memphis on the milky way

thursday may 20 (s pearl said i should put dates on my pots)

im hitting at sheree's afrofuturiism conference
saturday at 4 o'clock 410 s. main, a good lineup as you can see,
ima do my hoodoo prophecy piece, which should blow the
afrofuturism crowd away, they don't know i exist, they writing

fantasies about the future but w/my wouldbe afroam holybook,
the hoodoo book of flowers, I'm actually trying to shape the future,
forge a star faring peoples, after saturday that afrofuturist crowd

will know who rules this roost

also going to be a special performance for me cause
I'm scheduled w/the young literary turks of memphis,
baba rickydoc and his visionary legions, ima represent,

memphis on the milky way

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#BSAMMemphis 2018

BLACK TO THE FUTURE: Revival on the River

Saturday, April 21, 2018 (10 am – 5 pm) 

ART VILLAGE GALLERY 410 S. Main Street, Memphis TN 38103

 

10 am – 5 pm:               Vendors / Exhibitors / Cosplayers / Art Show

VISUALIZING THE AFROFUTURE Art Show curated by BLACK KIRBY

Tim Fielder, Nettrice Gaskins, Tori Hunter, Stacey Robinson

Quentin VerCetty

                                    Warrior Breed of Fanboy Entertainment, John Cooley & Cosplayers

                                    Legends PRESS, Quinn McGowan (Lower Galleries)

                                    LotusNight Cosplayers, Kenneth Dunn (Lower Galleries)

10 am –  11 am:            Ekpe of the African Jazz Ensemble (live music, Upper Gallery)

11 am – 12:15 pm:        Afrofuturism 2.0: Black to the Future -  What does the Afrofuture Look Like?

                                    Alchemizing the Black Myth Inna Di North – BSAM CANADA; Chocolate Cities

                                    Dr. Reynaldo Anderson, Marcus Haynes, Stacey Robinson

Dr. Zandria F. Robinson, Quentin VerCetty

11:30 – 1:00 pm           Black Pot Mojo Film Festival (Lower Gallery 1)

Animation & Digital Arts, Tim Fielder, Solomon Robinson, Quentin VerCetty

Not Your Ordinary Black Girls debut screening

Amanda Willoughby and Jessica R. Chaney

All Tomorrow’s Children by Jon-Carlos Evans

1:00 – 1:45 pm             A Brief History of People of Color in Comics by stand-up comic and host of

Black Nerd Power podcast, Richard Douglass Jones

2:00 – 3:00 pm             So Long Been Dreaming: Spiritual Future of Memphis & the Black Community

Rev. Wintrell Pittman, Dr. Zandria Robinson, Helena Scholar Leigh

Music by Soncellia Pittman

3:00 – 4:00 pm             We Wear the Mask: Speculative Fiction & Fantasy Performances (Upper Gallery)

                                    Celeste Rita Baker, Danian Jerry, Nina Rene Shavers, Dr. RaShell Smith-Spears

4:00 – 5:00 pm             The Stars Are Our Witness: Afrofuturist Visionary Tales (Upper Gallery)

                                    Arthur Flowers, Jamey Hatley, Troy L. Wiggins, Sheree Renée Thomas

5:00 – 5:45 pm             African Jazz Ensemble at Robert Church Park – 32^nd Africa in April Festival