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Please note that Ms. Abney has given away the clothes and other items shown in the above photo.
Potter's House
2016
"In 2016, we helped Ms. Afrika Abney present her art workshops entitled: Kuumba Expressions. She has demonstrated herself as a natural teacher and a talented professional artist. We at Esther Productions Inc. recommend her highly. " - Esther Productions, Inc
Please note that Ms. Afrika Abney has deleted the website for the visual art workshops with the name of Kuumba Expressions. She has not conducted any workshops under this name since 2016!
Kuumba Expressions was a name that Ms. Afrika Abney created to conduct a series of two-hour visual arts workshop on May 16, 2016 and May 23, 2016 from 3:30pm - 5:00pm. Ms. Abney is a graduate of the Corcoran School of Arts, she has extensive experience in designing and implementing providing in-school and community-based visual arts instructional programs. She has exhibited widely on the east coast, is a former Mayor’s Arts Award nominee, and the recipient of multiple grants from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
The workshops are open to youth ages of 6 through 12, including those with developmental disabilities. Participants will receive instruction in painting, using traditional and non-traditional materials, with the intent of enhancing their own natural artistic talent while expanding their fundamental information about compositional studies, light and shadow, and technique. Further, the workshop augments participants’ overall education, particularly their communication skills.
Potter's House
1658 Columbia Rd NW
Washington, DC
3:30- 5:00pm
$10.00 per student for one session. Two sessions @ $20.00 per student. Space is limited.
In 2016, Ms. Abney spoke with Mr. Tim Kumfner and Ms. Susanna Bean about conducting a visual arts workshop at Potter's House which took place at Potter's House on May 16, 2016 and May 23, 2016. They were sponsored by Culture Coffee, Potter's House and Esther Productions, Inc Art Enablers. Information about the workshops was sent via email and posted on social media. Additionally, flyers were circulated and created to promote the workshops.
Mission
Kuumba Expressions is created by Ms. Afrika Abney and designed to continue the mission of offering services to a broader group of young people in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan region. The art workshops are available to various institutions including schools. The art workshops in the past helped young people have a stronger understanding and appreciation for the arts. These art workshops have also helped to improve their academic achievement.
Visual art workshops were designed to serve youth between the ages of 6 through 12, including those with developmental disabilities. Participants were provided instruction in painting, using traditional and non-traditional materials, with the intent of enhancing their own natural artistic talent while expanding their fundamental information about compositional studies, light and shadow, and technique. Further, the workshop augments participants' overall education, particularly their communication skills. Additionally, participants were introduced to many renaissance artists. Some of them include Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Polluck and Lois M. Jones.
However, during her workshops, Ms. Abney allowed several younger children to participate.
Goals:
Ensure workshop participants know the primary colors and learn how to blend them together to create secondary wheel of colors.
Understand basic materials for painting including brushes, papers, and canvases.
Learn how to manipulate such non traditional materials as sponges, twigs, dies, and sticks.
Know and understand basic compositional studies.
Potter's House, DC
"The Potter's House is a nonprofit bookstore, café, and event space in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, DC. "
Esther Productions, Inc Art Enablers
Esther Productions, Inc. is dedicated to using a variety of vehicles-traditional and nontraditional-to develop communities throughout the United States and Europe. It was created in 2004 by Jonetta Rose Barras, award-winning journalist and author of Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl? For more information about Esther Productions, Inc, please visit estherproductionsinc.com.
"Esther Productions Inc Art Enablers believe the arts are critical to individual and communal development. They nurture the soul and stimulate the mind. They also can be key economic drivers, bringing material and spiritual wealth to suffering or underserved communities. Since its inception, Esther Productions Inc. has either produced or sponsored programs in the visual, literary and performing arts.
Art Enablers workshops often are led by professional artists. Genre specific instruction is provided in an intimate environment. The goal is to create a new crop of talented artists who can revitalize select genres. The performances and special events Esther Productions Inc. sponsors are designed to expand the audience for the arts while building a continuing cadre of advocates and financial supporters.
All programs are presented in partnership with other organizations and companies."
This was one of the programs that Esther Productions Inc presented to the public in the past.
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