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Link Barbara Lord Watkins
Western Area Vice Area Director
greetings and best wishes for a productive and fun filled year. In addition
serving as your Vice Area Director, I am also the Program Coordinator for
-ie 1991-93 biennium. This responsibility is a change in the Bylaws that
vas made at the 1991 Western Area Conference. At the November 1991
:xecutive Committee meeting, the Program Committee (program chairs and
'ice Area Director) agreed to be proactive in providing support, clarifying
:rogram questions, and disseminating pertinent information. It was further
agreed that each director would identify and share with chapters her specific
:oals for the year. These goals are in sync with the National program. We
roe that this format will provide you with additional focus for the implemen-
.d dedicated unKs. 1 can assure you that we will do whatever we can to
e of assistance to the chapters. Please let us hear from you as your
:-mments and suggestions are very important to us.
"ogram Report Form that is due February 1, 1992. I realize that this report
avers the last two years, but I feel that it will provide the directors a
enchmark for identifying where you are in implementing the National
-gram Kindly mail the report to:
k Barbara Lord Watkins
-stern Area Vice Area Director
SLinks, Inc.
24 McShann Rd.
Silas, TX 75230
Western Area Program Committee will meet during the 1992
-ssembly. I invite the chapter program coordinators and chapter program
lairs attending the assembly to meet with us as we make plans for the
)93 Area Conference. Drop me a line to let me know if you will join us.
the meanwhile, I urge you to work closely with your program directors and
be prepared to respond to their call for action. Keep in mind that there
-e literally hundreds of people in your communities that are depending on
)ur good works to make their world happier, safer, productive and hopeful-
IERISHING THE PAST - CULTIVATING THE PRESENT --
REATING THE FUTURE THROUGH THE ARTS
submittedd by Hansonia Harriford
-en, hand in hand. And they looked into each other's eyes, and they were
- afraid.
And I saw the women also hold each other's hand.
And I said to him beside me, 'What place is this?'
And he said, 'This is heaven.'
And I said, 'Where is it?'
And he answered, 'On earth.'
And I said, 'When shall these things be?'
And he answered, 'In the Future.'
,o inspiration in the thoughts of Olive Schreiner, as articulated in Howard
-urman's THE SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND, and I share them with
.:,i as you move forward this year to implement the goals of the national
--^r r A .' { t^) : ?y A .. n ^ :ran r T 4- "4-f. ,4'N, r r n- to create collaboration and networking through the arts;
- to increase Link participation in the exhibits, the art acquisition
programs, and education programs of galleries and community
museums, with special emphasis upon the works of African and
African-American artists;
- to facilitate the presentation of all art forms in galleries and
museums;
- to stimulate and increase in the connections between Links and
the museums and galleries of the area in categories such as
members, donors, trustees/directors, docents;
- to promote cultural diversity in the arts through advocacy and
education programs that have an impact upon museums, public
and private schools, cultural centers, colleges and universities,
and other major community organizations;
I know that our chapters have been busy responding to these challenges,
and I look forward to learning more about your specific activities and the
impact you are having on your community through the arts in you coming
program reports. I also want to encourage you to send information directly
to me. Let me know more about your successes, so that I can celebrate
your achievements. You will soon need to address the development of your
next program year activities. I would be very happy to respond to any
questions you may have. I look forward to being a resource for you in the
coming year.
Meanwhile, Let me share a couple of announcements:
The San Francisco Chapter is sponsoring a major reception for the Henry
Ossawa Tanner Exhibit. Their President, Barbra Ruffin-Boston, writes that
"this is the only West Coast showing," and invites all Western Area Chapters
to plan a visit to San Francisco in order to see this wonderful retrospective
collection of 90 paintings and 20 drawings, including his most famous work
"The Banjo Lesson." The exhibition will be on display until March 1st, at the
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum (415-750-3600).
Lee & Low Books is a children's book publisher specializing in multicultural
themes. The company is currently seeking writers and artists. Previous
experience in the field is not a prerequisite. Interested parties, contact:
Philip Lee, Lee & Low Books, 228 East 45th Street, 14th Floor, New
York, NY 10017.
Los Angeles and Orange County chapters are beginning to plan for the "I
Dream A World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America" exhibit
that is coming in 1993 to the California Afro-American Museum in Los
Angeles. A wonderful collaboration is being built with Terrie S. Rouse, the
museum's new executive director. I understand that this exhibit just closed
in Seattle's Museum of History and Industry.
A Fabulous collection of traditional African art is now displayed at the new
Seattle Museum of Art, another spot to visit.
You can now see two wonderful exhibits in Los Angeles: "Equal Justice
before the Law: Civil Rights Movement in California, 1850-1950," at the
California Afro-American Museum, (open until Feb. 16th) and "Memory and
Metaphor: The Art of Romare .Bearden, 1940-1987" at UCLA's Wight
Gallery (open until Feb. 2nd).
Museums and galleries are built, art prices are set, works of art are
destroyed or praised because people truly do value art. We all have a
special opportunity to help our communities gain a deeper understanding of
and appreciation for the arts of Africans and African Americans, to be sure
that the people of our area value, celebrate and preserve for the future the
art of Africans and African Americans, to help create the heaven on earth of
our future. Keep up the good work, and let me know how I can help._ __ _
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