Simone Monique Barnes

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- Wildflower UU Church Guest Speaker
WritingWordsmith — “a person who works with words; especially: a skillful writer” (Merriam-Webster)
Laughter YogaSelect Highlights Funda Fest 12 The Rhode Island Black Storytellers’ 12th annual festival, held January 17-24, 2010 throughout the state of Rhode Island, celebrating Black storytelling Ribsfest.org REMIX: Indigenous Identities in the 21st Century Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Harvard University on exhibit April 2008 to January 2009 Curatorial Advisor for contemporary art exhibit co-curated by four undergraduate student members of Native Americans at Harvard College, on behalf of the Ivy Native Council. Featured the art of Bunky Echo-Hawk, Courtney Leonard, Doug Miles, and Ryan Red Corn Peabody Museum Student curators highlight American Indian cultural ‘Remix’ New York Woman’s Agenda’s inaugural ”New York Reads Together” Created, planned and implemented New York Reads Together: New York City’s first citywide book discussion program based on the reading of one book Secured last minute funding, bringing the budget from $0 to $81,000 to provide funding for a new website www.nyreadstogether.org, marketing materials, and over 11,000 special NYRT editions of The Color of Water by James McBride to be donated to public schools and libraries, shelters, and community-based organizations. Served as media spokesperson, and performed crisis management, refocusing media on the educational aspects of the program Implemented partnerships and outreach to get New…
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40 Days of Black Art. Day 4: Michael Cunningham

Day 4: Photographer Michael Cunningham Three Things: From his official bio: “Cunningham chooses to work in black and white; this allows him to express what is in his soul. Black and white photography is very personal, he says and reaches deep inside the viewer, making them study the photograph for what it represents outside…

Simone Monique Barnes

March 8, 2014

Americana, Arts, Black History and Culture, Church, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Nation Building, Visual Arts

African American, artist, church, church women, Crowns, Michael Cunningham, Photography, portraits
Juneteenth circa 1900, Austin, Texas

The official Juneteenth Committee in East Woods Park, Austin, Texas on June 19, 1900. (Courtesy Austin History Center, Austin Public Library) Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Juneteenth-Our-Other-Independence-Day.html

Simone Monique Barnes

June 19, 2013

Black History and Culture, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Genealogy and Home Collections, Nation Building, Visual Arts

1900s, African American, Austin, East Austin, History, Juneteenth, Photography, Texas

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Tag: Photography

40 Days of Black Art. Day 4: Michael Cunningham

Juneteenth circa 1900, Austin, Texas