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T he P ortland O bserver • J anuary 11, 1995
Prime Viewing
Comedian/Rap artist May A li,
daughter o f former heavyweight box
ing champ Muhammed A li, was a
special guest at a recent showing o f
A T & T ’s highly acclaimed national
ly syndicated television special,
“ A T & T Presents Images & Reali
ties: African American Children.:
Shown with Ms. A li are screening
organizers Pat Tobin, President o f
Tobin and Associates, and right,
Danielle Staten o f A T & T Public
Relations. The special screening was
held in Los Angeles at the renown
P hillip Temple C M E Church.
A T & T ’ s “ Images & R e a li
tie s ,’’ a tw o hour, tw o p art p ro
gram, celebrates the in n o v a tiv e
achievem ents o f A fric a n A m e ri
can c h ild re n w ho have prospered
against the odds.
Art/On The Edge Presents Rhodessa Jones
Rhodessa Jones and Id ris
Ackamoor, two o f San Francisco’s
most provocative and exciting per
formance artists, w ill present their
most recent work. Big Butt Girls,
Hard Headed Women, Thursday and
Friday, J anuary 1 2 & 1 3 asp arto fth e
Portland A rt Museum’ s AR T/O N
THE EDGE program. Both perfor
mances begin at 8:00 p.m. in the
Museum's Berg Swann Auditorium .
ART/ON THE EDGE is sponsored
by Philip M orris Companies Inc.
Big Bun Girls, Hard-Headed
Women, written and performed by
Jones and directed by Ackamoor,
received a Bessie award and was the
runaway hit o f the National Black
Theatre Festival in North Carloina.
Inspired by Jones' experience as an
aerobics instructor in a women’ s pris
on in California, the piece is dedicat
ed to Regina Brown, one o f her stu
dents who was murdered after being
released from ja il. Jones embodies
numerous characters to examine the
lives o f the incarcerated women -
how they got there, what it feels like
to be there and how fine the line can
be between being on the inside and
being on the outside. Using theatre,
dance, song and saxophone accom
paniment by Ackamoor, Big Butt
Girls. Hard-Headed Women is a strik
in g ly p o w e rfu l e x p lo ra tio n o f
marginalized people in American
African
American
Artists
Launch
Coffee-
House
Exhibit
A newly formed artist’ s col
lective w ill be exhibiting work in
a group show in the reading room
o f Steen’s Coffeehouse, located
at the comer o f NE M.L.K.. Jr.
Boulevard and Russell.
The Black Local A rtist’s Col
lective (B L A C ) was the idea o f
B ill Scott a northeast Portland
artist who wanted to be involved
in a groject that gave African
American artists more exposure
w ithin their own community. One
mission o f the collective is to
make youth in the area aware that
art is a thriving industry which in
one way or another touches all
our lives every day. This show
w ill help to demonstrate that there
are indeed options.
Beginning January 13,1995,
the work o f the collective mem
bers w ill be featured in a succes
sion o f group shows through the
month o f A p ril. Entrance to the
exhibit w ill be through Vessels,
“ Tableware w ith Meaning” lo
cated at 2605 N E M.L.K.. Blvd.
Exhibit hours for the month o f
January w ill be from 10:00 A .M .
to 6:00 P.M. Tues, through Sat.
Vessels is a co-sponsor o f the
exhibit.
Exhibiting artists in January
include: G a il C arter, Stacey
Conley, Henry Frison, Athena
Hampton, Janice Ingersoll, Kathy
Pennington, Jerry Quenton, B ill
Scott, N ell Spigner and Leslie
White.
For additional information
about this artists group, contact
B ill Scott at: 503-280-8874.
Rhodessa Jones
society.
Rhodessa Jones and Id ris
Ackamoor are the C o-Artistic Direc
tors o f Cultural Odyssey, a San Fran
cisco based non-profit performing
arts organization that creates and per
forms m ultidisciplinary performance
pieces. Their twelve year collabora
tion has resulted in a number o f works,
in c lu d in g “ The Legend o f L ily
Overstreet’’ (1984), “ Live at Club
Reality” (1985), “ I Think Its Gonna
W ork Out Fine” (1989) and “ Big
Butt Girls, Hard Headed Women”
(1990). Ms. Jones is also the director
and founder Big Butt Girls, Hard
Headed Women” (1990). Ms Jones
is also the director and founder o f
The Medea Project, a program de
signed to promote incarcerated wom
en’s self-awareness and self-esteem
through the creation and production
o f theatre pieces. Ms. Jones has also
collaborated on a number o f projects
w ith her brother, dancer and chore
ographer B ill T. Jones, who w ill be
performing in Portland January 13th,
14th & 15th as part o f Portland State
U niversity’s Contemporary Dance
BLAC
BLACK LOCAL
ARTISTS
COLLECTIVE
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SING ACAPPELLA
Spread The Word: The Persuasions Sing
Acappella, adocumentary film on the popular
and influential vocal group, plays at the Aladdin
Theatre on Thursday and Friday, January 12
and 13 at 7 pm each night.
The Aladdin Theatre is at 3017 SE Milwaukie.
Call 221-1156 for information.
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