You are invited to the opening reception of Clock Strikes Thirteen...Again! (A Reprise of the Women's History Month Commemoration) Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Bldg., 163 W. 125th Street, 2nd Floor Art Gallery on Saturday July 17, 2010 from 2:00p.m. 5:30 p.m.
Join mixed-media artist Wilhelmina Obatola Grant for an art talk and refreshments at the opening reception of visual art exhibition Clock Strikes Thirteen, an homage to 13 well-known Black women who lost their lives to breast cancer.
The exhibition features depictions of Fannie Lou Hamer, Hattie McDaniel, Audre Lorde, Minnie Riperton, Naomi Sims, Danitra Vance, June Jordan, Rosalind Cash, Syreeta Wright, Patricia Roberts Harris, Roxie Roker, Shirley Horn, and Alaina Reed Amini. Clock Strikes Thirteen celebrates these trailblazing Black female ancestors who have impacted society significantly, and who would have undoubtedly made even greater contributions if they had lived longer, healthier lives. Disturbing, only four of these heroines lived past age 60.
Click link to view 2 minute video from previous event http://columbianewstonight.org/2010/03/12/art-exhibit-in-harlem-promotes-breast-cancer-awareness/
Clock Strikes Thirteen is on display alongside other assemblage art works which address early detection, advocacy issues and cancer survivorship from July 1-31, 2010 by appointment by emailing: wgrant56@aol.com
Admission is free. Photo I.D. is required to enter the building.
