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The Drammeh Center is celebrating 30 years of Art, Culture and Activism. We are grateful to all of our Partners, Friends and Supporters.

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Visit the app before it leaves.

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The mobile app for The Fabric of Complicity is back for a short time

This historic month long exhibition program held at Drammeh Center in 2015, highlights "commerce" as it relates to the enslavement experience in America. In particular, it interrogates the North's complicity with the cotton crop that was used to drive and sustain northern economies. The anchor of this exhibit, features selected colorful paintings by artist John W. Jones, from his collection, The Color of Money. These paintings demonstrate Jones’ interpretation of the largely forgotten iconography found on paper money issued by the Confederate States of America that depict vignettes of enslaved men, women and children as they labor and pick cotton. Jones has researched as many as 90 images of slavery on American Confederate currency for several years and has used his art to bring these images into a "new light". It is our honor to host this debate once again by re-introducing the exhibit as a mobile app which shows Jones' images paired with the actual bills. The app for Fabric of Complicity is live at drammehcenter.oncell.com , and designed for use on smartphones and tablets. A special thanks to master painter John W. Jones with selected paintings from his collection, The Color of Money, Chuma Gallery, Stacey Ann Ellis, co curator, Alfred Santana, videographer, Gladys DeJesus, soulful songstress, Dr. Sade Turnipseed, Founder of The Cotton Pickers Monument - a KHAFRE, Inc project, Dr. William Seraile, and support from, AfroAtlantic Theologies & Treaties Institute, Dr. Vilna Treitler, Michael McKinney, Deborah C. Nelson, and Humanities New York and Oncell. For queries on Fabric of Complicity presentations, contact us here.

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RECKONING: The Visible Invisibility of Global African Women is parallel forum of the 63nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) that includes region reports from Nigeria, Latin America and Europe which address the role that invisibility plays in social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. RECKONING: The Visible Invisibility of Global African Women is organized with support from the UN Working Group of Experts for People of African Descent, and co-convened/co-sponsored by The Drammeh Institute, BringBackOurGirlsNYC, Murtala Muhammed Foundation, Red de Mujeres Afrolatinoamericanas Afrocaribeñas y de la Diaspora, Tiye International, and African European Women’s Movement “Sophiedela”. BACKGROUND - 63nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It is the principal global policy-making body dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women. Each year, representatives of Member States gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York to evaluate progress on gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality and women's empowerment worldwide. Dominique DAY- Member, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent Mojúbàolú Olufúnké OKOME, Aisha Muhammed OYEBODE- Founder and CEO, Murtala Muhammed Foundation Yvette MODESTIN- Red de Mujeres Afrolatinoamericanas Afrocaribeñas y de la Diaspora (RMAAD) Paola Yanez INOFUENTES - Bolivia General Coordinator of RMAAD Dorotea WILSON / Past Coordiantor of RMAAD, Nicaragua Lidice Chavez GAMMIE, Nicaragua Dr. Barryl BIEKMAN- AFRIDU Ambassador to Europe, founder of the African European Women’s Movement ‘Sophiedela’ RECKONING: The Visible Invisibility of Global African Women supports the International Decade for People of African Descent (2015 - 2024) which aims both to highlight the contribution of people of African descent to societies and strengthen national, regional and international cooperation to ensure the human rights of people of African descent are respected, promoted and fulfilled.

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TRANSLATION: A Visualization of the Music and Writings of Gil Scott Heron, features artworks by Stacey Ann Ellis, artist, curator and producer of Blackwash TV who uses as instrumentation, Gil Scott Heron’s music and writings as a template for her art. TRANSLATION will be on view from Saturday, July 28 through August 9 at the Drammeh Center For more information contact: drammehcenter@gmail.com

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Come join us. RSVP drammehcenter(at)gmail.com

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Opening reception May 11, 2018 at 6:30, Lecture begins at 7:30PM

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Witness and hear about the other side of the North in 1863 that you rarely learn about, where “free” blacks living in New York experienced the bloodiest urban riots in US history - with the exception of the insurrection of the South during the Civil War. This is a story about humanity, love, legacy and restorative justice. Sponsored in part by: Humanities New York - Vision Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities and public support.

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African Doll Sculpturing Program (take aways) - Victoria

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