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Soul Sessions: The Making of "The Encore" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.junebugproductions.org/events/sole-2-soul monthly 0.5 2024-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/6ad65442-8aba-4835-a6f4-454be7231e64/Sole+2+Soul+-+Banner.png Events - Sole 2 Soul - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.junebugproductions.org/events/junebug-juke-joint-0224 monthly 0.5 2024-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/fbc0963d-254c-464d-b82d-c1dbdf9d53ff/Dew_Drop_Inn_exterior_Charles_Marsala2.0.png Events - Junebug Juke Joint - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.junebugproductions.org/events/gomela-detroit-916 monthly 0.5 2023-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/39fa77aa-573c-4ebc-adfa-30e1ae0d7740/Gomela+2.jpg Events - 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A Toast to Us - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.junebugproductions.org/events/haint-blu-nola monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/367c7187-d2b6-4c06-96df-835e5e0e32bc/APPROVED+Haint+Blu_Chanon+Judson_+2021+Gov+Island+Res_Courtesy+of+Haint+Blu.png Events - Haint Blu [World Premiere] - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/2beacb63-f4a3-4f5a-81c0-7ff2cefa799d/APPROVED+Urban+Bush+Women+Haint+Blu+Photo+by+Woosler+Delisfort+2022.jpg Events - Haint Blu [World Premiere] - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.junebugproductions.org/events/2022-2023-season-launch-party monthly 0.5 2022-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/b347fb90-ba7b-4252-9db0-91b7cff5497c/For+The+Women+Who+Be+Season+Launch+Party+%28Facebook+Event+Cover%29+%283%29.png Events - 2022-2023 Season Launch Party - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.junebugproductions.org/events/reel-talk-in-our-mothers-gardens monthly 0.5 2022-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/197b330f-9753-4e51-b6f0-5a63e02cc765/In+our+Mothers+Garden+%5BHorizontal%5D.jpg Events - Reel Talk: In Our Mothers' Gardens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.junebugproductions.org/events/imagining-america-delta monthly 0.5 2021-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1634788365279-1ALH8JYYKBHYJO3J24O2/244997239_10165965807595654_8994266314551045090_n.jpg Events - Imagining America Closing Plenary: Delta - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.junebugproductions.org/events/givenola-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619147946972-IBHLET2YNICNWYF72NPM/02+GiveNOLA+2021+Facebook+Cover.jpg Events - GiveNOLA Day https://www.junebugproductions.org/events/mothers-gardens monthly 0.5 2021-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619148567224-L12RGDJ3A2YI879BFXCT/0001.jpg Events - One Womxn, One Show: In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens https://www.junebugproductions.org/events/hcp-water-virtual monthly 0.5 2021-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619147079333-TMRQUI65CMO82Y2HIB71/Water+Intro+_+Photo+-+Melisa+Cardona.jpg Events - HOMECOMING PROJECT: WATER VIRTUAL REDUX https://www.junebugproductions.org/our-mission daily 0.75 2021-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619061526173-V547XTND7V0AS1835AEN/GOMELA_ASHE_HR-248.jpeg Our Mission https://www.junebugproductions.org/john-oneal-cultural-arts-fellowship daily 0.75 2022-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1621356237287-2JJRJKK6M7JBG51WMMMF/KMcCrae_Headshot_3_SMALL.jpg John O'Neal Cultural Arts Fellowship - Kiyoko McCrAe Kiyoko McCrae is a Japanese-American film and theater director, striving to shift mainstream narratives by telling undertold stories of communities of color. Photo: Aubrey Edwards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1621355928281-C7MX7KK7P6D9NJQT72ZL/SunniHeadshotResizeMint.jpg John O'Neal Cultural Arts Fellowship - SUNNI PATTERSON New Orleans Native and Visionary, Sunni Patterson is an internationally acclaimed Poet, Performer, Workshop Facilitator, Certified Spiritual Life Coach/Consultant, and an Initiated Priestess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1621356209006-2EO6U79WMD79JTNZIU95/image1.jpg John O'Neal Cultural Arts Fellowship - AUSETTUA AMORAMENKUM Ausettua AmorAmenkum is a cultural educator, professor of African and