The Black Woman is God Opening Reception

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The Black Woman is God Opening Reception

Thursday, July 7 at 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM in PDT

SOMArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan St, San Francisco, California 94103  415) 863-1414 info@somarts.org

Details

Co-curated by Karen Seneferu and Melorra Green, The Black Woman is God celebrates the Black female presence as the highest spiritual form and challenges viewers to do the same. More than 60 intergenerational artists working in sculpture, painting, and new media hone in on the vital contributions of Black women as artists and social change-makers, ensuring that the Black woman’s contribution to society is seen and valued.

Activated by live performances and a community cyper, The Black Woman is God asserts that celebrating Black women is essential to building a more just and sustainable future. All are welcome to reconsider mainstream constructions of Black femininity.

THE BLACK WOMAN IS GOD
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
Marissa Arterberry
Latisha Baker
JaeMe Bereal
Lorraine Bonner
Edythe Boone
Cynthia Brannvall
Camille Brown
Tracy Brown
April Martin Chartrand
Toshia Christal
Queens D. Light
Cheryl Patrice Derricotte
Nicole Dixon
Erika Dukes
Alise Eastgate
Anna W. Edwards
Dania W. Frink
Bre Gipson
Renata Gray
Melonie Green
Melorra Green
Shylah Pacheco Hamilton
Ewunike Ayobami Hanson
Nannette Y. Harris-Jones
Idris Hassan
Jasmine Haynes
Shah Hussein
Ayana Ivery
Amana Brembry Johnson
Virginia “Nia” Jourdan
Val Kai
Iyabo Kwayana
Joan Tarika Lewis
Samuella Lewis
Ajuan Mance
Shona McDaniels
Kathleen McDonald
Francis Mead
Selamawit Mekonen
Bre’yanna Mitchell
Patricia A. Montgomery
Fatima Nasiyr
Aambr Newsome
Yetunde Olagbaju
Rosalyn Parhams
TaSin Sabir
Yasmin Sayyed
Karen Seneferu
Britt Sense
Marnika Shelton
Sage Stargate
The House of Malico
Nye’ Lyn Tho
Karin Turner
Blue Wade

PERFORMING AT THE BLACK WOMAN IS GOD OPENING RECEPTION
Sister Nau-T Agu
Ryan Austin
Bri Blue
Colette Eloi and dancers
Zakiya Harris ft. Elephantine
Charlene Gumbs
Monica Hastings-Smith
Kimiko Joy
Phavia Kujichagulia
Queens D. Light
Shawn Nealy-Oparah
Osunfemi Wanbi Njeri
Coco Pele
Frida Precariat
Amara Tabor Smith and House/Full
Lalin St. Juste
Mar Stevens

More information on The Black Woman is God opening reception on SOMArts website here: http://www.somarts.org/theblackwomanisgodopening/.   #TheBlackWomanIsGod

'Angel's Destiny... is officially part of the J. Paul Leonard Library @ San Francisco State University

'Angel's Destiny: A Novel Story of Poems & Illustrations' by April Martin Chartrand is officially part of the J. Paul Leonard Library at San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA   94132

Take a read...Location: 3rd Floor (books) Call number: PS3603.H3638 A5 2013

  https://youtu.be/bzCnqYu5bLU

 

 

April Martin Chartrand will in this group show 'The Black Woman is God - Reprogramming That GOD code."I will exhibit three art works in the SOM Arts show.

'The Black Woman Is God - Reprogramming That GOD Code'
Where: SOM ARTS Cultural Center 934 Brannan St., San Francisco, CA
Exhibition: July 7 - August 17, 2016
Opening Reception, Hosted by Ryan Nicole
Date: Thurs., July 7, 2016
Time: 6:30-10pm

Flier photo:   The Black Woman is God

 #‎TheblackWomanIsGod‬

April Martin Chartrand in a SF Gate article: Reflecting the Light: Works Inspired by Black Masters - Afro Solo Arts Festival 20

"Highwaymen" Florida's Traveling '26' designed by April Martin Chartrand is in an article in SF Gate.

