Southern Galactic's Sun Ra Fest is here!
Southern Galactic is a multidisciplinary event honoring founding Afrofuturist Sun Ra, a musician and composer who is credited with spearheading Afrofuturism, and his connections to "The Rocket City" Huntsville. The event is produced by Huntsville visual artists Jahni Moore and Willoughby Lucas Hastings and is scheduled for May 19th - May 22nd, 2023. Southern Galactic will include history and aeronautics presentations, public workshops, musical performances, an outdoor walking parade, and a screening of John Coney, Joshua Smith, and Sun Ra's film Space is the Place, as well as contemporary Afrofuturist visual artist Cauleen Smith's video performance Space is the Place: A March for Sun Ra.
March 19th: Please join us for the screening event of Cauleen Smith's Space is the Place: A March for Sun Ra and John Coney and Sun Ra’s Space is the Place.
Morton Hall, Room 145, 6-9pm.
Popcorn and drinks provided!
March 20th: Please join us for presentations and a panel discussion with guest speakers William Hampton, Mason Quick, Nailah Hunter, Simone Taylor Cunningham, and Howard Bankhead.
North Huntsville Public Library, 11am-2pm.
*Events are free and open to the public*
Southern Galactic is funded in part by project grants from the Verdant Fund and Alabama Council on the Arts with additional support from United Women of Color, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Maitland Conservatory, North Huntsville Public Library, Huntsville Revisited Museum, and UAH Humanities Center.
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