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Youth Arts Safari is a three-week Summer arts camp that focuses on African American and African aesthetics in visual art, drumming, dance and more. Students will participate in an exciting variety of classes and field trips. The camp will wrap up with a "Show and Tell" of students' work.  


 
Broadway Bound is a seven-week performing arts intensive camp designed to give your children a comprehensive educational foundation in the performing arts. Students learn to master lyrical music and voice control, acting and various dance forms.  They will also learn to perfect their audition skills, and the technical aspects of lighting, sound, and stage management skills.  The camp culminates with three performances of a full-length musical.

For more information please visit our website or call 512-974-3656.


 
Cup, Saucer and Plate Set, ca. 1940-51
China, 22K gold, oil paint
Royal China Company, National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Hand painted by Mattie B. White
Gift of Algerene Craig
 
 
Members of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters (NBOP), founded in 1890, broke away from the Knights of Labor in order to promote labor management relations specifically benefiting all potters. Potters who joined this labor union actively protected their craft as artists and their living wages evolving again well into the 20 th century when the re-expanded union affiliated itself with the American Federation of Labor/Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL/CIO). Union affiliated potters from the NBOP worked for factories such as the Royal China Company based in Sebring, Ohio. Both the Royal China Company's and the labor union's trademarks on the underside of the saucer and the dinner plate date them between 1940 and 1951 when the company employed the union potters, and when the union modified their name from national to international. The artistic potters created a scroll and floral motif border along the rim's edge using real 22K gold on the china called the Duane pattern by the company.
 
Tennessee native, Mattie B. (neé Haywood) White (1867-1951) hand painted the gold flowers red and yellow with green and blue leaves on the cup, saucer, and plate. Sometime after she graduated from Walden University in Tennessee, she moved to Texas. Besides hand painting china, Mrs. White also painted landscape scenes, embroidered and crocheted textiles. The National Women's Federation Meeting recognized Mrs. White's artistic talents by awarding her first prize for her Texas Bluebonnets oil painting. Mrs. White imparted her artistic talents to her deaf students and blind students while working as an art teacher at the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute for Colored Youth (later called the Texas Blind, Deaf and Orphan School) in Austin for 40 years. She co-founded with her husband, Thomas J. White, the Travis County Emancipation Celebration Association to raise money for and acquire land to create Emancipation Park on the eastside of Austin for the African American community's Juneteenth celebrations. Soon after the acquisition of Emancipation Park, Mrs. White delivered her "Opportunity and Responsibility of the Negro" speech to crowds during a Juneteenth celebration.

Phone Home
Artists Gallery

Exhibition on view February 2-April 8, 2017
See it Again Before It Closes
Saturday, April 8
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Phone Home is an installation featuring the work of Washington D.C. based artist, Jessica Valoris. The exhibit is inspired by elements of the xigga afro-philo-cosmology*, a branch of knowledge and way of being that explores the truths of our origins, presence and universe through a Black cultural lens.

Phone Home creates a space for us to explore technologies, traditions, and tools that we use to care for ourselves, locate ancestral inspiration, honor our humanity and blaze pathways towards liberation.

Through interactive "phone booths," museum visitors can send and receive messages, listen to mantra, record affirmations and hear soundbites celebrating the legacy of black radical voices.  

*Footnote- Valoris coined the term "xigga-afro-philo-cosmology." 
This definition is connected to afro-futurism.
HOPE & GLORY:
Frederick Douglass 
Main Gallery


Renowned African American sculptor Tina Allen creates portraits of iconic African Americans connected to life, liberty, and the pursuit of the American dream. Her bust of Frederick Douglass is featured along with an image of the Emancipation Proclamation, authored by President Abraham Lincoln, that freed bondsmen, women, and children in states actively rebelling against the union.  Video interviews by national media with Ms. Allen regarding her work are also featured in exhibition.
 
This exhibition is on loan to the Carver Museum courtesy of the Berri T. McBride Family Trust.

Hidden in Plain Sight
Hakeem Adewumi
Community Gallery

Photographer and mixed-media artist Hakeem Adewumi explores extended definition of masculinity through a series of self-portraits.  Exhibition on view through April 29, 2017.


