunch of artists that we sometimes narrow down depending on what we’re placing.

Also, Etsy is a great source for art. We try to tie in something close to the client. Or we connect a client to a curator that’s going to pull pieces that will appreciate in value, work with the home and speak to their family.

Masters: Buying art is an investment, and that was new to us. Most of our clients now have large art collections, and we always advise that they work with an art curator or go to places like Tavia mentioned, specifically Society6 and Etsy, because those artists are putting their own work up themselves, or work with an art curator because you should have a tie to that piece.

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May 14, 2023

Oakland’s Poet Laureate Ayodele Nzinga

Ayodele-Nzinga, Oakland’s Poet Laureate Ayodele Nzinga, Culture Currents Featured News & Views — “A story is always about something, ” says Oakland’s Poet Laureate Ayodele Nzinga. – Photo: YBCA

by JR Valrey, The People’s Minister of Information

Ayodele Nzinga is a very talented, locally based writer, playwright, actress, businesswoman and poet who was selected to be the inaugural Poet Laureate of Oakland, back in 2021. In ‘23, she still holds the post.

Her hypnotic voice mixed with the conviction and politics that illuminate her words, mixed with the street slang and wittiness of today’s ghettos that she employs in her work, makes her one of the best wordsmiths, actresses and playwrights that I know of – based in the area. Her pen game and body of work opens portals into Black minds that allows for political education and self reflection to occur and demolishes false concepts of reality coming from a groupthink-white supremacists’ matrix mindset. For those who are being introduced to her work for the first time, she is like Dr. Francess Cress Welsing with a rhyme, mixed with a little Sonia Sanchez. Check her out in her own words.

JR Valrey: How and when did you become the Poet Laureate of Oakland?

Ayodele Nzinga: I was proclaimed poet laureate in 2021. I was selected after a nomination process.

JR Valrey: What does a Poet Laureate do for their city?

Ayodele Nzinga: Poet Laureates write poems for special occasions, serve as the official poet, participate in literary events, poetic ambassadors, take poetry where it wants to be, represents the voice of the place they represent – with a choice and style in how that happens and what it looks like especially in the case of being the first.

JR Valrey: How did you get interested in poetry? How old were you?

Ayodele Nzinga: I became aware of poetry as a distinct form in 6th grade. Thanks to Mr. Ceasar. I became interested in the Harlem Renaissance and the Negritude Era in 7th grade.

JR Valrey: Why is it important for you to always put a message in your rhymes?

Ayodele Nzinga: I art in the tradition of the Black Arts Movement, in the continuum of art that transcends being “art for art’s sake” and continues the tradition of griots – a story is always about something. I am in conversation with myself, the world around me, my own context and history, and as Baldwin says “we write for the future” with so much at play, so much at stake. The responsibility of the artist is to honor the attention they receive by imparting value to those who pay attention.

JR Valrey: Can you tell us the history behind your annual theater event that happens in August? What’s planned for this August?

Ayodele Nzinga: BAMBDFEST, International was founded in 2019 to celebrate the Black Arts Movement and to animate Oakland’s only official cultural district, the Black Arts Movement Business District. The 31 day festival held in Black August became biennial after the 2021 event and returns this year in August. Radio Golf by August Wilson produced by the Lower Bottom Playaz will be one of the anchor events in the festival which will include artists from across the U.S. and the diaspora. To participate in BAMBDFEST events visit www.bambdfest.com.

JR Valrey: Can you talk about some of the films recently that you have been involved in? Are there any new films that you are in, that haven’t premiered yet?

Ayodele Nzinga: We are in post-production for “Flowers for the Trashman,” it will be streaming online soon. On stage, after directing a well-reviewed run of “Tasha,” by Cat Brooks, we are doing two Wilson plays in 2023, “Radio Golf” and “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” In development, we are working on a multi disciplined stage piece called, “Government Housing.” Books in print include “Horse Eaters,”“Sorrow land Oracle,” and “Incandescent.”

JR Valrey: How could people keep up with you online?

Ayodele Nzinga: https://www.instagram.com/wordslanger/

wordslanger@gmail.com

JR Valrey, journalist, author, filmmaker and founder of Black New World Media. He is also the editor in chief of the San Francisco Bay View Newspaper. He teaches the Community Journalism class twice a week at the San Francisco Bay View Newspaper office.

RankTribe™ Black Business Directory News – Arts & Entertainment

May 14, 2023

Helen Cammock’s Love Letter to New Orleans

For centuries, artists of many persuasions have tried to portray the character of New Orleans, but the place resists capture. Its essence is to have uncountable essences, the prodigious layers of unrepeatable history both hidden and everywhere evident. It is a conundrum and a paradox, a city of joy and a compendium of sorrows.

Only an artist deploying similarly varied mediums could hope to approach its complexities. With I Will Keep My Soul, Helen Cammock, who uses film, photography, poetry, and performance to examine her subjects, mixes viewpoints on the ways New Orleans’s variegated past informs its present. A British artist who shared the 2019 Turner Prize with three others, she spent time in 2022 in the city and the archives of the Amistad Research Center. The result is a wide-ranging exhibition currently at Art + Practice in Los Angeles (in partnership with the California African American Museum), which will travel to New Orleans in October through December 2023, where it will be expanded at several sites with film, outdoor installations of her text-based work, musical performance, and the work of artists who influenced her appreciation of the city. The accompanying book is sumptuously published by Siglio Press in conjunction with the Rivers Institute for Art and Thought and CAAM.

The book is a trip. Cammock inadvertently captures her project’s modus operandi — she describes the layers of everyday sound that have long rearranged themselves into music to her ear as “the composition of energies.” It ventures near and far to collect representative New Orleans “energies”: the persistent ghost of the South’s blood-drenched cotton and sugar trade, the African-American artist Elizabeth Catlett’s work and philosophy (including her 1976 commission for a statue of Louis Armstrong, to reside in the eponymous park that also encloses Congo Square, the historic meeting place for the region’s enslaved people), Catlett’s posters in aid of Angela Davis’s fight against imprisonment, and the cohesive powers of music for generations of Black citizens. A subtext throughout is the importance and fecundity of the archive, a massing of proof. In this case, proof of one artist’s adamant perseverance, and of the essential role of art in activism. By extension, we are to understand Cammock’s practice as activist in nature, just as Catlett asserted of her art. Through taking her work and words as subject, the later artist thereby claims the earlier as a direct predecessor.

To that end, the book is rife with reproductions: correspondences, sheet music, news clips, and broadsides. A manifesto by James Farmer, co-founder of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) and organizer of the first Freedom Ride, lends the title to Cammock’s exhibit and book. Describing the goals of the protest, and the treatment its participants received in jail, his declaration ends with the resilient cry of one prisoner against guards’ reprisal tactics, which included taking away mattresses: “‘Come and get my mattress,’ he shouted. ‘I will keep my soul.’”