'Reflecting Light: Works Inspired by Black Masters'

Kimberly Chun   Published 5:52 pm, Wednesday, August 14, 2013

When curator Michael Ross set out to gather the art for AfroSolo Arts Festival's "Reflecting the Light: Works Inspired by Black Masters," he couldn't have predicted some of the striking parallels between the contemporary artists in the exhibit and the forebears they pay tribute to.
Bay Area artist Candi Farlice, for instance, met Noah Purifoy, the artist she honors, as a teenager in L.A., where she grew up. Known for his assemblages of burnt wood and debris from the 1965 Watts riots, his work founding the Watts Towers Art Center and later his remarkable installations in the Mojave, Purifoy was a source of fascination for the young Farlice, who picked up where he left off when she embarked on her sculptural work shortly after the George Zimmerman verdict and the protests that followed.
Much as Purifoy collected charred materials for his "66 Signs of Neon," she writes in her artist's statement, "I gather in my work as well, and in that spirit of Noah, I gathered in the wake of Trayvon Martin."

"It was certainly not planned," says Ross, 50. "But it was kind of amazing how those two resonated."
Farlice's work is joined by Ramekon O'Arwisters' tchotchke-and-puzzle-piece-studded "Planned Obsolescence," an homage to Gregory Warmack, the artist better known as Mr. Imagination, who covered his work with bottle caps, and Ron Sanders' "Invisible Man Sepia Flag," its dreadlocked figure dropping a shadow in front of a flipped Old Glory in a tip of the hat to Gordon Parks' "American Gothic."

William Rhodes confronts famed San Francisco artist Sargent Johnson, who carved the entrance and created the mosaic mural at San Francisco Maritime Museum, with "The Bull," painted with enamel paint on window glass, whereas April Martin Chartrand pays respect to the Florida landscape artists who went by the moniker the Highwaymen and sold paintings from the trunks of their cars.
The notion of giving a nod to the ancestors of African American art emerged from talks between Ross and AfroSolo director Thomas Simpson, who remembers discovering once-forgotten black artists in the late '80s and '90s, as a painter fresh out of graduate school.
"There are a few artist names that we hear all the time," Ross says, "but it's amazing when young artists discover that there were so many more. So we wanted to see what artists would do and who they had in mind to pay homage to or, as we call it, reflecting the light or reflecting on an artist ancestor."

Ross was pleased to see his enthusiasm was contagious as artists came up with names beyond his initial list. "It was organic," says the curator, who contributed his own painting referencing William H. Johnson, "and that was exciting."

If you go

Reflecting the Light: Works Inspired by Black Masters: Through Oct. 15; reception 1:30-4 p.m. Sept. 15. Noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday and Saturday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday and noon-6 p.m. Friday. San Francisco Main Library, African American Center, third floor, 100 Larkin St., S.F. (415) 771-2376. www.afrosolo.org.

Kimberly Chun is a Berkeley writer. E-mail: 96hours@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @kimberlychun

Published 5:52 pm, Wednesday, August 14, 2013

http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/Reflecting-Light-Works-Inspired-by-Black-4733552.php

Afro Solo Art Festival 20 features "Highwaymen: Florida's Traveling '26' Designed by April Martin Chartrand

I am in an an art show presented by Afro Solo Art Festival 20 and my work will feature the "Highwaymen: Florida's Traveling '26'  Designed by April Martin Chartrand

The show takes place August 15-October 15, 2013
Visual Arts Exhibit, Reflecting the Light: Works Inspired by Black Masters.
Curated by Michael Ross,
 
Artist Reception September 15, 2013, 1:30 to 4 pm
San Francisco Main Public Library, 
100 Larkin Street at Grove, SF.
Free and open to the public

In collaboration with San Francisco’s Main Public Library we will present a multi-disciplined visual arts show that pays homage to many of the Black arts masters; some of whom are frequently mentioned in the narratives of art and history, and some whose names rarely surface in those
narratives.
  
Featured artists:
April Martin Chartrand, Candi Farlice, Idris Hassan, Virginia Jourdan, William Rhodes, Ron Saunders, and Wanda Whitaker. 

