MIGRATION:
An Exploration in Art, Words & Music
inspired by Jacob Lawrence
The Kent County Arts Council (KCAC) is producing a monumental project nearly a year in the making, inspired by the famous Great Migration Series, painted by Harlem Renaissance artist Jacob Lawrence. The Series includes 60 panels of scenes from the Great Migration of African Americans from the “Jim Crow” South to the Industrial North. The Lawrence works hang in both the Philips Collection in Washington DC (odd numbers Panels 1- 59) and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (even numbered panels 2-60).
The program is a multi-disciplined celebration of those brave human beings who risked all to find a better life, inspired by the works of Jacob Lawrence, African American Painter of The Migration Series. A collaboration with the Kent County Arts Council and the Garfield Center for the Arts.
On November 1 – 4 at the Garfield Center for the Arts, the plays will be featured as act two of a three-part evening.
The evening begins with Act 1 at 6 p.m. at Chestertown RiverArts where the student artwork, based on their trip to the Phillips Collection, will be on display.
Act 2 begins at 7 p..m. at the Garfield. After a short intermission, Act 3 is a scaled version of the locally written and produced Migration story – Red Devil Moon, by Robert Earl Price and Pam Ortiz, featuring the Pam Ortiz Band and Sombarkin.
This three-part program will occur November 1, 2 and 3 beginning at 6 p.m. at RiverArts and 7 p.m. at the Garfield, and again on Sunday, November 4 at 2 p.m. at RiverArts and 3 p.m. at the Garfield.
Sunday’s performance will be followed by a “talk-back” featuring the Director, the five Playwrights, and the creators of Red Devil Moon
Artwork by Kent County Public School students is on view at RiverArts
October 31 – November 11, 2018
Opening Reception
Friday, November 2, 5 – 8 pm
Gallery Talk
Thursday, November 8, 5:30