*I Will Keep My Soul* by Helen Cammock, Siglio/Rivers/CAAM, 2023

The book is foremost a paean to that kind of resilience, which is conveyed most dramatically by its photographs of contemporary New Orleans. Young musicians take up brass instruments, as if directly from the hand of Louis Armstrong. People continue treading the same paths as their creative forebears: images of feet and pavement, and streetscapes, recur like the chorus of a song. The book opens with a photo that encapsulates its origin story: the disembodied hands of a Black individual pull out the drawer of a card catalogue. This is where we must always begin, it suggests, in the collected evidence of our strength.

How does a book’s static format capture the temporal, ever-changing nature of gesture, thought, music, all the motion that defines social history? By doing something very close to what I Will Keep My Soul accomplishes: breaking through the fourth wall of the page. We are not only invited to flip back and forth between visual elements, but we are given a means to mediate them. Interspersed throughout are several transparent pages. When turned they seem to introduce a sense of time’s hazy scrim falling over the fresh clarity of the present — and when paged back to lie atop the facing image, they reverse time. This enacts the way layers of time are sequentially excavated in the archive, the very enterprise that underpins the artist’s multi-tiered project.

When Cammock arrived in NOLA more than a half-century after the sculptor Elizabeth Catlett, she would find herself something of a shadow to Catlett. Or is Catlett her shadow? Both operate from a belief in art’s inherently advocative power, how it brings requisite intellect and heart to the furtherance of a cause. In a 1961 speech, Catlett declared that in the contemporary climate “[n]either the negro artist nor American art can afford to take an isolated position.” It is a continued necessity in 2023, Helen Cammock effectively agrees. Every page of her project accumulates into confirmation.

I Will Keep My Soul gives representation to the rich cultural silt history has deposited in the Mississippi Delta, evoking the push-pull of natural and unnatural forces. The flowing musicality of its composition reminds the viewer of a truth as central as anyone can be about a kaleidoscope-like New Orleans: It has always kept moving, and always to its own tune.

I Will Keep My Soul by Helen Cammock (2023) is published by Siglio Press and is available online and at independent bookstores.

RankTribe™ Black Business Directory News – Arts & Entertainment

May 14, 2023

Lenny Kravitz thrilled to see Black artists having more ‘artistic freedom’

Lenny Kravitz is “thrilled” to see the new generation of Black artists having more “artistic freedom” than he had in the early days of his career.

The Fly Away singer feels excited witnessing a new crop of Black artists experiencing “artistic freedom” and being able to create music in pop, rock and alternative genres, instead of being limited to R&B and hip-hop.

Recalling the music industry around the time he signed to his record label, Kravitz told Billboard, “Everything was in these really tight boxes, white and black. Like ‘the pop department,’ it meant white, and the Black department was R&B.”

He added, “It makes me feel great that there is that artistic freedom. I’m always flattered and honoured when those artists come up to me and tell me how much I meant to them. They grew up listening to my music and looking at the visuals, and felt that they could push the boundaries.”

Kravitz then name-dropped singer-songwriter Steve Lacy, and noted that watching the 24-year-old “reinspires” him.

Elsewhere in the interview, the American Woman hitmaker revealed that his next two albums are “pretty much cut” and he is looking forward to going back on the road after his last tour was cancelled midway through due to the pandemic.

“I was two years into a three-year world tour when COVID hit,” he explained. “So I’m really happy to be getting back on the road and playing and sharing that experience with the people.”

RankTribe™ Black Business Directory News – Arts & Entertainment

May 14, 2023

ARTS CALENDAR 1994-95: ART

MUSEUMS

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center

* “Common Ground/Uncommon Vision: The Michael and Julie Hall Collection of American Folk Art.” Oct. 3-Jan. 2.

* “Christmas at the Folk Art Center.” Nov. 18-Jan. 8.

* Information: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. 307 S. England St., Williamsburg. $8 (includes admission to other Colonial Williamsburg museums). 220-7698.

Art Center of the Portsmouth Museums

* “Robert Vickrey: the Wall Series.” Through Sept. 25.

* “Mark Iwinski: New Work.” Oct. 7-Nov. 20.

* “Paradise Lost and Found: Cher Shaffer.” Dec. 2-Jan. 15.

* “Eight Paths to a Journey,” works on the theme of immigration. Jan. 27-March 12.

* “Frank Lloyd Wright: A Cultural Curator.” March 24-May 7.

* Information: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Court and High streets, Portsmouth. $1.50 (includes same-day admission to other branches of the Portsmouth Museums). 393-8983.

Charles H. Taylor Arts Center

* 12th annual Bay Days Juried Art Show; and “Sing Out Loud,” work by Kacey Sydnor Carneal. Through Oct. 9.

* “George Whitman: The Goblin Market Drawings” and “Domestic Kaleidoscope: Paintings by L. Tryon Jennings.” Oct. 14-Nov. 20.

* Peninsula Glass Guild Annual Juried Show and Sale. Dec. 2-Jan. 8.

* Handmade paper by Susan Stapleton McLaurin and the Hampton Art League Annual Members Show. Jan. 13-Feb. 19.

* Dimension III Annual Juried Exhibition. April 7-May 14.

* Tidewater Artists Association Artist’s Portfolio Exhibition. May 19-June 25.

* International Enamelists Society Juried Exhibition. July 14-Aug. 27.

* Information: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 4205 Victoria Blvd., Hampton. Free. 722-2787.

Chrysler Museum

* “Pictorial Effect/Naturalistic Vision: The Photographs of Henry Peach Robinson and Peter Henry Emerson.” Through Sept. 11.

* “Masterpieces of Renaissance and Baroque Printmaking from the Collections of Gertrude Weber and the Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia.” Though Oct. 2.

* “Light Images ’94,” photographs. Through Oct. 2.

* “Lawrence Gipe,” paintings. Through Oct. 9.

* “Studio Glass from the Permanent Collection.” Through Nov. 13.

* “A Shadow Born of Earth: New Photography in Mexico.” Sept. 23-Nov. 27.

* “Scent of Ink: The Roy and Marilyn Papp collection of Chinese Painting.” Nov. 13-Jan. 8.

* “Helene Brandt,” sculpture and drawings. Nov. 19-Feb. 19.

* “Macaw Suite,” etchings by Elizabeth Butterworth. Nov. 19-Feb. 19.

* “Marjorie Content: Photographs 1925-1935.” Dec. 10-March 5.

* “Benjamin Wade Owen III: Pottery.” Dec. 10-May 14.

* “Shaker Furniture: The Art of Craftsmanship.” Feb. 19-April 16.

* “Doug Trump,” collages. March 4-June 11.

* “Visions of Rome: The Influence of the Roman Antique on European Artists.” March 5-Oct. 8.

* “Judith Streeter,” paintings. July 8-Oct. 8.

* “African Zion: The Sacred Art of Ethiopia.” June 11-Aug. 6.

* “Small Bronzes from the Collection of The Chrysler Museum.” July 9-Dec. 31.

