Tallawah Mento Band Artist Talk and Performnace
Sunday, June 24, Auburn Avenue Research Library, 3P – 5P, Free Pre-Reqistration is Required. Click here to pre-register. Jah Music: A Celebration of Traditional Jamaican Music featuring the Tallawah Mento Band. MENTO: The traditional Jamaican beat which gave rise to Ska, Reggae, DanceHall, has much in common with Calypso, Merengue, the Beguine and the Rhumba-all being off... Read More
Mama Koku performs Faith Ringgold’s book “Tar Beach”
Saturday March 17, 2012 – Saturday March 17, 2012 350 Spelman Lane, SW Map and Directions | Register Description: Saturday, March 17, 2012, 1pm – 3pm, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art Free and Open to the Public, Pre-registration is Required. Master storyteller and children’s writer Donna Kokumo Buie, best known as “Mama Koku,” will perform Faith Ringgold’s... Read More
2012 Sea Island Legacy Tour – The Plantation South
On Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 6:00 pm, NBAF will travel by coach to South Carolina to experience the 30th Anniversary of the Penn Center Cultural Heritage Festival with a special emphasis on the Plantation South. After experiencing two days of culture at Penn Center (the first school for freed blacks in the United States of America), we will travel to Charleston to experience... Read More
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES: African Mosaic
Saturday March 26, 2011 – Saturday March 26, 2011 950 Independence Avenue, SW Map and Directions | Register Description: Like a colorful mosaic made from a thousand pieces of brilliant glass, African Mosaic features 112 objects that represent 10 years of building a permanent collection and reflect the diversity and outstanding quality of Africa’s arts. On view are... Read More
Village -2-Go
Thursday February 24, 2011 – Thursday February 24, 2011 Map and Directions | Register Description: Coan Middle School Students Sponsored by Georgia Natural Gas Register Read More
Louis Delsarte Exhibit Reception
Thursday February 24, 2011 – Thursday February 24, 2011 730 Peachtree Street Map and Directions | Register Description: Louis Delsarte Exhibit Reception Members only. Registration Required Register Read More
NBAF’s Resource Teacher, Constance Riley, named a Symetra Hero ‘In the Classroom’
West Manor Elementary physical education teacher and Coach Constance Riley was named a Symetra ‘Hero in the Classroom’ by the Atlanta Falcons and SunTrust Bank during a school wide assembly in the gym today. (View the gallery.) Symetra Heroes in the Classroom, presented by SunTrust Bank, is a community program that recognizes 16 Georgia teachers for outstanding leadership... Read More
Congratulations to Collette M. Hopkins!
Congratulations to Collette M. Hopkins, NBAF Director of Education and Public Programs for being selected into the Fall 2010 Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta class. Read More
NBAF Children’s Education Village
The National Black Arts Festival’s Children’s Educational Village has engaged and delighted thousands of children in the history and culture of Africa and the African Diaspora. Following from last year’s “Growing the Dream” project, this year’s Children’s Educational Village will feature a child-sized replica of Dr. Martin Luther King’s... Read More