Higher Learning:
Educational Toys
Opening Reception
Artists Gallery
 
Thursday, April 20, 7:00 p.m.  
Exhibition runs April 20 - June 24, 2017


Beth Consetta Rubel's newest series,  Higher Learning: Educational Toys transforms popular childhood games into interactive toys for the adult mind. Featuring innovative and satirical renditions of trending topic-- from the racial passing of Rachel Dolezal to the ongoing protests at Standing Rock--Rubel explores the intersection of pop culture and identity, questioning the role of mass media in our collective education.  How do the nightly news and social media influence or interfere with our learning? What is it that we have gained and, more importantly, what have we missed? After a trending story has passed in public conversation, has it really died in our private memory? Rubel encourages visitors to play with the familiar toys of youth in a sensorial way to think about how people are transformed into spectacles that linger, spread, polarize, and distract. Come play, laugh, grow. ™

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NAACP's Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO)
Boyd Vance Theatre
 
Saturday, April 8, 10:00 a.m.- 7:00 p.m. 


The NAACP's Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) is a yearlong achievement program designed to recruit, stimulate, and encourage high academic and cultural achievement among African-American high school students.
ACT-SO includes 32 competitions in STEM, humanities, business, and performing, visual and culinary arts. Almost 300,000 young people have participated from the program since its inception.

For over thirty years the mission of ACT-SO has been to prepare, recognize and reward youth of African descent who exemplify scholastic and artistic excellence.

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Austin Metamorphosis Dance Ensemble (AMDE) with
Metamorphosis Dance Academy
Present  Sleeping Beauty
Boyd Vance Theatre

Friday, April 28, 7:00 p.m. and
Saturday, April 29, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Austin Metamorphosis Dance Ensemble in conjunction with Metamorphosis Dance Academy will present  Sleeping Beauty. The beautifully orchestrated ballet will be performed on April 28-29. Through the creative interpretation of AMDE's finest artists and choreographers, the audience will be enchanted by the familiar tale and characters.  For more info metamorphosisdance.org.  For tickets go to amdesleepingbeauty.eventbrite.com .  

 
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Natural Ways
Boyd Vance Theatre

Thursday, April 13, 6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Concert and showcase featuring talent from All Natural Entertainment.

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Folktales Black Women's Literary Society
A Book Club Discussion
Classroom

Friday, April 21, 6:00 p.m.  - 8:00 p.m.

Discussion of The Mothers: A Novel by Brit Bennett.

The Mothers is an absorbing and powerful novel about motherhood, female friendship and finding love with a broken heart. Brit Bennett will captivate you with her characters - who are hurting, flawed and trying to navigate the unsteady transition into adulthood... The Mothers ambitiously tackles heavy circumstances, but the hope of these young black women and Bennett's ability to convey the ferocity of what it means to have a mother, to be a mother, and to want a mother, make this novel a resoundingly magnetic and essential read.
--Al Woodworth, The Amazon Book Review

 
Contact Peggy Terry at folktaleslitsociety@hotmail.com for more info.

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Celebrate Me! Togo

Saturday, April 22, noon - 4 p.m. 


Carver Drum, Classroom, Conference Room, Main Gallery and Dance Studio


Celebrate Me! is a travel exploration activity designed to celebrate creativity diversity and encourage the development of cultural competency.  Each time we will visit a new corner of the globe.  Our journey will explore different cultures and the artistic life of their communities and nations through language, food, geography, fashion and history.

FREE and open to the public.

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Mommy, Daddy and Me
Book Club
Classroom

Saturday, April 22, 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Mommy, Daddy and Me is a parents' and children's book club.  The club encourages inter-generational reading and discussion.  This offering will be led by Yolanda King, a mom and local children's book author.

April's book is Dragons and Marshmallows (Zoey and Sassafras) written by Asia Citro, illustrated by Marion Lindsay.

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Programs at the Genealogy Center

Genealogy Basics
Saturday, April 22, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Learn the basics of genealogy research.
RSVP is required. 512-974-4380.
Basic computer skills are a requirement for the class. 

One-Day Seminar

Saturday, April 22, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. at the Carver Library (C arver Genealogy Seminar postponed until next month as we will be participating in this one-day seminar.)  