April Martin Chartrand, Fiberalchemist 2010

TREASURED CIGAR BOX by April Martin Chartrand - CAAM 2013

Once Upon A Time by April Martin Chartrand 2012 Cigar Box

"HIGHWAYMEN: Florida's Traveling '26' by April Martin Chartrand (2013)

Assemblage Cards designed by April Martin Chartrand, Fiberalchemist (2013)

New Artwork 2013: HIGHWAYMEN: Florida's Traveling '26' Designed by April Martin Chartrand

2013: New Artwork Inspired by the Unsung African-American Icons

 HIGHWAYMEN:  Florida's Traveling '26' 

Designed by April Martin Chartrand

These 4 pieces were inspired by four of the '26' original Highwaymen Artists
1)  Harold Newton | 1934-1994
2)  Mary Ann Carroll | 1940-present
3) Alfred Hair | 1941-1970
4) Livingston (Castro) Robert | 1941-2004

Learn more about these unsung American Icons through the PBS special:
http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2012/07/04/100168/the_highwaymen_segregation_and_speedpainting_in_the_sunshine?source=npr&category=u.s

NOTE:  This art is in no way connected to the original Highwaymen. I have been in contact with Ms. Mary Ann Carroll via the phone and email to inform her that I was researching the Highwaymen and found some alleged inappropriate usage of their names, alleged fraudulent  arts sales by collectors/self-appointed curators/Ebay etc/You Tube) , and many other alleged stealing of their work and names.

Treasured Cigar Box Assemblage Explorations of the African Diaspora by April Martin Chartrand - Video

California African American Museum 
presents

Treasured Cigar Box
Assemblage Explorations of the African Diaspora

Designed by April Martin Chartrand

                                                            October 6 -March 31, 2013

Video Link for the exhibition set up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tR8zi9lUT4&feature=share&list=UU4UYmpTxBVsY_dt7rg7MXRw 

"Transformative Visions 2013" March 9 - April 8th, 2013 - April Martin Chartrand is one of many featured artist

April Martin Chartrand is one of the featured visual artists  in the group art show in the 

"Transformative Visions 2013" 

For a video preview of last years show:   http://youtu.be/9V9UXCSvwFA

WHAT: A multimedia arts event lifting up a vision of peace, justice, healing,
and possibility for our communities and our world.

WHERE: Studio One Art Center, 365 - 45th St., Oakland
WHEN:  Opening event: Saturday, March 16th, 2-5PM.
WHEN:  Art exhibit on display 3/9 - 4/8

• LIVE JAZZ with musical all stars The Destiny Muhammad Project, plus special
• guests, pianist Tammy Hall, and Sistahs of the Drum!
• VISUAL ART EXHIBIT featuring more than 20 Bay Area artists! 3/9 - 4/8
• Dynamic SPOKEN WORD performers!

PRODUCED BY: OneLife Institute, with support from the San Francisco Foundation,
Studio One Art Center, and Harpist from the Hood.

 Photo:  April Martin Chartrand, Copyright 2013

April Martin Chartrand, will exhibit her Treasured Cigar Box March - April 2013

Transformative Visions 2013

ART SHOW | SPOKEN WORD | JAZZ CONCERT

   A multimedia arts event lifting up a vision of peace, justice, and possibility for our community and our world.

Multi-Media Group Art Exhibition

 March 9th - April 6, 2013

Location:  

Studio One

365 - 45th St., Oakland, CA 94609

Hours:  http://www.studiooneartcenter.net/

April Martin Chartrand,  will exhibit her

Treasured Cigar Box
Assemblage Explorations of the African Diaspora

Note:  Other artists to be announced  check website

http://www.onelifeinstitute.org/transformativevisions.html 

'Angel's Destiny' is archived @ San Francisco State University's Poetry Center

'Angel's Destiny: A Novel Story of Poems & Illustrations' by April Martin Chartrand -  is archived @ San Francisco State University's Poetry Center

San Francisco State University's Poetry Center

1600 Holloway Ave., Humanities (HUM) 510

San Francisco, CA 94132


If you at the school, stop by the center to read my book (two copies are available for reading at the archives).

