BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Cente r X-WR-TIMEZONE:Eastern Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352488110 DTSTART:20240220T140000Z DTEND:20240220T220000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352490159 DTSTART:20240221T140000Z DTEND:20240221T220000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352491184 DTSTART:20240222T140000Z DTEND:20240222T220000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352493233 DTSTART:20240223T140000Z DTEND:20240223T220000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352494258 DTSTART:20240226T140000Z DTEND:20240226T220000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352496307 DTSTART:20240227T140000Z DTEND:20240227T220000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352497332 DTSTART:20240228T140000Z DTEND:20240228T220000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352499381 DTSTART:20240229T140000Z DTEND:20240229T220000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352501430 DTSTART:20240301T140000Z DTEND:20240301T220000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352502455 DTSTART:20240304T140000Z DTEND:20240304T220000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352504504 DTSTART:20240305T140000Z DTEND:20240305T220000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352505529 DTSTART:20240306T140000Z DTEND:20240306T220000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352506554 DTSTART:20240307T140000Z DTEND:20240307T220000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352508603 DTSTART:20240308T140000Z DTEND:20240308T220000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352509628 DTSTART:20240311T130000Z DTEND:20240311T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352511677 DTSTART:20240312T130000Z DTEND:20240312T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352512702 DTSTART:20240313T130000Z DTEND:20240313T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352514751 DTSTART:20240314T130000Z DTEND:20240314T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352515776 DTSTART:20240315T130000Z DTEND:20240315T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352517825 DTSTART:20240318T130000Z DTEND:20240318T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352518850 DTSTART:20240319T130000Z DTEND:20240319T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352520899 DTSTART:20240320T130000Z DTEND:20240320T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352522948 DTSTART:20240321T130000Z DTEND:20240321T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352523973 DTSTART:20240322T130000Z DTEND:20240322T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352526022 DTSTART:20240325T130000Z DTEND:20240325T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352527047 DTSTART:20240326T130000Z DTEND:20240326T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352529096 DTSTART:20240327T130000Z DTEND:20240327T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352530121 DTSTART:20240328T130000Z DTEND:20240328T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352532170 DTSTART:20240329T130000Z DTEND:20240329T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352533195 DTSTART:20240401T130000Z DTEND:20240401T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352535244 DTSTART:20240402T130000Z DTEND:20240402T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352536269 DTSTART:20240403T130000Z DTEND:20240403T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352537294 DTSTART:20240404T130000Z DTEND:20240404T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352539343 DTSTART:20240405T130000Z DTEND:20240405T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352540368 DTSTART:20240408T130000Z DTEND:20240408T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352542417 DTSTART:20240409T130000Z DTEND:20240409T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352543442 DTSTART:20240410T130000Z DTEND:20240410T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352545491 DTSTART:20240411T130000Z DTEND:20240411T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352546516 DTSTART:20240412T130000Z DTEND:20240412T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352548565 DTSTART:20240415T130000Z DTEND:20240415T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352549590 DTSTART:20240416T130000Z DTEND:20240416T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352551639 DTSTART:20240417T130000Z DTEND:20240417T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352553688 DTSTART:20240418T130000Z DTEND:20240418T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352554713 DTSTART:20240419T130000Z DTEND:20240419T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352556762 DTSTART:20240422T130000Z DTEND:20240422T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352557787 DTSTART:20240423T130000Z DTEND:20240423T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352559836 DTSTART:20240424T130000Z DTEND:20240424T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352560861 DTSTART:20240425T130000Z DTEND:20240425T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352561886 DTSTART:20240426T130000Z DTEND:20240426T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352563935 DTSTART:20240429T130000Z DTEND:20240429T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352565984 DTSTART:20240430T130000Z DTEND:20240430T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352567009 DTSTART:20240501T130000Z DTEND:20240501T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352568034 DTSTART:20240502T130000Z DTEND:20240502T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352570083 DTSTART:20240503T130000Z DTEND:20240503T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352571108 DTSTART:20240506T130000Z DTEND:20240506T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352573157 DTSTART:20240507T130000Z DTEND:20240507T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352575206 DTSTART:20240508T130000Z DTEND:20240508T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352576231 DTSTART:20240509T130000Z DTEND:20240509T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T142047Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45684352578280 DTSTART:20240510T130000Z DTEND:20240510T210000Z DESCRIPTION:“There is a thing passing in the sky\; some thick clouds surr ound it\; the uninitiated sees nothing” – A proverb from Mende people found in Bell Hooks Art in My Mind citing Radiance from the Waters – Ide als of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone.\n\n \n\nInitiat ions showcases the works of six artists who engage with a variety of photo graphic formats and audiovisual works offering a visual dialogue that init iates the audience to each artist’s aesthetic language. The artworks wil l be installed in a design that suggests a nontraditional choreography for the audience to perform while engaging with the art. The entanglement of still photographs\, projection of film and audio pieces will interact to a ctivate one another\, creating a world of voices and visualities and creat ing a visual texture that eludes purity. Rather\, the exhibition is a conf luence of aesthetic ideas from artists of our time in dialogue with each o ther and the broader audience.\n\n \n\nThe artists in the group exhibit in clude: Jasmine Clark\, Ibrahim Ahmad\, Nyugen E. Smith\, Andres Hernandez\ , Adrienne Jacob Oliver\, and Letícia Clementina. GEO:35.907852;-79.050272 LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi story\, Brown Gallery and Museum - 1st Floor SUMMARY:"Initiations" Spring 2024 #Exhibition-Sonja Haynes Stone Center URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/initiations_spring_2024_exhibi tion-sonja_haynes_stone_center CATEGORIES:Performances CATEGORIES:Exhibits END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR