Monday, January 21, 2019

January 27, 2019 2:00-3:00PM AAMP Commune: Wailing featuring LaTreice Branson

AAMP Commune: Wailing featuring LaTreice Branson
Sunday, January 27 30, 2 p.m.
Tickets: $5 Advance | $14 with general museum admission
Free for Members, Students & Seniors

On select Sundays, AAMP invites to visitors to experience our exhibitions through the lens of a community conversation with museum staff, along with an invited artists from our region. More than just an art talk, AAMP Commune is a community-led dialogue exploring key themes found within our exhibition, historical narratives, and our collective experiences as people. Held within AAMP’s upper exhibition galleries, this one hour dialogue starts with an introductory artistic response by our featured artists, and is followed by an open dialogue.

This next installment of AAMP Commune centers on our exhibition Cotton: The Soft Dangerous Beauty of the Past, and features percussionist and performance artist LaTreice Branson. Along with exploring this month’s AAMP Commune theme of WAILING through open conversation, Branson will also share a few selections from her deep repertoire of music.

Guests are encouraged to arrive 30 minutes early to allow time to explore the exhibition Cotton: The Soft Dangerous Beauty of the Past, which features over 30 large-scale photographs by master printer and visual artist, John E. Dowell.

More on our featured artist:

LaTreice V. Branson is an educator, community activist, and drummer from Philadelphia who enriches her community through interactive drum performances and gatherings that often feature impromptu audience collaborations. Exploring the creation of new soundscapes through improvisation by inviting musicians and non-musicians alike to engage in the process of arranging music, LaTreice has influenced a reciprocal culture of sharing that unites marginalized communities. Her free and publicly-accessible drumming events uplift gender-inclusivity and live collaboration. She also is the founder of Drum Like a Lady, a community cooperative whose mission is to provide a safe space for women of all ages, ethnic backgrounds, religious beliefs and lifestyles to express their uniqueness through collective drumming, dance, music education, and mental health advocacy. LaTreice received the Leeway Transformation Award in 2016.

African American Museum in Philadelphia
701 Arch St.
Philadelphia, PA

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