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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: "ARTS ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE"
PANEL DISCUSSION

 

CONTACT:        Daniel Godston
                        312.543.7027
                        dgodston@gmail.com

DATE:              Thursday, July 23, 2009 (7-9 p.m.)

LOCATION:       Faie African Art Gallery
                        4317 S. Cottage Grove Ave.
                        Chicago, IL  60653
                        773.268.2889
                        http://www.faieafricanart.com/

EVENT:            

You are invited to attend an event during which Felicia Grant Preston, Timuel
Black, and Patrick McCoy talk about the arts on Chicago's South Side. Timuel Black will focus on Bronzeville—an historical perspective, and what's happening in Bronzeville now); Felicia Grant Preston will talk about the Sapphire and Crystals group and her artistic contributions to "The Synesthetic Plan of Chicago," which include 3D miniatures of significant landmarks in Bronzeville; and Patrick McCoy will talk about Chicago's South Side art scene, a collectors perspective. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided. Donations would be appreciated.

BIOS:
Felicia Grant Preston is an artist and educator, and she is the founder of the Sapphire and Crystals group.
http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/47092-felicia-grant-preston

Timuel Black is Bronzeville's historian.
http://www.hydeparkhistory.org/herald/TimBlack.pdf

Patrick McCoy is founder of the Diaspora Rhythms Collectors Group.

 

 

For Synesthetic Plan of Chicago pictures on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/99038294@N00/sets/72157619259802662/