Douglas Redd Cultural Summit – Saturday, 4/24
Come hear from representatives as we discuss the present and future of cultural community in New Orleans. The schedule is below. For more details, visit http://airnola.org/
2nd ANNUAL DOUGLAS REDD CULTURAL SUMMIT
SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2010
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY – NEW ORLEANS, 6400 PRESS DRIVE
CAFETERIA
9AM -4PM
9AM – 9:30AM – LIBATION HONORING CREATIVE ANCESTORS: Mama Olayela, Sula, Michaela Harrison, Kora Konnection, Ashe’
9:30AM – WELCOME FROM SUNO: Dr. Mokosso & The Department of African & African American Studies, Dr. Romanus Ejiaga and AIRNOLA, Bill Rouselle
9:45 -10AM – RESULTS OF CULTURAL MAPPING PROJECT: Luther Gray
10AM – 11:15 AM – PANEL CELEBRATING THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF THE CULTURAL COMMUNITY
- Moderator: Linda Hill – Center for African & African-American Studies – SUNO
- Panelists: Dr. Lenus Jack – Professor of History SUNO, Barbara Lacen-Keller – Queen & Historian of Social & Pleasure Club, Jeanne Nathan – Founder of Creative Artists of New Orleans (CANO), Frank Alquist – Owner of Music Shed Recording Studio, Lula Elzy – Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher, Artistic Director of the Lula Elzy New Orleans Dance Theater, Nick Slie – Founder of Mondo Bizarro Theater Company, Rashida Ferdinand – Visual Artist and Manager of Sankofa Marketplace and CVANNO (Contemporary Visual Arts Association of New Orleans), Delfaeyo Marsalis – Jazz Trombonist, Producer and Founder of Uptown Music Theatre
11:15 – PERFORMANCE - Rudy Mills, New Orleans Youth Slam (NOYS)
11:30 -12:00 – KEYNOTE SPEAKER – ELLIS MARSALIS, Jazz Pianist, Composer, Recording Artist and Patriarch of the Marsalis Family of Jazz
NOON – 1PM – Lunch
1:15 – 2:30 – BREAK OUT SESSION
CREATIING PARTNERSHIPS UTILIZING A NEW ORLEANS ARTS CALENDAR – 2010-2011
2:30 – PERFORMANCE - Silhouette Dance Ensemble Jose Torres Tama
2:45 – 3:45 – PANEL – LAUNCHING A CULTURAL MOVEMENT IN NEW ORLEANS- 2010-2020
- Moderator: James Borders – Capacity Building Consultant working with emerging Cultural Organizations
- Panelists: Dr. Felix James – Professor of History SUNO, Carol Bebelle – Co-Founder, Executive Director of Efforts of Grace, Inc. / Ashe’ Cultural Arts Center, Anh Joseph Cao – United States Congressman, Don Marshall – Executive Director of New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, Lucas Diaz – Director of Puentes NOLA, Ausettua Amor Amonkun – Founder of Kumbuka African Drum & Dance Collective and Second Queen Yellow Pocahontas Mardi Gras Indians, Mary Len Costa – Interim Executive Director of the Arts Council of New Orleans, Valerie McMillan – Spoken Word Artist & Graduate Student in Urban Studies @ University of New Orleans
4pm – WRAP UP – Luther Gray – Director of AIRNOLA, Congo Square Foundation and Bamboula 2000
4:15pm - SECOND LINE with PINETTES BRASS BAND