Please join us for a one-day seminar devoted to the African American Experience in Texas During the Confederacy. This program is a collaboration between the Texas State Library, Austin History Center and the George Washington Carver Genealogy Center.  (next door at the George Washington Carver Branch Library)
 
Youth Dance Infusion Program
Instructor Aisha Melhem, M.A
Dance Studio

Wednesdays 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

This is a program for youth who want to immerse themselves in all styles of dance, to artistically and physically articulate and expand their knowledge of the art. The diverse range of dance styles trains youth for a new era in the field that values tradition, technical versatility, innovation, and individuality.

Students will be introduced to the history and performance of: ballet, jazz, modern/contemporary, musical theatre, hip-hop, experimental and multicultural dance. Students will learn original choreography and gain the skills to create their own work. Our students will be able to integrate all forms and levels of dance and will have the opportunity to choreograph their own work.

Ages 4 to 18
$60/month
Registration and Payment
Pre-Professional Youth Acting
Instructor Aisha Melhem, M.A
Dance Studio

Wednesdays 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

A pre-professional program is designed for those interested in the art of stage or film acting, directing and more. We focus on original collaborative work so that our students grow rich in the experience of ensemble-building through creating their own productions.
Course topics:
* Monologue Preparation
* Text Analysis and Interpretation of Sides
* Improvisation Techniques and Exercises
* Pre-Audition and Callback Preparation
* Exploring your Emotional Depths
* Acting Tactics and Objectives
* Timing, Rhythm, and Control
* Expanding Your Acting Range with Character Work
* Scene Study
* Study of a Variety of Industry Adopted Methods
* Preparation for College/School Acting Program Auditions
* Building Your Own Actor's Website
* Headshot and Resume

Students are encouraged to audition for all B*Tru Arts productions.

Ages 7 to 18
$60/month
Registration and Payment
Capoeira for Youth
Instructor Feijao (Seifu Bekele)
Dance Studio

Tuesdays, Thursdays
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.


Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art with Angolan roots,  is a fusion  of dance, acrobatics and music .  The martial art form is characterized by lightening speed kicks, spins and other movements. 

Ages 6 to 13
Fee: $55 per month
For more information:
Call (512) 636-8665

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Keys of Life
Piano Lessons with Daphne McDole
Carver Classroom

Tuesdays: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 
Thursdays: 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.


Keys of Life is an east Austin based piano instruction program teaching children the value of music.
 
 
For more information and to register:
Email missmcdole@gmail.com
Call: (512) 833-0546
Rhythms African Drum 
Instructor: Tonya Lyles
Dance Studio

Saturday, April 8 and 22
*Classes held 2nd & 4th Saturdays
10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. - Youth Drum
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Intergenerational Drum

This workshop series will enhance your connection to rhythm through hand drumming. In our class, you will learn basic techniques, hand patterns, and traditional rhythms on the West African djembe drum. Together we will build a drum community.     
 
Come. Learn. Drum!

Drums are limited. To reserve a drum, contact Tonya Lyles  at sistadrums@yahoo.com or (512) 974-4926.
 
Changing Expectations 
My Brother's Keeper 
Coding Makerspace
Carver Classroom

Saturday, April 8, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

To foster an inclusive computing culture, Changing Expectations is adding WebVR (virtual reality) coding projects to the My Brother's Keeper Coding Makerspace. The program teaches and prepares males of color for the VR workforce. This pilot project especially explore gigabit speed networks. 

The MBK students will then share a mini-workshop with younger ethnically diverse youth and their parents.  This will take place at the Carver.

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Student Lounge
Carver Classroom

Fridays 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

The Youth Enrichment Program for Austin's Eastside Middle School Students includes tutoring, mentorship,  and opportunities for self-exploration in a safe educational atmosphere.
 


The George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural, and Genealogy Center is dedicated to the collection, preservation, research, interpretation, and exhibition of historical and cultural material reflecting all dimensions of experiences of persons of African descent living in Austin, Travis County, Texas and in the United States. The museum is also a key source of information on the history and celebration of Juneteenth. 

The City of Austin is proud to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require special assistance for participation in our programs or for use of our facilities,  please call (512) 974-3914.


George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy Center
1165 Angelina Street Austin Texas 78702
(512) 974-4926 (museum) 
(512) 974-4380 (genealogy center)
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