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Announcements
From August 2023 - October 2023, Ms. Abney disseminated numerous flyers in person to many venues located in Washington, D.C. Some of them include Emery Heights Community Center formerly known as Emery Recreation Center, Fort Stevens Senior Center, Center City PCS - Brightwood Campus, and other venues located in Washington, D.C..
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Esther Productions Inc. Is Honored to Present Abstract Paintings by Afrika Abney
In 2022, Ms. Afrika Abney had the opportunity to have one of her abstract paintings featured on the cover of a book that was published and entitled: Kaleidoscope: Women of Color Reflecting on Life.https://www.estherproductionsinc.com/product-page/kaleidoscope-women-of-color-reflecting-on-life
“Kaleidoscope is a particularly accurate name for this group,” notes award-winning author Joy Jones. “A kaleidoscope is made of cracker and jagged pieces of glass…It is these broken edges that allow us to see something beautiful and new.” featuring Beverly Sims, Blanche Thomas, Betty Nyangoni, Rosalind Blunt, Kanimozhi MV, Sharon Burton, Lesa Warrick and jonetta rose barras
Esther Productions Inc. Is Honored to Present Abstract Paintings by Afrika Abney which include Summer Blossoms, Pandemic, Isolation #1 and Isolation #2. Available now at www.estherproductionsinc.com/shop.
"Carolivia Herron is an African American Jewish author, educator and publisher living in Washington, DC. She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Pennsylvania and has held professorial appointments at Harvard University, Mount Holyoke College, California State University, Chico, and the College of William and Mary. Most recently she has been the Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Project Humanities at Arizona State University. Carolivia Herron has won writing awards and commendations from Be'chol Lashon, Kulanu, Parenting Magazine Reading Magic, Marian Vanett Ridgway Awards, the Patterson Poetry Center, the Elizabeth Stone Memorial Award, and the Exceptional women in the Arts Award from Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser. Dr. Herron publishes and promotes the writings of Jews of Color internationally including books by the Igbo of Nigeria, the Lemba of Zimbabwe, and the Beta Israel of Ethiopia and Israel. She directs the EpicCentering the National Mall project which connects the work of young local writers with our national epic as expressed in exhibits on the National Mall. Carolivia is a writer with the Pen-Faulkner Writers In Schools program, and is an active member of Tifereth Israel Congregation of Washington, DC."
The 4th Annual Teach Truth Day of Action with Author Carolivia Herron
Jun 08, 2024, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
Washington, 3660 Alabama Ave SE, Washington, DC 20020, USA
Join Esther Productions Inc., The Spoken Word and Francis Gregory Neighborhood Library as we co-sponsor the 4th Annual Teach Truth Day of Action, a Zinn Education Project, coordinated by Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change.
Register at https://www.estherproductionsinc.com/events-1/the-4th-annual-teach-truth-day-of-action-with-author-carolivia-herron