Questions:

phone: 415 338 2227
fax: 415 338 0966
email: poetry@sfsu.edu


http://www.sfsu.edu/~poetry/awards/bookaward.html

California African American Museum presents

Treasured Cigar Box
Assemblage Explorations of the African Diaspora

Designed by April Martin Chartrand

                                    October 6 -March 31, 2013

 

Location: Research Library 

600 State Drive - Exposition Park,

Los Angeles, CA 90037  (213) 744-7432    
Attn:  Denise McIver, Librarian 

Tues - Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 11am-5pm

http://www.caamuseum.org/web_pages/research_library.htm

 

Chartrand's Treasured Cigar Box series invites you into a world of the global slave trade perspectives between Africa, Europe, the Americas, and America (USA).  These multidimensional assemblage cigar boxes (three boxes) incorporate recycled and found objects, keys, money, and hand painted paper.

This series bridges the gap by connecting the major Colonial slave trade shareholders of the New World.  Treasured Cigar Box (series) offers knowledge and research into the deeper meaning on how the exploitative, atrocious and brutal servitude, and harvesting of tobacco by circa 12-million African Slaves fueled the beginnings of the modern day corporations.

 

You Tube Book Trailer:  http://youtu.be/zyJto5AYooQ

The San Francisco Public Library presents Treasured Cigar Box Assemblage Explorations of the African Diaspora Designed by April Martin Chartrand

June 23, 2012 - August 2, 2012

101 Larkin Street, 3rd Floor African American Collection

San Francisco, CA

Hours: Open during library hours.

Chartrand's Treasured Cigar Box series invites you into a world of the global slave trade perspectives between Africa, Europe, the Americas, and America (USA).  These multidimensional assemblage cigar boxes incorporate recycled and found objects, keys, money, and hand painted paper.

This series bridges a historical gap by connecting the major Colonial slave trade shareholders and their cultivation of tobacco products in the New World.  The larger European Crowns (a constitution Monarchy) which expanded their empires were: Portugal, Spain, France, Britain/England, Dutch/Netherlands, and America.  Theses countries established global trading companies, built fortified harbors and trading settlements along the coastlines of the African continent (Gore, St. Louise, Elmira, and Cape Coast . . .).  For example, the French East Indian Company was one of the first such Gold Coast corporations.  All of these counties traded in various commodities, and parceled out newly colonized territories throughout the Triangular Trade system (West Africa, Caribbean, Americas, and Europe).

The Treasured Cigar Box series offers knowledge and research into the deeper meaning of how their exploitative practices in the brutal servitude of the African slaves reaped fortunes for the Colonizers.  Finally, the planting and harvesting of tobacco by African Slaves fueled the beginnings of the modern day global corporations.

http://www.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/sometimes-a-cigar-box-isnt-a-cigar-box/Content?oid=2186229

April_Martin_Chartrand, Fiberalchemist_2010

The Green Arcade Invites you to a Reading by IMANI M. Harrington & APRIL Martin Chartrand

October 21, 2010, Thursday

The Green Arcade

1680 Market Street @ Gough ­ San Francisco, CA 94102 415-431-6800

7:00 p.m.—8:30 p.m.

imani m. harrington ||||| ||||april martin chartrand

‘Positive/Negative . . .’ ||||||||||||||| ‘Angel’s Destiny . . .’

Available

The Green Arcade

1680 Market Street ­ San Francisco, CA 94102

~October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month~

©2010 by Imani M. Harrington & April Martin Chartrand -

All Rights Reserved

Visual Arts Exhibit United in Peace: Visual Artists Leading the Way

Afro Solo Presents
Visual Arts Exhibit United in Peace: Visual Artists Leading the Way

http://afrosolo.org/events/events.php?kwirvrys1&id=visualarts10

When:	Sunday, August 15 – October 15 (Artist Reception August 15, 3-5pm)
Where:	Main San Francisco Public Library (100 Larkin Street at Grove), SF, CA map
Admission:	Free and open to the public

AfroSolo presents a visual art exhibition showcasing works from African American artists and artists from the African Diaspora, exploring the theme of peace.

This multi-media group show includes works from:

April Martin Chartrand (mixed media cigar boxes)

Tomye Neal-Madison (stained glass)

Malik (painting)

Justice Renaissance (wood sculpture)

Nena St. Louis (wood sculpture)

Thomas Robert Simpson (photography)

Fely Tchaco (painting)

Morrie Turner (cartoons)

Z’Ma Wyatt (photography)