Dear colleagues,
Please find below advance details about the V&A's Black History Month 2002
exhibition/events programme, forwarded from Ms Eithne Nightingale (Email:
[log in to unmask]):
Black History Month
27 September - 31 October 2002
Venues: Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London
SW7, Theatre Museum (Covent Garden) and Museum of Childhood (Bethnal Green)
- sponsored by the Heritage Lottery Fund
The concept of Black History Month to celebrate black heritage originated in
the United States but over the last few years has gained increasing momentum
and developed its own British based identity.
For October 2002 the V&A at South Kensington, the Theatre Museum in Covent
Garden and the Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green, London, have all
developed an extensive programme of events, talks, trails and workshops. The
programme will be launched at the V&A South Kensington with Carnival in
Motion - a chance to see Notting Hill carnival costumes against the
backdrop of the treasures of the V&A.
The full programme offers the chance to discover objects in the V&A's
collections that reflect the history of black people in Europe, learn about
black Victorians in Britain and explore the role that women of African
descent have played in the early years of British Theatre. There are
performances, drama and music workshops including Malcolm X at Mecca
launched at the Museum of Childhood, rap workshops for young people and
theatre workshops for schools. There are family events including
storytelling, creative writing, family archiving, textile printing and an
opportunity to Draw the World. There are demonstrations and talks covering
topics such as the 'West Indian front room' and 'Surrealism in the
Caribbean'. Leading photographers give illustrated talks on travels in
Africa, the Civil Rights Movement in America and Photojournalism from the
'Front-Line' in Britain. Oral history workshops and events explore the oral
traditions in the Caribbean, passage and settlement in Britain, making one's
own entertainment. And lastly a series of short films which look at black
British fashion today have been specially commissioned for Black History
Month at the V&A.
Contact for further enquiries: Ms Eithne Nightingale (Email:
[log in to unmask]); Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2RL
Web site: http://www.vam.ac.uk/
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