Hip-Hop dance at Tulane University, Big Queen of the Washitaw Nation Black Masking Indians, Director of Kumbuka African Drum & Dance Collective, and co-director of the Louisiana Correctional Institution for Women Drama Club and The Graduates, a performance group of formerly incarcerated women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1621356270049-9KYIJNMYTCH2F43KCNGN/WoodHeadshotResizeMint.jpg John O'Neal Cultural Arts Fellowship - Wood Delahoussaye Wood is a poet, producer, performer, director, emcee, arts administrator, community leader, and activist whose purpose and passion is the liberation of Black people across the globe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1621356172349-YMTUURFW4Q1ACOX15UOG/Photo%252Bon%252B11-17-20%252Bat%252B12.08%252BPM%252B%2525234.jpg John O'Neal Cultural Arts Fellowship - Shana Griffin Shana M. griffin is a feminist activist, researcher, applied sociologist, artist, geographer, and abolitionist. Her practice is interdisciplinary and undisciplinary, centering historic inquiry rooted in Black feminist thought, organizing traditions, and spatial imaginaries. https://www.junebugproductions.org/2017 daily 0.75 2021-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619066737274-K1NDWV5V1U8VQVWT9RBW/GomelaPromo_MelisaCardona.jpg 2017 - GOMELA/TO RETURN: MOVEMENT OF OUR MOTHER TONGUE JANUARY 19-22 & 26-29, 2017 ASHÉ POWERHOUSE Gomela, a Bantu word, means “to go back to/to return.” Directed by Stephanie McKee and developed by dancers Kesha McKey, Kai Knight, Jeremy Guyton, poet Sunni Patterson and drummer Jawara Simon, Gomela takes us on a journey through time and space. Making evident the connection between Africa, Haiti, and New Orleans, Gomela highlights the vibrant and percussive movements and stories that breathe life into ancient African dance and drumming and contemporary artistic expression, such as spoken word, hip-hop and jazz. Gomela is an experience of collective memories passed down from generation to generation, a tapestry woven by a group of multi-disciplinary artists who represent the diversity of African Americans who call New Orleans home. Gomela is based on hope, survival, courage and the resilience that exists in the face of oppression. It is about the heartbeat of a people that will never die, the culture and traditions that continue to evolve, grow and survive the test of time. It illuminates Place Matters—gentrification and the Right of Return of New Orleanians displaced after Katrina; and Black Lives Matter—the beauty and resilience of black people, past and present. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619066791366-5H3EIIDUJ4ZZ6IYW7K9G/Boschimonne3.jpeg 2017 - POWER OF THE BLACK FEMININE JUNE 9-11, 2017 CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER we free by Marguerite Hemmings: An exploration of the millennial generation’s take on liberation, this “experimental dancehall” performance challenges the norms and expectations of how we express ourselves. Boschimanne: living curiosities by KM Dance Project: An exploration of the story of Sara “Saartjie” Baartman (Hottentot Venus) through movement with a focus on the exhibition of the African American female body image and the establishment of European ideas of black female sexuality. Looking at a Broad by Rebecca Mwase: A layered choreo-poetic solo performance that invites audiences to question, witness and engage the multiple oppressions, expectations and constructions of race, gender, sexuality faced by black women living in the United States https://www.junebugproductions.org/our-team daily 0.75 2025-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/dfbf1ef0-00e7-4da4-b286-8118bf8b5b71/Mariana+Headshot.