* Information: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday (until 8 p.m. Thursdays in September) and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Olney Road and Mowbray Arch, Norfolk. Suggested admission donation, $3. 622-1211.

DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Gallery

* “Drawing on the Past: The Restoration of Williamsburg 1927-1994.” Through Jan. 1.

* “`Almost a Deception…’ John Singleton Copley and Company in Williamsburg.” Through June 1995.

* “Tools: Working Wood in 18th-Century America.” Through June 1995.

* “British Delft from Colonial Williamsburg.” Jan. 27-Jan. 5, 1996.

* Information: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. Henry and Francis streets, Williamsburg. $8 (includes admission to other Colonial Williamsburg museums). 220-7724.

Hampton University Museum

* “Sharing the Dream: Contemporary African-American Art.” Through Oct. 7.

* “Selections from the Collection of Dr. Norrece T. Jones Jr.” Oct. 20-Dec. 8.

* “Jacob Lawrence: The Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman Series of Narrative Paintings, 1938-1940.”

* Information: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and noon-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Academy Building, Marshall Avenue and the waterfront, Hampton University, Hampton. Free. 727-5308.

Muscarelle Museum of Art

* “Leadership Arts of West Africa” and “Master Impressions: Prints from the Permanent Collection.” Through Oct. 9.

* “Howard Finster,” “Drawn on the Spot: Perceptions and Views” and “Medals and Metals: Small Sculptures from the Permanent Collection.” Oct. 15-Nov. 13.

* “Artisans in Silver 1994” and “Private Miracles, Public Thanks: Votive Art of Latin America.” Nov. 19-Jan. 8.

* “Works by Warhol.” Jan. 14-Feb. 19.

* “Drawings and Watercolors by Hans Grohs” and “James Blair Studies by Lewis Cohen.” Feb. 25-March 26.

* “The Passionate Observer: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten.” April 1-May 21.

* Information: 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Monday-Friday and noon-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Jamestown Road, Williamsburg. Free. 221-2703.

Peninsula Fine Arts Center

* “Two Visions: Artists in Exile,” paintings by Demi and Arturo Rodriguez; “Assaulting the Deep Blue Sea,” textile pieces by Pacita Abad; “Mundo Sagrado,” paintings by Antonio Martinez Torres; “Javier Tapia: Recent Paintings”; and “Sphere (Asylum),” an installation by Craig Pleasants. Through Sept. 15.

* Juried Exhibition 1995. Sept. 25-Nov. 13.

* Four exhibitions on the theme of interiors, with artworks by Peter Paul Connolly, Anne Peterson, Philip Morrison and Valerie Hardy. Nov. 19-Jan. 15.

* “Ex Voto: Art as Invocation.” Jan. 21-April 2.

“Paper City,” architectural designs and other works: “If Wishes Were Horses,” sculpture by Virginia Van Horn; and sculpture by Matthew Fine. April 8-June 4.

* “Master Enamelists Invitational,” works by Valeri Timofeev of Russia and Faye Rooke of Canada; sculpture by William Bennett; and paintings by Elizabeth Schoyer. June 10-Aug. 24.

* Information: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 101 Museum Drive, Newport News. Free. 596-8175.

Suffolk Museum

* “A History of Education in Suffolk and Nansemond County.” Though Oct. 9.

* Suffolk Art League Annual Juried Exhibition. Oct. 16-Dec. 4.

* Recent works by Harriet McCullough, winner of the Suffolk Art League’s 1993 Juried Exhibition. Dec. 11-Jan. 22.

* “The Exhibit of Excellence: Suffolk Student Art” and “African-American Inventors.” Feb. 1-27.

* Suffolk Photography Club Annual Contest and Exhibit. March 6-31.

* “Botanical Art,” an exhibit in honor of Virginia Garden Week. April 11-May 14.

* Suffolk Art League Annual Open Members Show and Sale. May 23-July 9.

* “Virginians on TIME,” a traveling exhibit from the Virginia Historical Society. July 17-Aug. 13.

* Information: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 118 Bosley Ave., Suffolk. Free. 925-6311.

Virginia Beach Center for the Arts

* “Treading Water,” site-specific installation by Laurel Quarberg; and “TODT: Vehicles and Devices.” Through Sept. 11.

* “Fabricated Nature,” artwork based on natural forms. Sept. 30-Nov. 6.

* “Common Wealth: Collecting Virginia Artists.” Nov. 19-Jan. 2.

* “Open Shutters: Photographic Impressions by African-Americans in Hampton Roads.” Jan. 15-March 12.

* “Still Working,” artwork by artists over 60. March 26-May 7.

* “I Tattooed America.” May 21-July 9.

* Information: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and noon-4 p.m. Sunday. 2200 Parks Ave., Virginia Beach. Free. 425-0000.

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

* “Falling in Love Again,” favorite works from the permanent collection. Through today.

* “Andy Warhol: Early Portraits.” Through Sept. 25.

* “Design for Living: Post-War Furniture in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.” Through Sept. 25.

* “Paintings from the Muslim Courts of India.” Through Dec. 31.

* “From Delacroix to Toulouse-Lautrec: French Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon.” Through Dec. 31.

* “Art of the Ancient Americas: Body and Soul Transformed.” Through May 14.

* “Spirit of the Motherland: African Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.” Sept. 24-April 30.

* “Philip Guston: Paintings of the ’70s.” Oct. 8-Feb. 5.

* “My Point of View: Photographs by Moneta Sleet Jr.” Oct. 21-Dec. 18.

* “Designed to Sell: Turn-of-the-Century American Posters from the Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.” Nov. 9-Jan. 8.

* The Thalhimer Decorative Arts Gallery. Reinstallation opens in December.

* “Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills.” Jan. 17-July 2.

* “Repicturing Abstraction.” Jan. 21-March 19.

* “`A-Hunting We Will Go’: British Sporting Drawings and Prints from the Collection of Paul Mellon.” Jan. 31-June 25.

* “America Around 1900: Impressionism, Realism and Modern Life.” June 14-Sept. 17.

* “Face of the Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and the African-Americas.” July 7-Sept. 10.

* Information: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday (Thursday evenings until 8). Boulevard and Grove Avenue, Richmond. Free. 367-0844.

GALLERIES

A Touch of Earth

* “Feather Spirit Jewelry.” Through Sept. 30.

* Porcelain by Doug Dacey. Oct. 1-31.

* New works by ceramic artist Judy Brater-Rose. Nov. 1-30.

* Ceramic art by Richard Aerin. Dec. 1-31.

* Functional dinnerware and serving pieces by Bridget Hansen. Jan. 1-31.

* Lamps by Mary Mikkelson and Henry Pope. Feb. 1-28.

* Virginia Craft Showcase. March. 1-31.

* Clay works by Highland Guild artisans. April 1-30.

* Teapots by American artists in porcelain and stoneware. May 1-31.

* “Wonders in Wood.” June 1-30.

