30TH ANNUAL BZB GIFT AND ART SHOW PRESS RELEASES
Ms. Afrika Abney has prepared the following press releases. Press releases have been sent via email.
For Immediate Release
Contact Ms. Juanita Britton "BZB"
202-550-7060
30th Annual BZB Shop til Ya Drop!
NOV 25-26th Black Friday & Saturday
SATURDAYS
Dec 3rd
Dec 10th
Dec 17th
Friday & Sat (Christmas Eve)
Dec 23-24
Shiloh Baptist Church
1510 9th Street NW(9th & P Sts)
Washington DC 20001
(Washington, DC) - 30th Annual BZB Shop til Ya Drop!returns to Shiloh Baptist Church and opens on November 25th at 10am. Annual BZB Holiday Gift and Art Show is produced by Juanita Britton, retail marketing specialist and entrepreneur. “Our goal is to attract customers to shop with businesses and artisans in their communities. People are having second thoughts about shopping in this economy along with the added stress and inconvenience of suburban malls”, says Ms. Britton.
“Customers are also beginning to understand the connection between entrepreneurship, consumerism and the survival of the local boutiques and shops in our neighborhoods.” Ms. Britton who operates an art gallery and several retail businesses at National and Dulles airports, is regularly featured on national and local, television & radio programs and in community newspapers around issues of economic and small business development in urban communities. She has worked with over 400 businesses to in the areas of product development, marketing and distribution.
"Once a year, shoppers from around the beltway, up and down the East Coast trek to this festive, holiday marketplace to find an enchanting holiday shopping atmosphere that features unique and ethnic gifts created and sold by local retailers and artisans that create. Specialties such as jewelry designed by local master goldsmith, Shukri; wood carvings from Ghana, local fine artists such as Larry “Poncho” Brown, with prints and originals for sale; new and collectible books; ethnic games and toys; men’s and women’s clothing from West Africa tailors and Washington based couture designer, DAMALI; glassware encrusted with 24 karat gold from Egypt; youth artisans and entrepreneurs, just to name a few."
For Immediate Release
Contact Ms. Juanita Britton "BZB"
202-550-7060
Julee Dickerson - Thompson and Mia Duvall @ BZB Holiday Gala Fine Art Show
(Washington, D.C.) - Join Julee Dickerson - Thompson and Mia Duvall at the 30th Annual BZB Holiday Gift and Art Show takes place at Shiloh Baptist Church and opens on November 25th at 10am. It is produced by Ms. Juanita Britton.
Julee Dickerson - Thompson
"As an award-winning artist, Julee Dickerson-Thompson is known for her distinctive pen and ink illustrative style, airbrush paintings, and public art installations. Beginning with her residency at Zenith Gallery’s artist colony and subsequent participation in the inaugural exhibitions at the Evans-Tibbs Gallery and the Miya Gallery, Julee’s work is featured in exhibits and collections at galleries, museums, and “alternative spaces” throughout the United States.
Seeking to integrate influences from her travels and studies in West Africa, the Caribbean, the American South, and Paris, France, Julee experiments with mixed-media, soft sculptures, quilts, and doll-making. Often moving between fine art, illustrations, and literature, Julee is also an author, and one of her most recognized books is The Dance of the Rain Gods, published by Africa World Press. Regardless of the medium, her work often incorporate themes of Black feminism, peace promotion, inter-faith symbolism, and inter-generational relationships.
Julee Dickerson-Thompson is a native Washingtonian and life-long resident of the Brookland community. When she was a teenager, the Workshops for Careers in the Arts (now Duke Ellington School of the Arts) planted the seeds for a career as a multi-media artist and illustrator. Julee continued her art studies at Simmons College, the Massachusetts College of Art, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Corcoran College of Art."
Mia Duvall
"Mia Duvall is best known for her work as a collaborating muralist and art director on some of Washington, DC's most highly regarded and appreciated murals. The work of Mia Duvall is a reflection of a deep love and appreciation for color (and the principles and elements of art and design). Mia uses a variety of mediums in her artwork to express her love of color and color relationships. Her earliest memories of appreciating color were of watching her mother create masterful works of art in coloring books with ordinary crayons."She was so ingenious and gifted with seeing and using color. She inspired my love and appreciation for color. Learning to see and appreciate the vast spectrum of life's colors and the array of ways it occurs and exists (sometimes without us even noticing it) was one of the best gifts my mother has ever given me. My work is a reflection of this gift."
Mia Duvall is a native of the Anacostia area in Washington, DC and is a proud product of the District of Columbia public school system. Mia Duvall is also the founder, principal designer and art director at Mia Duvall Studios. "
Ms. Juanita "Busy Bee" Britton is a partner in Paradies-BZB, DC, LLC, an enterprise that operates retail stores such as Brooks Brothers, CNBC and PGA stores in Washington metropolitan area airports. She is a consultant, motivational speaker and trainer who specializes in working with aspiring entrepreneurs. The popular East Coast, BZB Black Gift & Art Show is her brainchild. She has worked in both local and federal government agencies in communications and public relations fields.