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619062281820-3NPJH10T8HJ04RVM61G6/IMG_4072.jpg https://www.junebugproductions.org/contact daily 0.75 2022-01-02 https://www.junebugproductions.org/2020 daily 0.75 2021-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619065115037-9LE43WT2WEUK36FZHAEL/Gomela%2B1.jpeg 2020 - GOMELA: BROOKLYN JUNE 18-21, 2020 BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN Gomela, a Bantu word, means “to go back to/to return.” Directed by Stephanie McKee and developed by dancers Kesha McKey, Kai Knight, Jeremy Guyton, poet Sunni Patterson and drummer Jawara Simon, Gomela takes us on a journey through time and space. Making evident the connection between Africa, Haiti, and New Orleans, Gomela highlights the vibrant and percussive movements and stories that breathe life into ancient African dance and drumming and contemporary artistic expression, such as spoken word, hip-hop and jazz. Gomela is an experience of collective memories passed down from generation to generation, a tapestry woven by a group of multi-disciplinary artists who represent the diversity of African Americans who call New Orleans home. Gomela is based on hope, survival, courage and the resilience that exists in the face of oppression. It is about the heartbeat of a people that will never die, the culture and traditions that continue to evolve, grow and survive the test of time. It illuminates Place Matters—gentrification and the Right of Return of New Orleanians displaced after Katrina; and Black Lives Matter—the beauty and resilience of black people, past and present. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619064877638-QY9ST21XJFUADSJ0RSIN/VESSELS_Performance_2018_Summer_HR%2B%28240%2Bof%2B262%29.jpeg 2020 - VESSELS MARCH 26-29, 2020 | 7:00 PM HOTEL PETER & PAUL What does freedom sound like in confinement? In Vessels, seven women explore the transcendental possibilities of music during the Middle Passage. Set in an interactive, sculptural environment that invokes those infamous ships, this interdisciplinary, speculative history work explores singing as a survival tool. Co-shaped and co-produced by Rebecca Mwase and Ron Ragin Ensemble: Chanice Holmes, Tenaj Levinnia Jackson, Mykia Jovan, Rebecca Mwase, Jalisa Roberts, Benedicta Sowah, Mahalia Abéo Tibbs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619065173376-BJ27OZ506LH0CHCWNPFF/HCP2019Fan.png 2020 - HOMECOMING PROJECT: WATER DATES TBA Homecoming Project: Water, presented in partnership with the New Orleans African American Museum of Art, explores the relationship we have with water through stories told in the form of dance, music, spoken word, and film. Featuring Homecoming Project artists Sunni Patterson, Frederick "Wood" Delahoussaye, Kesha McKey, free feral, & Jeremy Guyton. https://www.junebugproductions.org/take-action daily 0.75 2023-04-25 https://www.junebugproductions.org/2018 daily 0.75 2021-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619065115037-9LE43WT2WEUK36FZHAEL/Gomela%2B1.jpeg 2018 - GOMELA: SPRING TOUR MARCH 10, 2018 CARVER COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER SAN ANTONIO, TX MARCH 16-18, 2018 7 STAGES THEATRE ATLANTA, GA APRIL 20-21, 2018 CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER NEW ORLEANS, LA Gomela, a Bantu word, means “to go back to/to return.” Directed by Stephanie McKee and developed by dancers Kesha McKey, Kai Knight, Jeremy Guyton, poet Sunni Patterson and drummer Jawara Simon, Gomela takes us on a journey through time and space. Making evident the connection between Africa, Haiti, and New Orleans, Gomela highlights the vibrant and percussive movements and stories that breathe life into ancient African dance and drumming and contemporary artistic expression, such as spoken word, hip-hop and jazz. Gomela is an experience of collective memories passed down from generation to generation, a tapestry woven by a group of multi-disciplinary artists who represent the diversity of African Americans who call New Orleans home. Gomela is based on hope, survival, courage and the resilience that exists in the face of oppression. It is about the heartbeat of a people that will never die, the culture and traditions that continue to evolve, grow and survive the test of time. It illuminates Place Matters—gentrification and the Right of Return of New Orleanians displaced after Katrina; and Black Lives Matter—the beauty and resilience of black people, past and present. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619066418128-OG9WPBZB0L4G6Z75Q40G/JUNEBUG_Homecoming_1_HR+%2892+of+110%29.jpg 2018 - HOMECOMING PROJECT: BELL OCTOBER 26, 2018 BELL ARTSPACE CAMPUS In Homecoming Project: Bell, artists Sunni Patterson, Frederick "Hollywood" Delahoussaye, Kesha McKey, Catherine Caldwell, Jeremy Guyton, & free feral will explore the rich significance of the former Bell School through dance, spoken word, music, and digital media. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619066189145-QD5O29QM440CNHTUYGG7/-5i5I15Q.jpeg 2018 - URBAN BUSH WOMEN’S HAIR AND OTHER STORIES JANUARY 24 - 28, 2018 CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER A new dance and theater work using the visceral and intellectual power of UBW’s approach to co-creation with audiences to construct a live experience that elicits conversations between and among the performers and audience around the subjects of self-image, race, and gender inequality through the lens of hair, primarily that of African-American women. The audience experience includes: A live-action gallery walk where UBW “Extra-Ordinaries Super Heroes” roam the lobby before the performance begins. The Super Heroes lead a ritual devised to bring the audience into dialogue with the performers. The audience will prompt the UBW Company on the necessary ingredients in our Recipe for the Extra-Ordinary Self for Extra-Ordinary Times. Audience members pose for family portraits and discuss place, values, identity, history, racism, positionality, familial relationships and how these can provide us with the courage and hope needed to be active and present in unprecedented times. https://www.junebugproductions.org/2021 daily 0.75 2022-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619064174757-DJ2DDHBLWHF9FIZ3O42T/Sunni+04+_+Photo+-+Melisa+Cardona.jpg 2021 Season - HOMECOMING PROJECT: WATER APRIL 24, 2021 | 7 PM CT “As mother of the planet’s living things, holding memory and mystery, healing flesh and rock, carving veins in mountainsides — water is the great collector down to the molecular level.” - free feral Homecoming Project: Water is a collection of stories — told in the form of dance, music, spoken word, and film — exploring the depths of our vastly different and complex relationships with water. During this time of pandemic, Homecoming Project Lead Artists Sunni Patterson, Frederick “Wood” Delahoussaye, Kesha McKey, Jeremy Guyton, free feral, and special guest Spirit McIntyre revisit Homecoming Project: Water from a distance. Reimagined with stunning visuals from Melisa Cardona and Malachi Middleton artfully stitched together by Jazz Franklin, the Homecoming Project: Water Virtual Redux premieres a little over two years after the original performance premiered on a gloriously watery, stormy night. About Homecoming Project: Homecoming Project is a community-based, storytelling performance series that aims to marry high-quality artistic practice with a commitment to maintaining the essential relationship between art and progressive social change through engagement with New Orleans communities that have been historically oppressed and exploited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619501750751-QOD37KR6ZPX8GU9LHERP/0001+%284%29.jpg 2021 Season - BLACK WOMEN DREAMING A Black woman in a rested state is a radical act. Black Women Dreaming is a multifaceted initiative that creates a path forward all the while engaging in a historical praxis: rest as a form of resistance. The longstanding idea that overproduction and exhaustion are necessary to getting ahead is steeped in capitalism and counterintuitive to healthy Black futures. We can neither build resilience nor movements if our means of survival live and thrive off of overworking ourselves. It cannot be overstated that women, particularly Black women, bear the brunt of oppression of sexism, patriarchy, colonialism, and racism. We often find ourselves on the front lines, however absent from the table. We are rendered invisible in the boardroom, yet called upon to save the world many times over. The work is heavy and burdensome. Black Women Dreaming is our declaration of a new way. We will rest. Details coming soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619151736356-GCYGD8THGVYHR8H7EQ2Q/0001.jpg 2021 Season - NO DREAM DEFERRED’S ONE WOMXN, ONE SHOW: IN OUR MOTHERS’ GARDENS MAY 6, 2021 | 7 PM CT "They waited for a day when the unknown thing that was in them would be made known..." - Alice Walker, In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens One Womxn, One Show: In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens is a collection of stories shared in honor of Black Womxn and all of the ways in which we birth, nurture, and grow culture, movements, art, and generations. This work is most specifically for Black Womxn and those who love us. This iterative, video/storytelling