Funk Takes Center Stage at William Grant Still Arts Center
May 17, 2018
The community art center celebrates William Grant Still’s birthday, while taking a deeper look at the history of funk in Los Angeles.
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The William Grant Still Arts Center
Black Doll Exhibition is Back!
January 18, 2018
This year’s exhibition seeks to examine Black life and identity.
Holman UMC Hosts HIV/AIDS Week of Impact
February 10, 2016
Holman United Methodist Church, in partnership with the AIDS Health Foundation, continues its “HIV/AIDS Week of Impact” activities with a Faith Leaders Teach-In. The event, set for Friday, February 12, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, February 13, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., will held on Holman’s campus located at 3320 West Adams Blvd., in Los Angeles. The Rev. Kelvin Sauls is the host pastor. “This focused training is entitled, ‘The Black Church and HIV/AIDS: What Did Jesus Do?’ The teach-in will include presentations & conversations with medical professionals and pastors about strategies to move the Black
35th Annual Black Doll Show Shines Light on the War against HIV/AIDS
December 17, 2015
On Dec. 12th, The William Grant Still Arts Center hosted a grand opening exhibit for “Trench Art Retrospective: The War Against HIV/AIDS-Women of the African Diaspora in the Trenches”, the theme of the 35th Annual Black Doll Show currently running from Dec. 12, 2015 to Feb. 13, 2016. Curated by Dr. Cynthia Davis, doll maker and assistant professor in the College of Medicine and College of Science and Health at Charles R. Drew University, the exhibit’s goal is to artistically depict the negative impact the HIV/AIDS pandemic continues to have on women and girls of the African Diaspora. The exhibit