Brava! for Women in the Arts & Black Artists Contemporary Cultural Experience present
So Soul San Francisco Black Art Salon Series Online: Internationally Black
Saturday, January 23, 2020
11am (PST) live on BACCE’s YouTube page
With guest Nambi E. Kelley
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 features interviews with artists working outside of the United States, offering an exciting and unique look at what’s happening everywhere. In January, So Soul hosts actor and playwright, Nambi E. Kelley.
BACCE takes the opportunity in this unprecedented moment to stay engaged with their audience and to make connections with artists working in other countries to discover new ways to practice and be Black artists.
This free, online event will be live on BACCE’s YouTube page. Make sure to subscribe to see the latest!
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Nambi E. Kelley currently co-stars on Coronatown, airing on Amazon, and Chicago Med on NBC. Most recently she appeared on stage as Nya in MacArthur Genius Dominique Morriseau's Pipeline. She also played the role of Risa to critical acclaim in the Goodman Theatre's production of Two Trains Running, having been nominated for a Black Theatre Alliance Award and a Broadway Theatre World Award for her work. Kelley returns from Singapore where she co-adapted and performed in The Book of Living and Dying at the Singapore Arts Festival, commissioned by the Finger Players Theatre (Singapore) and Teatri Sbagliati (Italy).
Ms. Kelley also served as a season 3 writer on Showtime's The Chi, and is working with the estate of Dr. Maya Angelou to develop a bio play based on her life for Broadway. She has also penned the plays Jazz, Native Son, and Xtigone.
WATCH PAST SALONS
So Soul San Francisco Black Art Salon: Internationally Black, 12/19/20, with Kahlid Eliiah Tapia.
So Soul San Francisco: Black Art Salon Internationally Black, 11/21/20. A lively conversation with voice artist, podcaster and dynamic critical thinker, Cici Vasquez. Cici talks about working in China, her podcast and the inter...
So Soul San Francisco Black Art Salon: Internationally Black, 10/17/20, with award winning director, playwright, filmmaker and scholar, Dr. Niyi Coker, Jr.
So Soul SF Black Art Salon goes international! The online salon series begins 9/19/20. This salon features conversations with two Berlin based artists, George N Roses (aka Lola Rose) and Colin Griffiths Brown.