project is dedicated to the full spectrum of the emotional and lived realities of Black womxn in America. The project aims to cultivate and honor a space where Black Womxn can authentically see and hear each other as well as be seen and heard and take comfort and care in that truth. https://www.junebugproductions.org/2016 daily 0.75 2021-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619066994791-EA7JDZXYKP8TC9W037YE/soundtrack63-1st_edition-16.jpeg 2016 - SOUNDTRACK ‘63 JANUARY 16-18, 2016 CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER Soundtrack ‘63 is a multi-media, live music performance that takes the audience back in time with a cultural and artistic retrospective of the Civil Rights Movement from 1963 to the Black Lives Matter Movement. Originally produced by 651 ARTS and developed by Creative Director Chen Lo, Soundtrack ’63 premiered in 2013 as part of the Movement ’63 series. This performance of Soundtrack ‘63 will feature the untold and under-told stories of New Orleans’ civil rights history. It includes performances by local artists alongside commentary by Dr. Cornel West and Sonia Sanchez, and performances by Abiodun Oyewole of The Last Poets. Chen Lo and Asante Amin recreate the year 1963 in a live documentary with an 18-piece orchestra, live video installation, and a host of dynamic performance artists whose work breathes new life into the sights and sounds that shaped the music of an era—allowing a modern audience to re-think, re-new, and re-mix their conceptions of the past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619067121749-YSSZALRSOTUFSOVK8R0M/MC_HOMECOMING_HR-143.jpeg 2016 - HOMECOMING PROJECT: CONGO SQUARE AUGUST 30, 2016 CONGO SQUARE | NEW ORLEANS, LA Homecoming Project is a place-based storytelling performance series that engages collective thought partners through story circles, community dinners, performances and organizing actions to address the many inequities and challenges we face as a growing city. Reclaiming our connection as a community and recognizing our common humanity are critical first steps for our future. Featuring Frederick “Hollywood” Delahoussaye, Kesha McKey, Catherine Caldwell, free feral, Jeremy Guyton, Kelly Harris, Rebecca Mwase, Michael “Quess” Moore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619067070837-SL75I2COKMTMIL9X4KYQ/DWB_Photos_web-3.jpeg 2016 - DANCING WHILE BLACK: ON FERTILE GROUND APRIL 15-17, 2016 CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER An evening of bold, new dance works deeply rooted in Africanist aesthetics, pushing the bounds of performance. For two nights only, four black women choreographers—representing three generations of creative practice—share work at the intersection of tradition and experimentation. What results transcends category and centers on our humanity. Jaimé Dzandu (VA/NYC), Onye Ozuzu (Chicago), Nia Love (NYC), Brittany Williams (Miami/NYC) Three generations of Black women choreographers from across the nation engage with New Orleans communities, culture bearers, and college students in an exploration of art-making practices for social movement building. The choreographers spent one week in February teaching workshops across New Orleans, developing site-responsive performance at Xavier University, and sharing works-in-progress alongside local choreographers at Dancing Grounds. This cultural exchange culminates with this performance. https://www.junebugproductions.org/2015 daily 0.75 2021-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619066994791-EA7JDZXYKP8TC9W037YE/soundtrack63-1st_edition-16.jpeg 2015 - THE BURNIN’ MARCH 12-14, 2015 CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER Written and directed by Cristal Chanelle Truscott, The Burnin’ is an Acapella NeoSpiritual inspired by two major U.S. nightclub tragedies; the Rhythm Night Club Fire of Natchez, MS (1940) and the E2 Club Stampede of Chicago, IL (2003). It's 1940 in the fictional City of Antebellum. As the African American community prepares for the return of hometown hero Band Man to the local juke, the White community organizes its Annual Pilgrimage Pageant; a celebration of Southern hierarchy as it was "Before the War." Fast forward 75 years and post-Great Migration urban residents of Sittay gather to critique the policies and politics behind contemporary headlines at a hip hop