**RESCHEDULED DATE TBD An Evening of Art and Conversation on American History - The Legacy of Hats from Africa to America: Souls of Women Folk & Revisiting Orwell**

An Evening of Art and Conversation - The Legacy of Hats from Africa to America: Souls of Women Folk & Revisiting Orwell

Audience: Teachers, School Administrators, School Support Staff, Equity Directors & Specialists

In this art talk, Beverly Tipton Hammond shares the powerful historical connection between African Women's Head Dress and the hats worn today in the church by African American Women, The faith, the food, the music, and the arts are all entwined in the story. The struggle and oppression during the years of enslavement continues today, but as an undercurrent of disdain. How has fasion empowered women to mobilize for racial justice and how do we find healing for ravaged souls?

Visual Artist, A Drew Hammond leads an exploration of American art in comparision to three quotes by Author George Orwell (1903-1950). The comparison will explain the staunch marginalization of African Americans.

Beverly Tipton Hammond is an ordained elder, dancer, choreographer, visual artist, singer, songwriter, art curator and entrepreneur. She began painting 14 years ago as a hobby and has over 200 paintings. Her medium is acrylic, ink marker on canvas and wood, as well as collage. Her artwork was featured in the Hennepin County Employee Exhibit in 2017 and most recently her "Hattitude Series" the Minnesota African American Heritage Museum & Gallery in the "Grace Exhibit" in 2018-2019.

A Drew Hammond, self-taught artist was born in 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland and gew up in the Edmondson Village community. He attended schools in Maryland and South Carolina. Hammond credits God with endowing him artistically with the gift and affinity for the arts. His work focuses on expressing the people in the African American diaspora, which is an important and personal undertaking in a society filled with disregard and misinformation. Of his medium, cersatility, his most expressive works are his collages which provoke thought and create visual disputtaion and resolve. Drew and his wife Beverly are co-founders of Tipton-Hammond Arts, an interdisciplinary arts studio in Northeast Minneapolis. A Drew is set to release a book of haikus and art in Spring 2024.

Location: Tipton-Hammond Arts, Gallery #261, Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413

Tuition (includes light appetizers/refreshments):

$125 Member

$150 Non-member

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