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Sunday Dinner featuring Barbara Earl Thomas
SUNDAY DINNER with guest Barbara Earl Thomas
Each month we are bringing the community together for food and conversation, as we celebrate some of the most inspirational Black folx in Arts and Culture. We will enjoy food catered by some of Seattle's most sought after and talented Black chefs.
The caterer for this event will be Precise Catering.
Doors open at 1:30 pm.
Tickets are just $20 (online) / Students $10 (online & at the door) / $30 at the door! We want everyone to be able to join us at the table.
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About Barbara Earl Thomas:
Barbara Earl Thomas is a writer and visual artist with numerous national exhibits to her credit. Drawing on her personal history between the American south and the Pacific Northwest, Thomas incorporates themes of people and their rituals with the land, foregrounding the mythologized, metaphorical sense of place as operating between a geographical and spiritual location. Thomas builds tension filled narratives through abstracted papercuts and prints, placing silhouetted figures within almost mythological landscapes. Thomass site-specific sculptural practice expands these forms into space; her public sculptures and large-scale installations incorporate light, space and location into her dramatic landscapes and scenography's.
Thomas works are included in, among others, the Seattle Art Museum, the Tacoma Art Museum, Portland Art Museum, Microsoft, in addition to Washington State and Seattle City public collections. She is the recipient of the City of Seattle Mayors Arts Award for Cultural Ambassador, the Governors Arts Award, the Artist Trust Irving and Yvonne Twining Humber Award, and the The Stranger Genius Award for excellence in the arts. Thomas has lectured on arts and culture as well as serving as a social and cultural activist who was instrumental in the creation of the Northwest African American Museum, where she served as its executive director from 2008 to 2012. She received her BA and MFA from the University of Washington School of Art. She is represented by the Claire Oliver Gallery in New York.
About the Host/Curator: DANI TIRRELL
Dance artist, performer, choreographer and dance educator. Dani has danced with Jazz and Spirit Dance Theater of Detroit, Monroe Ballet Company, Full Circle Dance Company, Natural Locz Dance Company and Dani Tirrell Dance Theater that he founded and serves as Artistic Director. Dani also created Color Lines Dance Ensemble for youth dance artist ages 12 to 18. As a performer Dani has performed on countless stages and festivals throughout the world. Dani's latest work "Black Bois" premiered at On the Boards (Seattle) in April 2018.
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LocationLangston Hughes Performing Arts Institute (View)
104 17th Ave S
Seattle, WA 98144
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 12 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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