* “Garden Art.” July 1-31.

* “Rainbow of Fiber Art.” Aug. 1-31.

* Information: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Gallery Shoppes, 6580 Richmond Road, Lightfoot. Free. 565-0425.

Anderson Gallery

* “The Gift,” photographs from the permanent collection. Through Sept. 25.

* “Barbara Ess: Photographs, Installations and Books.” Through Oct. 9.

* “Resistance and Rescue,” photographs from the Danish resistance to the Holocaust. Sept. 30-Oct. 30.

* “William Flick,” prints; “Lawley Paisley-Jones,” computer-enhanced images; and “Paper Prayers,” memorial to AIDS victims. Oct. 20-Dec. 23.

* “Orshi Drozdik: Self/Body Self and the Medical Erotic.” Nov. 4-Dec. 23.

* “Repicturing Abstraction: Politics of Space.” Jan. 20-March 5.

* “Dwelling: Craig Pleasants.” Jan. 20-March 5.

* Information: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 907 1/2 W. Franklin St., Richmond. Free. 828-1522.

Artists & Craftsmen’s Exchange

* Labor Day Weekend Art & Craft Show. Through Monday. Patrick Henry Mall, Jefferson Avenue and I-64, Newport News. Free.

* Harvest Gala of Crafts. Sept. 17. Wal-Mart, Cunningham Drive, Hampton. Free.

* Autumn Festival Art & Craft Show. Sept. 24. Heritage Square Shopping Center, Route 17 and Lakeside Drive, York County. Free.

* Holiday Pre-View Art & Craft Show. Oct. 15. Hampton Woods Shopping Center, Big Bethel Road, Hampton. Free.

* Holiday Art & Craft Show. Oct. 21-23. Patrick Henry Mall, Jefferson Avenue and I-64, Newport News. Free.

* Show Your Stuff Art & Craft Show. Oct. 29-30. Hampton Coliseum, Hampton. $1.50 admission (proceeds benefit the Daily Press Christmas Fund).

* Christmas at the Chamberlin Art & Craft Show. Chamberlin Hotel, Fort Monroe, Hampton. Free.

* Information: Call 826-9638 or 229-8191 for more information.

Artists at Work Gallery & Studios

* “The Nude,” works by Jack Whitlow and Karen Kinser. Through Sept. 20.

* “Birthday Suits,” works by Jeanne Kight, Shaw-mei Shen, Judy Perry and Cynthia Jones. Sept. 20-Oct. 8.

* “The Art of China.” Oct. 12-29.

* “Miracle on 24th Street,” works by gallery members. November.

* Recent works by Jean Peacock. January.

* “Heavenly Bodies,” works by gallery members. February.

* “The Cat’s Meow,” works by gallery members. March.

* Recent works by Leonette Adler. April.

* “For the Birds,” a benefit show and sale for the Audubon Society. May.

* Recent works by Gene Jones. June.

* Annual show and sale of maritime artwork. July.

* Information: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. 2407 Pacific Ave., Virginia Beach. Free. 425-6671.

Blue Skies Gallery

* “The Beauty of the Bay,” Oriental brush paintings by members of the Virginia Beach Sumi-E Society.” Through Oct. 3.

* “Capers in Clay,” recent work by members of the Ceramic Designers Association. Oct. 4-Nov. 9.

* “Christmas Around the World,” folk art from the collection of Jeanette Abrahamson. Nov. 11-Dec. 31.

* “Homecoming,” recent works by former members of the gallery. Jan. 2-31.

* Handspun and hand-felted garments by Susanna Moore. Feb. 1-28.

* Recent works by members of the Art Alliance of Virginia Beach. March 1-30.

* “On the House,” recent works by members of the gallery. April 1-May 1.

* “Bo Jia: Recent Watercolors.” May 2-31.

* Recent work from members of Artists at Work Gallery & Studios in Virginia Beach. June 1-28.

* “Bedecked and Bedizened,” jewelry. June 29-July 31.

* Recent works by members of the International Enamelists Society. Aug. 1-31.

* Information: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 55 W. Queensway, Hampton. Free. 727-0028.

d’Art Center

* “Geeks and Goddesses.” Through Sept. 18.

* Preview of auction art. Sept. 30-Oct. 7.

* “Starry Night,” invitational art exhibit. Oct. 21-Nov. 8

* Paintings by Vonnie Whitworth. Nov. 11-15.

* Holiday Showcase and Gift Gallery. Nov. 19-Jan. 8.

* “New Art, New Wine.” Jan. 13-Feb. 19.

* Paintings by Bob Holland. Feb. 24-April 9.

* Fifth Annual Mid-Atlantic Juried Art Exhibition. April 28-June 25.

* The International Enamelist Society Juried Exhibition. July 7-Aug. 24.

* Information: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. 125 College Place, Norfolk. Free. 625-4211.

Hand Workshop/Virginia Center for the Craft Arts

* Mixed fiber works by Linda Laino. Through Sept. 10.

* “Humble Beginnings, Elegant Ends,” featuring recent work by Dan Eaves, Robert Ebendorf and Erik Fiks. Sept. 16-Nov. 12.

* 30th Annual Hand Workshop Craft and Design Show (at the Richmond Centre, 3rd and Marshall streets, Richmond). Nov. 11-13.

* Holiday Gallery Sale. Nov. 22-Dec. 23.

* Relief constructions by Elena Presser. Jan. 13-April 1.

* Large-scale ceramic figures by Diane Kempler. April 7-May 27.

* Information: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday. 1812 W. Main St., Richmond. Free. 353-0094.

Isle of Wight Arts League and The Collage Gallery & Studios

* “Two for the Show,” recent works by V. Bene Wilson and Lamarion Hightower. Through Oct. 2.

* “Imagination is Everything,” recent works by Kacey Sydnor Carneal. Oct. 8-Nov. 28.

* “Christmas Past, Christmas Present, Christmas Future – Set Your Spirit Free,” a holiday invitational show. Dec. 3-Jan. 1.

* “Fine Art,” recent works by Beverly Furman. Jan. 13-Feb. 26.

* “Small Dimensions” juried exhibition. March 4-April 30.

* “Ann Off the Wall… Or Making Art for the Fun of It,” recent works by Ann Hubbard. May 6-July 2.

* “Clucks, Oinks, Moos and Honks,” an exhibit of work on barnyard themes. July 8-Sept. 3.

* Information: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. 346 Main St., Smithfield. Free. 357-7707.

Nancy Thomas Gallery

* Recent works by Nancy Thomas. Nov. 19-20.

* Holiday exhibit featuring local and national artists. Dec. 2-3.

* Information: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 145 Ballard St., Yorktown. Free. 898-3665.

Old Dominion University Gallery

* “Hampton Roads AIA Awards Show,” architectural designs. Friday-Oct. 2.

* “Prints and Process.” Oct. 7-30.

* “Vanishing American Icons,” photographs by Brian Beachum. Nov. 4-Dec. 4.