spot. When disaster strikes in both spaces and places, all involved are forced to examine the meanings and intersections of race, gender, community, agency, identity and freedom. Through fictionalized locales, The Burnin’ charts sociopolitical consistencies before, during and after both disasters. Intertwining dialogue and original song, the piece not only questions a multitude of stereotypes, it actively answers and dis-assembles them. Re-imagining and re-examining these American tragedies, The Burnin’ invites audiences to look deeper into personal and communal definitions of freedom, empowerment and the course of “progress” we all have the power to chart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619067794948-YR9WPL2ZRLLRKAOCFJMS/UBWVoicesFromTheBush.jpeg 2015 - URBAN BUSH WOMEN & VOICES FROM THE BUSH JULY 25, 2015 CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER Urban Bush Women and Voices from the Bush is a multi-disciplinary performance inspired by Urban Bush Women's 30th Anniversary program that highlights the company's 30-year repertory featuring excerpts from Women's Resistance, Shelter, and more. https://www.junebugproductions.org/gomela daily 0.75 2023-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/919fb6d7-929e-48bd-b291-c3fa1b7c70a8/804A9030.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/06c12051-5dd5-4563-bddf-e1f042392d84/804A8785-Edit.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/8fb9715e-4a79-47c8-a6c8-e02c4eec77af/804A8554.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/43d9fbdd-5cbd-4df9-9672-b5fd237fb6a2/1-Edit-Edit.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/c1186ec9-a88f-47bb-bd83-a36159e32527/804A9065.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/c7fff198-bc98-4175-b397-dcb840c1c04a/804A8914-Edit.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/47a7832a-6ff9-4a28-9451-2b1fdb28f38f/Stephanie+McKee+Headshot.jpg https://www.junebugproductions.org/homecoming-project daily 0.75 2022-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619142750322-U5LTLMEEUQLZE04DWKG0/804A7503.jpg Homecoming Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1621355825840-UGE769BQWDMMHTTQ6P3S/WoodHCPHeadshotResize.jpeg Homecoming Project - Wood Delahoussaye Wood is a poet, producer, performer, director, emcee, arts administrator, community leader, and activist whose purpose and passion is the liberation of Black people across the globe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1621355743825-UAE6NH7I486SOHFZZT2U/freeHeadshotResize.jpg Homecoming Project - free feral free feral is a California-raised, New Orleans-based string player, composer, and interdisciplinary artist. An artist with a singular voice and focus, free is driven by a desire for justice, equity, and accountability in the music industry and beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1621355621472-MDXKIZW8XUGK6UU4CL2G/Sunni+Patterson.jpg Homecoming Project - SUNNI PATTERSON New Orleans Native and Visionary, Sunni Patterson is an internationally acclaimed Poet, Performer, Workshop Facilitator, Certified Spiritual Life Coach/Consultant, and an Initiated Priestess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1621355673902-KNMN0FMQ4Q7Z2SEF6FBZ/KeshaHeadshotResize.jpg Homecoming Project - Kesha McKey Kesha McKey is a choreographer, educator, and performing artist from New Orleans. 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Featuring Homecoming Project artists Sunni Patterson, Frederick "Wood" Delahoussaye, Kesha McKey, free feral, & Jeremy Guyton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608080c388dd590fd4ee2ce5/1619065749488-SXV6S6C1S3IYHP1R8KW0/GomelaCarpetBag.png 2019 - GOMELA: KNOXVILLE JUNE 29, 2019 | 7 PM CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS Gomela, a Bantu word, means “to go back to/to return.” Directed by Stephanie McKee and developed by dancers Kesha McKey, Kai Knight, Jeremy Guyton, poet Sunni Patterson and drummer Jawara Simon, Gomela takes us on a journey through time and space. Making evident the connection between Africa, Haiti, and New Orleans, Gomela highlights the vibrant and percussive movements and stories that breathe life into ancient African dance and drumming and contemporary artistic expression, such as spoken word, hip-hop and jazz. 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