Ms. Britton, a Detroit native and long time resident of Washington’s historic Anacostia, is a hands-on mentor for area youth and passionate about elevating the interest and image of her neighbors and community. Steadfastly, Ms. Britton has refused to abandon Southeast where she has resided for 13 years. A well known fixture in the nation’s capital, she is the force behind the BZB Gift & Art Show, The Largest African American Department Store on the East Coast.
Ms. Britton received a Masters in Public Affairs from Howard University, in Washington, D.C. and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She resides in Ward 8.
Cheriss May and Zsudayka Nzinga @ BZB Holiday Gala Fine Art Show
For Immediate Release
Contact Ms. Juanita Britton "BZB"
202-550-7060
Cheriss May and Zsudayka Nzinga @ BZB Holiday Gala Fine Art Show
(Washington, D.C.) - Join Cheriss May and Zsudayka Nzinga @ BZB Holiday Gala Fine Art Show at the 30th Annual BZB Holiday Gift and Art Show takes place at Shiloh Baptist Church and opens on November 25th at 10am. It is produced by Ms. Juanita Britton.
Cheriss May
"Cheriss May is a lauded portrait and editorial photographer based in Washington, D.C. She is a member of the Board of Directors — Focus on the Story, the immediate past president — Women Photojournalists of Washington (WPOW), co-chair of photography — The National Press Club, an Adobe Education Leader, and an adjunct professor at Howard University, her Alma Mater. She is often commissioned to speak about inclusive storytelling, and trains and speaks to organizations, and educators around the world, including: Spotify, Adobe, Leica, The Financial Times, the Center for Creative Photography, and the International Center of Photography.
Cheriss has been published in The New York Times, O Magazine, The White House website, People magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, ABC News, The Today Show, and other international publications. She has a traveling exhibit and forthcoming book, "Cheriss May Soul Connection". Cheriss has images in a BET social justice campaign: ‘Content for Change’, and her work is in the permanent collection at the African American Museum in Philadelphia, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, NY.
Originally from Kansas City, Mo., Cheriss's passion radiates through her aptitude to connect to the soul of those she photographs. She is available for commissions, assignments, and unit stills for TV/film."
Zsudayka Nzinga
"Zsudayka Nzinga is a multi-disciplinary fine artist, curator and arts educator from Aurora, CO living in Washington, DC. She considers her work cultural anthropology, largely focusing on mixed media portraiture and interior design installations that reflect American culture. Her pieces explore mixing patterns and textures to create collages using acrylic, oil, decorative and hand dyed paper, fabric, thread, linocut stamp and ink on canvas. She also makes metal jewelry and builds, and reupholsters found furniture.
Nzinga started out as a spoken word artist and performer. While attending Hampton University and Metropolitan State College of Denver she pursued a journalism degree and self-published 3 books of her work. She spent several years touring the country performing, hosting and curating spoken word and special arts events before focusing on her own art. She has shown her work and performed in galleries and museums all over the country and been featured internationally in blogs and reviews. She has curated multiple exhibitions, received a curatorial grant with the DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities. She served on the board for Freedom School Arts and Entrepreneurship, served as Vice President of Black Artists of DC and participates with the exhibition committee Women’s Caucus for Art DC. She is a proud mother of 3 children and wife to artist, James Terrell with whom she runs their family business selling and exhibiting their art, managing their merchandise line, and assisting teachers and homeschool families with arts integrated education.
Her interest in fabric and textiles is why her subjects are clothed in intricately designed patterns. The designs mimic the history and style of African Ankara fabric and introduces bright color and patterns to high end clothing designs. She has recently begun recreating the designs for a clothing and home décor line using textile designs created from the artwork of her and her husband. Her pieces are to create a narrative and archive of Black American history, identity and culture."
30th Annual BZB Shop til Ya Drop!
NOV 25-26th Black Friday & Saturday
SATURDAYS
Dec 3rd
Dec 10th
Dec 17th
Friday & Sat (Christmas Eve)
Dec 23-24
Shiloh Baptist Church
1510 9th Street NW(9th & P Sts)
Washington DC 20001
Ms. Juanita "Busy Bee" Britton is a partner in Paradies-BZB, DC, LLC, an enterprise that operates retail stores such as Brooks Brothers, CNBC and PGA stores in Washington metropolitan area airports. She is a consultant, motivational speaker and trainer who specializes in working with aspiring entrepreneurs. The popular East Coast, BZB Black Gift & Art Show is her brainchild. She has worked in both local and federal government agencies in communications and public relations fields.
Ms. Britton, a Detroit native and long time resident of Washington’s historic Anacostia, is a hands-on mentor for area youth and passionate about elevating the interest and image of her neighbors and community. Steadfastly, Ms. Britton has refused to abandon Southeast where she has resided for 13 years. A well known fixture in the nation’s capital, she is the force behind the BZB Gift & Art Show, The Largest African American Department Store on the East Coast.
Ms. Britton received a Masters in Public Affairs from Howard University, in Washington, D.C. and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She resides in Ward 8.