* “Penguins: Photographs by Willi Puchner.” Jan. 20-Feb. 12.

* “Containment: The Sculptural Photograph.” Feb. 17-March 26.

* Information: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday-Sunday. 765 Granby St., Norfolk. Suggested donation, $1. 683-2843 or 683-4047.

On The Hill Cultural Arts Center

* “Aperture 1994: Lens Imagery.” Through Sept. 11.

* “Small Works 1994.” Sept. 17-Oct. 20.

* Recent works by Ed Dorsa and Gregg Henry. Oct. 22-Nov. 13.

* “Christmas in Yorktown.” Nov. 19-Dec. 31.

* “Domestic Kaleidoscope,” paintings by L. Tryon Jennings; and pottery by Marshall Turner. Jan. 17-Feb. 23.

* High School and College Student Art Show. Feb. 25-March 31.

* “Trial by Pyx,” two-and three-dimensional artworks. April 1-30.

* “Bouquets,” paintings by Hazel Camp. May 2-June 4.

* “Keeping Up with the Joneses,” yard art by various artists. June 6-July 9.

* “Twenty Minus One,” celebrating 19 years of art at On The Hill. July 11-Aug. 11.

* “Aperture 1995.” Aug. 12-Sept. 16.

* Information: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. 121 Alexander Hamilton Blvd., Yorktown. Free. 898-3076.

Tidewater Artists Association

* TAA Fall Juried Exhibition. Sept. 16-Oct. 7. WHRO Studios, 5200 Hampton Blvd., Norfolk.

* “The Cutting Edge – Art of Giving.” Nov. 7-Dec. 30. Crestar Bank, 500 Main St., Norfolk.

* TAA Annual Miniature Exhibition. Feb. 19-March 19. Hermitage Foundation Museum, 7637 North Shore Road, Norfolk.

* TAA Artist’s Portfolio Exhibition. May 19-June 25. Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, 4205 Victoria Blvd., Hampton.

* TAA Juried Summer Exhibition. Date to be announced. Arts Center of the Portsmouth Museums, 420 High St., Portsmouth.

* Information: Exhibits are free. Hours vary. Call 482-1260 for more information.

Twentieth Century Gallery

* Recent works by Carlton Abbott. Though Sept. 24.

* Photographs by Ronnie Haber, graphic works by Mary Holland and pottery by Steven B. Glass. Sept. 27-Oct. 22.

* Encaustics and water media by Fred Czufin. Oct. 25-Nov. 18.

* Holiday Crafts. Nov. 22-Jan. 7.

* Landscapes by Raymond Berry and Charlene Engel. Jan. 10-Feb. 4.

* Tapestries by Judith Verostko-Petree and figure paintings by Joan Kelly. Feb. 7-March 4.

* Landscapes by Carol Lopatin. March 7-April 1.

* Abstract works by Johnny Johnson and pottery by Dan Finnegan. April 4-29.

* Watercolors and drawings by Edda Jakab. May 2-27.

* Annual Twentieth Century Gallery Members Show. May 31-June 24.

* Paintings of Native American subjects by Lee Teter and bird photography by Len Gwilliam. June 27-Aug. 26.

* Information: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. 219 N. Boundary St., Williamsburg. Free. 229-4949.

Williamsburg Regional Library Arts Center Gallery

* Works by Karel Appel. September-October.

* Holiday Quilt Show. November-December.

* Information: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 515 Scotland St., Williamsburg. Free. 229-7326.

Wise Memorial Gallery

* Sculpture by Matthew Fine and photography by Sam Kittner. Wednesday-Sept. 28.

* Sculpture by Chief Isaac Komolafe and painting by Ellsworth A. Ausby. Oct. 8-29.

* Paintings by Caroline Newbill. Nov. 2-23.

* Student Christmas Show and Sale. Dec. 1-22.

* Governor’s Magnet School exhibit. Jan. 11-25.

* Paintings by Chinedu Okala and ceramics by Larry Jordan. Feb. 1-22.

* Children’s Art Month exhibit. March 1-22.

* Paintings by Clarence Shivers. April 5-22.

* Senior Art Show. April 26-May 17.

* Information: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Fine Arts Building, Norfolk State University, 2401 Corprew Ave., Norfolk. Free. 683-8844.

OUTDOOR ART EXHIBITS

* Mathews Market Days Juried Art Show. Friday-Saturday. Main Street, Mathews. Free. 725-4659.

* Hampton Bay Days Arts & Crafts Show. Friday-Sept. 11. Downtown Hampton. Free. 722-2787.

* Olde Towne Smithfield Art Show. Sept. 24-25. 1652 Courthouse courtyard, Mason Street, Smithfield. Free. 357-6276.

* Poquoson Seafood Festival arts & crafts show. Sept. 24-25. Poquoson Municipal Park, Municipal Drive, Poquoson. Free. 868-3580.

* Neptune Festival Art & Craft Show. Sept. 30-Oct. 2. 18th-28th streets and the Boardwalk, Virginia Beach. Free. 498-0215.

* West Point Crab Festival Arts & Crafts Show. Oct. 1. Main Street, West Point. Free. 843-4620.

* Newport News Fall Festival Arts & Crafts Show. Oct. 1-2. Newport News Park, 13560 Jefferson Ave., Newport News. Free. 886-7912.

* River Boardwalk Art Show. Oct. 1-2. Smithfield Station, Church Street, Smithfield. Free. 357-7707.

* An Occasion for the Arts, Oct. 2. Merchants Square, Williamsburg. Free.

* HarvestFest Arts & Crafts Show. Oct. 8. Mary Immaculate Hospital Fitness Trail, Denbigh Boulvard, Newport News. Free. 886-6781.

* Stockley Gardens Fall Art Festival. Oct. 15-16. Stockley Gardens and Olney Road, Norfolk. Free. 625-6161.

Crabtown Festival of the Arts. Oct. 22. Downtown Hampton. Free. 727-0028.

* Urbanna Oyster Festival arts & crafts show. Nov. 4-5. Urbanna. Free. 758-0368.

* Daffodil Festival arts & crafts show. April 1. Courthouse Green, Gloucester. Free. 693-2355.

* Williamsburg Junior Woman’s Club Art Show. April 23. Merchants Square, Williamsburg. Free. 229-2433.

* Hilton Village May Fair Art Celebration. May 20. Warwick Boulevard and Main Street, Newport News. Free. 599-0664.

* Ghent Art Show. May 7-8. Town Point Park, Norfolk. Free.

* Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival. May 20-21. Stockley Gardens and Olney Road, Norfolk. Free. 625-6161.

* An American Heritage Festival. May 20-21. Yorktown Victory Center. Old Route 238, Yorktown. $3.75 adults, $1.75 children. 887-1776.

* Seawall Art Festival. May 27-28. Portsmouth waterfront. Free. 393-9933.

