MAPP: Mission Arts Performance Project

Black & Brown Lives Matter: From the Mission to Ayotzinapa, Ferguson to Gaza

Co-curated by Melonie J. Green and the Red Poppy Resident Artist Cohort. Conversation hosted by Melonie J. Green and Melorra J. Green

The Red Poppy Art House resident artist cohort collaborates with “Ubuntu: Can Art Save a Community?” documentary and book project featuring artivists, community organizers and residents of neighborhoods addressing engaged social change and gentrification. This amazing mash up of artists, activists and community organizers presents a special opportunity for community members to converse directly with activists connected to the #BlackLIVESMatter, #QTPOCLiberation, #BLackandBrownLivesMatter, #ShutDownCastro and #AsiansforBlackLivesMatter movements about what it means to be an ally, ask questions that lead to real breakthroughs versus guilt with no action.  The evening will include live art and music performances. Connecting this struggle to that of our Southern neighbors, we will open the evening with a report-back and slide-show presentation from colleagues working with the families of the 43 students that were disappeared in Ayotzinapa, MX, last September.

1:00pm-6pm: Family Art Project
“Hand’s Up” (for ages 3-12), art activities led by Sofia Elias, Mia Eve Rallow, Mari Martinez, and Caleb Duarte
Bus Painting for Ayotzinapa with Alisandro and Simone

6:00pm-10:00pm: Exhibition & Street-side Live Art Engagement

#KissMyBlackArts Collective, Malik Seneferu, Harrison Love, and Todd T. Brown

Performance/Presentations & Discussion

6:00pm-6:45pm:  “Stolen and Painted Trucks” community intervention of the missing 43 (Ayotzinapa, MX). Report back from artist Mía Eve Rollow

7:00pm-7:30pm: Ayotzinapa meets Black lives matter, performance by Byb Bibene & Caleb Duarte

7:30pm-8:15pm: Round table discussion on allies and the role of arts in civil disobedience, hosted by Melonie J Green and Melorra J. Green

8:30pm-8:50PM: “The Tendaloins Collective” performs verses composed through dreams for the stage. See @Computrblu

9:10pm-9:30pm: Zéna: West African harp, experimental folk

9:45pm – 10:00pm: Amy LaCour & Kenya Moses, solo voice and contemporary dance

Admission is Free for all events. 

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