Brava! for Women in the Arts & Black Artists Contemporary Cultural Experience present
So Soul San Francisco Black Art Salon Series Online: Internationally Black
Saturday, September 19, 2020
11am (PST) live on BACCE’s YouTube page
BACCE takes the So Soul San Francisco Black Arts Salon Series online with interviews and stories of Black artistry from around the globe. Each month the Salon Series will feature artists working outside of the United States, offering an exciting and unique look at what’s happening everywhere. We take the opportunity in this unprecedented moment to stay engaged with our audience and to make connections with artists working in other countries to discover new ways to practice and be Black artists.
The Saturday, September 19 Salon features artists George N Roses/Lola Roses and Colin Griffiths-Brown. This free, online event will be live on BACCE’s YouTube page. More details forethcomiing.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
George N Roses/Lola Rose is a queer artist originally from San Francisco living, breathing, fucking and working in Berlin. By day they are a Theatre Arts Educator teaching throughout Germany and by night they are the performer capturing audiences with her sultry and powerful voice. She combines her spoken word with heavy subject matters such as racism, body positivity, mental health, love and self love to help people overcome their fears on these matters. They have performed at such places as Kammerspiele München; WUSS 3000, Die Sophiensaele, M.E.L.T. Festival, SO36, SOHO House Berlin, American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco Mime Troupe, and Teatro Zinzanni. Her work has been noted in magazines such as Siegessäule and Der Spiegel.
Colin Griffiths-Brown is a British, singer and actor based in Berlin, Germany with more than 30 years in the business. His long, illustrious and dynamic career has its beginnings at the Old Vic Theatre in London where he performed in the acclaimed production of Carmen Jones, helmed by renown director, Simon Callow. Additional theater credits include international touring company of Carmen Jones, Callow’s Les Enfants du Paradis at the Royal Shakespeare Company and roles in La Cage Aux Folles, Driving Miss Daisy Smokey Joe’s Café, and Feets Don’t Fail Me Now - David Trotman’s 1996 play about a runaway slave that played at San Francisco’s Transmission Theater in the 1990s.
TV credits include “The Bill”, “The Knock”, and “Eastenders”. Films include Gale Edwards’ Jesus Christ Superstar, Buffalo Soldiers, and the upcoming film “Annette”, directed by Leos Carax, starring Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver. As a Voice Over Artist, he has recorded for a variety of genres, from film, commercials, education and relaxation, most notably voicing the TV advertising campaign celebrating Bob Marley’s ground breaking Album, “Exodus” 30 Year Anniversary, ZDF’s Nature program “Life and Death in Paradise“ and the English voice for “Sync Souls,“ relaxation and meditation audio books, to be found on Spotify and Apple Music.
UPCOMING BLACK ART SALONS
Saturday, October 17, 11am (PST)
Saturday, November 21, 11am (PST)
Saturday, January 16, 11am (PST)