* Pungo Strawberry Festival Arts & Crafts Show. May 27-28. Virginia Beach. Free. 721-6001.

* Spring Arts and Crafts Show. Early June (date to be announced). Newport News Park, 13560 Jefferson Ave., Newport News. Free. 247-8451.

* Virginia Beach Boardwalk Art Show. June 15-18. 18th-32nd streets and the Boardwalk, Virginia Beach. Free. 425-0000.

* Virginia Indian Heritage Festival. June 17. Jamestown Settlement, Route 31, James City. $7.50 adults, $3.75 children. 229-1607.

* Pork, Peanut and Pine Festival arts & crafts show. July 15-16. Chippokes State Park, Surry County. $2 parking fee. 294-3625.

HISTORY

Jamestown Settlement

* “Breaking New Ground: Archaeology of 17th-Century Virginia.” Through March 15.

* “Clothing the Colony.” July 1-March 1996.

* Information: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. $7.50 adults, $3.75 children 6-12. Located adjacent to Jamestown Island, Route 31, James City County. 229-1607.

Life-Saving Museum of Virginia

* “Batten Down the Hatches,” an exhibit recalling storms and hurricanes along the Eastern Seaboard. Through Oct. 16.

* Artists at Work Maritime Art Show. Oct. 18-Nov. 27.

* “Maritime Minis,” small works by local artists. Nov. 29-Jan. 3.

* “Shades of the Shore,” works by Cynthia Jones and Jeanne Kight. Jan. 5-29.

* “African-Americans in the Coast Guard.” Jan. 31-Feb. 26.

* Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists Maritime Art Show. Feb. 28-March 26.

* Information: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday through Sept. 30. Tuesday-Saturday and Sunday only Oct. 1-Memorial Day. 24th Street and Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach. $2.50 adults, $1 children 6-18. 422-1587.

MacArthur Memorial Museum

* 50th anniversary of World War II, posters. Though Sept. 30.

* “Navy Artist – Standish Backus.” Through Oct. 26.

* 50th anniversary of the U.S. return to the Philippines. Oct. 10-May.

* “Quiet Shadows: Women in the Pacific.” Opens Nov. 2.

* Information: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. MacArthur Square, City Hall Avenue and Bank Street, Norfolk. Free. 441-2965.

The Mariners’ Museum

* “Engage the Enemy More Closely: Admiral Horatio Nelson.” Through Monday.

* “Edwin Levick: A Man and His Time,” period maritime photographs. Through Sept. 18.

* “America’s Cup: There is No Second Place.” Through Nov. 9.

* “Antonio Jacobsen’s Painted Ships on Painted Oceans.” Oct. 24-Feb. 19.

* “Chesapeake Country: Lucian Niemeyer,” contemporary color photographs. Nov. 18-March 12.

* “Hampton Roads at War: The Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation,” period photographs. Feb. 10-June 29.

* “Treasures of The Mariners’ Museum Research Library and Archives.” April 10-Aug. 20.

* “The War at Sea: Britain, Germany, Japan and the United States.” May 29-Nov. 27.

* 1995 Scale Ship Model Competition and Exhibition. June 17-Oct. 28.

* “Treasures from The Mariners’ Museum.” Aug. 10-Jan. 15.

* Information: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 100 Museum Drive, Newport News. $6.50 adults, $3.25 children 6-12. 596-2222.

Museum of the Confederacy

* “Virginia is for Lovers…And It Always has Been,” love tokens from the Civil War. Through Sept. 16.

* “Mosby and Sheridan,” artifacts from the Valley Campaign. Opens in September.

* “Financing the Confederacy,” bonds, currency and other artifacts. Oct. 24-Summer 1995.

* Information: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. 1201 E. Clay St., Richmond. $4 adults, $2.25 children. Combination tickets, which include admission to the White House of the Confederacy, are $7 adults, $3.50 children. 649-1861.

Newsome House Museum and Cultural Center

* “The Rest of the Quilting Story,’ works by the 54-40 African-American Quilters Guild. Sept. 11-Nov. 30.

* “A Newsome House Christmas.” December.

* “Freedom of Expression,” recent works by Alonza Saunders. Feb. 5-March 31.

* “An Artistic Discovery: Virginia’s Third Congressional District Juried Art Competition.” Mid-May.

* Information: 2-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and Sunday by appointment. 2803 Oak Ave., Newport News. Free. 247-2360.

Riddick’s Folly

* “History of Education in Nansemond County and the City of Suffolk.” Through Nov. 9.

* “Mills Riddick: Family, Friends and Neighbors.” Nov. 29-April 16.

* “Art of the Mapmaker.” April 23-May 29.

* “Bundles of Joy: Suffolk Babies,” antique christening gowns and other vintage baby items. June 11-Aug. 6.

* “Tea Time,” antique tea sets. Aug. 20-Oct. 8.

* Information: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 510 N. Main St., Suffolk. Free. 934-1390.

Valentine Museum

* “Creating History: The Valentine Family and the Valentine Museum.” At Court End location. Open indefinitely.

* “Shared Spaces, Separate Lives.” At Court End. Open indefinitely.

* “From A to Z: Previewing the Valentine’s Costume and Textile Collection.” At Court End. Open indefinitely.

* “The Picture Perfect of Refinement.” At Court End. Opens Oct. 21 and runs indefinitely.

* “Windows on Richmond: Reflections of a Nation.” At Riverside location. Open indefinitely.

* Information: The Court End location is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. 1015 E. Clay St., Richmond. $5 adults, $4 children 3-12. The Riverside location is open 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m. daily. Old Tredegar Iron Works, 470 Tredegar St., Richmond. $9 adults, $6 children 3-12. 649-0711.

Virginia Historical Society Center for Virginia History

* “Virginia Landscapes and Townscapes in Prints.” Through Sept. 15.

* “Firsts Among Virginia Women.” Through January.

* “Death Brings Us Together: Mourning Ceremonies in Virginia, 1750-1850.” Friday-February 1995.

* “Moving Back the Barriers: The Legacy of Carter G. Woodson.” Oct. 15-Jan. 22.

* “Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend.” Oct. 24-April 30.

* “West of the Boulevard.” January-April.

* “Virginians in Miniature.” February-May.

* “Jubilation: African-American Celebrations in the South Since Emancipation.” March 5-April 30.

* “France and Virginia.” April-July.

* “Virginia Paintings from the Robert M. Hicklin Collection.” June-July.

* “For Commonwealth and Country: The Virginia Militia and National Guard.” June 15-January 1996.

* “V-J Day in Virginia.” July-September.

* ” `This Being Court Day’: Courthouses and Communities in Rural Virginia.” August-January 1996.

* “Heroes of Our Heritage: The African-American Tradition.” Aug. 19-November.

* Information: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Boulevard and Kensington Avenue, Richmond. $3 adults, $2 children. 358-4901.

War Memorial Museum of Virginia

* “Marches Toward Freedom: The Black Military Experience in America.” Opens Nov. 11.

