Tag: will allen
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collecting our own history
Recently, one of our favorite community hubs, William Grant Still Arts Center, hosted The West Adams Collectors Club for an 8-week, intergenerational workshop on archiving grassroots histories. From Black dolls and mix tapes to books, flyers, social movements and community spaces, the group learned about collecting, keeping, and exhibiting cultural and social history through personal collections and…
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Meditations on the Garden
2012. What seeds will we plant? What will we sow? My very favorite teacher, Dr. Caroline “Isis” Fuqua said, “Whatever you plant, you’re going to have to eat.” A big component of m.a.m.a. e a r t h is the work of resident papa, Eugene Cooke, urban farmer and the Grow Where You Are! movement.…