Black Legend Heirloom – South Dallas Cultural Center https://sdcc.dallasculture.org Sat, 18 Mar 2023 17:34:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.12 https://oca-media.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/06/cropped-SDCC-LOGO_Updated_Sankofa-32x32.png Black Legend Heirloom – South Dallas Cultural Center https://sdcc.dallasculture.org 32 32 Black Legend Heirloom Workshop https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/2023/01/12/black-legend-heirloom-workshop/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-legend-heirloom-workshop Thu, 12 Jan 2023 22:25:13 +0000 https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/?p=6763 + Read More]]> Black Legend Heirloom Workshop was a four-week hands on art experience with making your own Black Legend Heirloom led by 2022 Juanita J. Craft Artist-in-Residence, Camika C. Spencer. Participants were provided with all supplies as they learned the value of how heritage and legacy can influence art. The theme of the workshop was “Crafting Ms. Craft” – using Juanita J. Craft as the teaching model. The final heirlooms will be on exhibit at the South Dallas Cultural Center on a future date.

(Photos: SDCC Staff / Imani Chet Lytle)
Camika C. Spencer
Camika C. Spencer

Camika Spencer M.A, M.F.A, is an Oak Cliff native of Dallas, Texas. She is the author of three best-selling novels, an award-winning playwright, noted educator, former rock band background singer, and she recently completed a teaching year in Al Giza, Egypt where she taught English as a second language.
 
She is a company member of Soul Rep Theatre, a 2019 Lee Daniels Creative Select, and curator of the podcast, One Year in Egypt, which is currently in development as a one-woman show in conjunction with Bishop Arts Theatre. Camika also crotchets, knits, paints, and refurbishing antique furniture. Interior design and global trading are where she finds herself most settled using her artistic gifts.
 
Her revival of Black Legend Heirlooms as an art installation begins with Camika being able to discuss, teach, and curate shows in African-American neighborhoods throughout the United States and the globe, where she hopes to begin in her home of Dallas, Texas

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]]> Black Legend Heirloom | Camika Spencer https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/2022/11/19/black-legend-heirloom-camika-spencer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-legend-heirloom-camika-spencer Sat, 19 Nov 2022 02:26:00 +0000 https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/?p=6254 + Read More]]> As a 2022 component of the Juanita J. Craft Artist Residency, the Black Legend Heirloom, created by Camika Spencer, is as project that fosters artistic growth for adults by teaching the process of creating through the technical use of acrylic painting, collage, and design on 6-inch paper Mache boxes. The project focuses on South Dallas, Juanita J. Craft, and the history of Dallas as it pertains to themes such as civil rights, family, social justice, and legacy. The heirlooms were showcased at the South Dallas Cultural Center and then donated to contribute to the artistic cannon and legacy of the Black Dallas artist movement.

(Photo: SDCC Staff / Imani Chet Lytle)

“Black Legend Heirloom is the first whole whisper of skill I have been able to express as a visual creator. I am making solid my voice. I put painting, collage, design, Decoupage and paper mache to use in a way that captures memory in alter form to house memory, legacy, heritage, and inheritance.”

Camika Spencer

About the artist: Camika Spencer M.A., M.F.A is an Oak Cliff native of Dallas, Texas. She is a best-selling author, award-winning playwright, and educator. In 2019 she was announced as a Lee Daniels/Represent OMV creatives winner, and she is currently scripting a one-woman show titled, One Year in Egypt. The Black Legend Heirloom Project is a first for Ms. Spencer and she hopes to continue evolving the art as a teaching practice beyond the borders of Dallas, Texas.

This exhibition was free and open for public viewing from Oct. 25 – Nov. 10, 2022 at the South Dallas Cultural Center. Click here to learn more about the Juanita J. Craft Artist Residency.

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