* Information: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 9285 Warwick Blvd., Newport News. $2 adults, $1 children 6-15. 247-8523.

Watermen’s Museum Gift Shop

* Paintings by Mary Jane Thomas Stokes and pottery by Karen and Robert Podd. Through Oct. 3.

* Paintings by Lella Edwards and photographs by Shirley Whitenack. Oct. 3-31.

* Mixed media works by Sharon Petit and porcelain by Jane Witmer. Oct. 31-Nov. 28.

* Paintings by Nancy Zittrin and stained glass by Peggy Wadecki. Nov. 28-Dec. 20.

* Photographs by Richard St. Peter and gold jewelry by Mark Shields. March 6-April 24.

* Paintings by Boden Portwood and carvings by Carolyn Rhoads. April 24-May 22.

* Paintings by Anita Barden and models by Dan Elliot. May 22-June 26.

* Watercolors by Gloria Coker and pottery by Karen and Robert Podd. June 26-July 31.

* Watercolors by Phyllis Greenway and woodwork by Rudy Kemp. July 31-Aug. 28.

* Paintings by Mary Jane Thomas Stokes and model boats by Gene Riddle. Aug. 28-Oct. 2.

* Information: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday through Dec. 20. Tuesdays and Thursdays only Jan. 1-March 31. 309 Water St., Yorktown. Gift shop admission free. Museum admission is $2 adults, 50 cents children. 888-2623.

Yorktown Victory Center

* “The American and British Foot Soldier, 1775-1785.” Through 1994.

* Opening of new permanent exhibits. Spring 1995.

* Information: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Route 238, Yorktown. $3.75 adults, $1.75 children 6-12. 887-1776.

Zollinger Museum/Earl Gregg Swem Library

* “From the Library of…”, books from the collections of celebrated figures. Through Oct. 10.

* 19th-Century Photographs of Native Americans. Oct. 25-Dec. 21.

* Information: 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. William and Mary, Williamsburg. Free. 221-3090.

SCIENCE

Nauticus, The National Maritime Center

* “Virtual Adventures,” computer-simulated undersea dive. Open indefinitely.

* Information: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. today and Monday; 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday-Saturday only Thursday-Dec. 22; and 9 a.m.-9 p.m. daily Dec. 23-31. Closed January-March. One Waterside Drive, Norfolk. $10 adults, $7.50 children 4-17. Additional $2 tickets required for “Virtual Adventures” and AEGIS Theater exhibits. 664-1000.

Science Museum of Virginia

* “A Show of Hands.” Through Sept. 11.

* “Virtual Hoops.” Through Sept. 11.

* “EarthCo: How We Know What We Know.” Nov. 19-Jan. 16.

* “Odyssey of Wonders.” February-April.

* “Bears! Imagination and Reality.” Feb. 11-May.

* Information: 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. $4.50 adults, $4 children 4-17. OMNIMAX and Planetarium shows are extra (See Films). 367-1013.

Virginia Air and Space Center and Hampton Roads History Center

* “Rotorcraft.” Through December.

* “Blueprint for Space: Science Fiction to Science Fact.” Through June.

* “Thunderstorm Detectives.” January-March.

* Air Force art exhibit. January-June.

* Information: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. 600 Settlers Landing Road, Hampton. $4 adults, $2 children. IMAX Theater extra (see Films). 727-0800.

Virginia Living Museum

* “Bugged! Investigating Incredible Insects.” Sept. 24-Jan. 7.

* “Chemical Magic!” Nov. 5-6.

* Nature photography exhibit. Jan. 21-May 14.

* Information: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday (plus 7-9 p.m. Thursday) and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 524 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News. $5 adults, $3.25 children 3-12. Planetarium shows extra (see Films). 595-1900.

Virginia Marine Science Museum

* “Hooray for Rays!” Through 1995.

* Information: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 717 Gen. Booth Blvd., Virginia Beach. $4.95 adults, $4.25 children 4-12. 425-FISH (recording), 425-4949 (group rates, membership information). 437-4949.

LECTURES

Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities/”Preservation & Exploration in the Shadow of John Smith” lecture series

* Recent archaeological excavations at Jamestown, with William M. Kelso, APVA director of archaeology. Oct. 6.

* Recent investigations at Fort St. George, Maine, the sister settlement of Jamestown, with Jeffrey P. Brain, senior research associate for the Peabody Essex Museum and associate at the Peabody Museum, Harvard. Nov. 3.

* New appraisals of Virginia’s first city, with Cary Carson, vice president of research for Colonial Williamsburg. Dec. 1.

* Information: All lectures will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the National Park Service Visitor Center, Jamestown. Tickets are $4 each or $10 for the series. 229-0412.

Chrysler Museum

* “Pictorial Effect/Naturalistic Vision: The Photographs of Henry Peach Robinson and Peter Henry Emerson,” with guest curator Ellen J. Handy. 6 p.m. Thursday.

* “Art Deco at Sea,” with glass scholar Paul Hollister of The Cooper Hewitt, The Smithsonian Institution and Bard College. 2 p.m. Oct. 9.

* Artist Helen Brandt speaks in conjunction with an exhibit of her work. 6:30 p.m. Dec. 10.

* “Marjorie Content: Photographs 1925-1935,” with Jill Quasha, author of “The Quillan Collection of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Photographs,” and Eugenia Parry Janis, professor of art history at the University of New Mexico. Time to be announced. Dec. 10.

* Potter Benjamin Wade Owen III gives a demonstration in conjunction with an exhibit of his work. 2-4 p.m. Dec. 11.

* The Doris B. Kauffman Flower Lecture, with Ralph Tull. 1:30 p.m. April 4.

* Information: Most lectures will be held in The Chrysler Museum Theater or galleries. Some lectures require reservations. Olney Road and Mowbray Arch, Norfolk. Free. 664-6200.

Mariners’ Museum Maritime Lecture Series

* “Carib Canoes: The Gommiers of Saint Lucia, Martinique and Dominica,” with naval architect Frank McLear. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8.

* “Antonio Jacobsen’s Painted Ships on Painted Oceans,” with panelists Harold Sniffen, curator of an accompanying exhibit and author of an accompanying book, and Jacobsen experts Tony Peluso and Stephen Gaillard. 3-5 p.m. Oct. 23.

* “Chesapeake Country,” with photographer Lucian Niemeyer, whose works will be on view in an accompanying exhibition. 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17.

* Information: All lectures will be held at The Mariners’ Museum, 100 Museum Drive, Newport News. Tickets are $5 (reservations are required). 596-2222.

Norfolk Society of Arts

* “Bernini,” with Michael T. Tezzatesta, director of the Duke University Art Museum. 10:30 a.m. Sept. 28.

* “The National Gallery of Art in the 20th Century,” with Earl A. Powell III, director of the National Gallery. 10:30 a.m. Oct. 19.

* “Bruce Nauman,” with Neal Benezra, chief curator of the Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. 10:30 a.m. Nov. 9.

