Wanda's Picks Radio Show Special, Monday, January 14, 2019

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 

Guests:
John Silverstein is a former public art gallery curator and director, university art history instructor, produced screenwriter, owner of a vintage props rental business called Hot Property, and life-long collector whose interests have ranged from Underground comix, to Bauhaus applied arts, to historic and modern photography, to his present and ongoing involvement with African American objects and art. He lives and works in Toronto.

Sandra Palomino, Director, Historical Manuscripts, has more than twenty years of experience working with historical manuscripts, autographs, and rare books both via private treaty sales and auction. She joined Heritage in 2006 and during her tenure has brought to market such important collectibles as the last paragraph of Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address and Francis Crick’s Nobel Medal and diploma. She has also had the honor of working with the papers of Benjamin Harrison (a large archive that descended through the family of his second wife that was placed with an institution), and the papers of Maude Ballou, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s first secretary. Her course of study at Yale focused on 18th and 19th Century American History. Her professional experience also includes direct marketing and public relations with such noted companies as Rapp Collins and Donnelly Marketing.

Cheryl Finley is Associate Professor of Art History. She holds a Ph.D. in African American Studies and History of Art from Yale University. Here is a link to the introductory essay to Say It Loud collection in the catalog.











2. Dr. David Hardiman Sr., joins us to talk about the concert benefit this Thursday, Jan. 17, 6-10 p.m. to save the Fillmore Heritage Center, 1330 Fillmore Street in SF. He is joined by Destiny Muhammad, Harpist from the 'Hood.  

Destiny Muhammad