* “Art Theft: For Love or Money,” with Constance Lowenthal, executive director of the International Foundation for Art Research. 5:30 p.m. Jan. 24.

* “Icon: Sacred Image, Sacred Power,” with Gary Vikan, director of the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 10:30 a.m. Feb. 22.

* “Almost in a Trance,” with Virginia Beach artist Arleen Cohen. 3 p.m. Feb. 26.

* “Rodin and Claudel, Mentor and Student: Questions of Love and Authority,” with Ruth Butler, professor emerita of the University of Massachusetts, Boston. 10:30 a.m. March 22.

* Information: All lectures will be held at The Chrysler Museum Theater, Olney Road and Mowbray Arch, Norfolk. Free. 664-6200 or 428-1044.

Old Dominion University President’s Lecture Series

* “Are We Post-Backlash Yet?” with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Susan Faludi, author of “Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women.” Sept. 22.

* “National Security Issues in a Changing World,” with retired Navy admiral Bobby R. Inman, former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Oct. 11.

* “A Different Mirror,” with Ronald Takashi, ethnic studies professor at the University of California at Berkeley. Nov. 15.

* “Education: Policy and Precedent,” with education policy analyst Myron Lieberman, author of “Public Education: An Autopsy.” Jan. 19.

* “The Role of Government in a Free Society,” with economist and syndicated columnist Walter E. Williams. Feb. 8.

* “In My Place,” with Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning correspondent for PBS’ “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour.” March 16.

* “Off the Record,” with political analyst Bob Beckel. April 13.

* Information: All lectures will be held at 8 p.m. in the Mills E. Godwin Jr. Building, Old Dominion University, Hampton Boulevard and 49th Street, Norfolk. Free. 683-3115.

Sigma Series

* “Geography from Space,” with NASA astronaut Kenneth S. Reightler Jr. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

* Information: Virginia Air and Space Center, 600 Settlers Landing Road, Hampton. Free. 727-0800.

Tidewater Jewish Forum

* David Hartman, philosopher. 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13.

* “Politics of Peace,” discussion. 7:30 p.m. March 5.

* Michael Berenbaum, director of the U.S. Holocaust Research Institute. 7:30 p.m. April 2.

* Information: All events will be held at Temple Israel, 7255 Granby St., Norfolk. Subscriptions $60 (includes two theater events – See Theater), single tickets $15-$25. 489-1371.

FILMS

Riddick’s Folly Film Series

African-American Art:

* “Decorative Arts and 18th- and 19th-Century Fine Arts.” Feb. 5.

* “20th-Century Fine Arts, 1900-1950.” Feb. 12.

* “20th-Century Fine Arts, 1950-Present.” Feb. 19.

Women’s History:

* “A Common Wealth of Women.” March 5.

* “First Ladies.” March 19.

* Information: All films will shown at 2 p.m. 510 N. Main St., Suffolk. Free. 934-1390.

Science Museum of Virginia

OMNIMAX Theater:

* “The Journey Inside: A Learning Adventure in High Technology.” Through Dec. 31.

* Fifth Annual OMNIMAX Film Festival. Jan. 1-31.

* “Yellowstone.” Feb. 11-July 28.

* “Destiny in Space.” July-Dec. 31.

Planetarium shows:

* “To the Moon.” Through Nov. 13.

* “A Season of Light.” Nov. 19-Dec. 31.

* Information: OMNIMAX films are screened at 11 a.m. and 1, 3 and 5 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 11 a.m. and 1, 3 and 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday; and 1 and 3 p.m. Sunday. Planetarium shows are screened at 2 and 4 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 2, 4 and 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Admission to either film is $2 in addition to the basic museum ticket of $4.50 adults, $4 children 4-17. Admission to both films is $3 extra. After hours shows are $3. 2500 W. Broad St., Richmond. 367-1013.

Virginia Air and Space Center and Hampton Roads History Center IMAX Theater

* “Search for the Great Sharks.” Through Sept. 30.

* “The Dream is Alive.” Through Sept. 30.

* “Titanica.” Through Jan. 1.

* “Destiny in Space.” Opens Oct. 1.

* “Fires of Kuwait.” January-March.

* “Grand Canyon.” April-Fall.

* Information: All films will be shown several times daily except “Titanica,” which screens Friday-Sunday evenings only. Tickets are $4 adults, $3.50 children 4-12 in addition to the basic museum admission fee of $4 adults, $2 children. Separate IMAX tickets can be purchased for $5.50 adults, $4 children. “Titanica” requires separate ticket of $8.75 adults, $6.75 children. 600 Settlers Landing Road, Hampton. 727-0800.

Virginia Living Museum Planetarium

* “Return to the Moon.” Through Nov. 13.

* “Star of Wonder.” Nov. 19-Jan. 8.

* “Touch the Stars.” Jan. 14-April 1.

* “WSKY: The Radio Station of the Sky.” April 8-June 10.

* Information: Planetarium showtimes are 3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday (plus 8 p.m. Thursday) and 1:30, 2:30, 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (plus 11 a.m. Saturday). 524 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News. $2.50 adults, $2 children 3-12. 595-1900.

War Memorial Museum Hollywood Goes to War film series

* “Verdun.” Nov. 7.

* “Paths of Glory.” Nov. 8.

* “Guns of August.” Nov. 14.

* “All Quiet on the Western Front.” Nov. 15.

* “John J. Pershing.” Nov. 21.

* “What Price Glory?” Nov. 22.

* “The MacArthur Story.” Nov. 28.

* “Fighting Sixty-Ninth.” Nov. 29.

* “Pearl Harbor.” Dec. 3.

* “Tora! Tora! Tora!” Dec. 4.

* “Red Badge of Courage.” Dec. 10.

* “Splendid Little War.” Dec. 11.

* “55 Days at Peking.” Dec. 17.

* “Crossed Sabers.” Dec. 18.

* “Blue Max.” Dec. 24.

* “Border Watchers.” Dec. 31.

* “Casablanca.” Jan. 7.

* “Zulu.” Jan. 8.

* “Splendid Little War.” Jan. 14.

* “Farewell to Arms.” Jan. 15.

* “Breaker Morant.” Jan. 21.

* “Howards of Virginia.” Jan. 22.

* “Drums Along the Mohawk.” Jan. 28.

* “Siege of the Alamo.” Jan. 29.

* “Hard Winter.” Feb. 4.

* “Buffalo Soldier.” Feb. 5.

* “The Civil War (Episode 4).” Feb. 11.

* “Glory.” Feb. 12.

* “Pershing.” Feb. 18.

* “A Soldier’s Story.” Feb. 19.

* “Tuskegee Airmen.” Feb. 25.

* “Sgt. Rutledge.” Feb. 26.

* Information: All films will be shown at 2 p.m. and are included in regular admission ticket of $2 adults, $1 children 6-15. 9285 Warwick Blvd., Newport News. 247-8523.

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