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1/27/03

SLU ARTS FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS PEOPLE, CULTURE OF SEA ISLANDS

CANTON - The St. Lawrence University Festival of the Arts, to be 
held on campus February 2 through 9, is called "The Gullah 
Connection: From West Africa to the Islands of the Americas."
	It focuses on the people of African descent whose ancestors 
were brought by their captors to the sea islands off the southern 
coast of what is now the United States. In these islands, people 
created ways of life and cultural practices that retain strong ties 
to their native Sierra Leone while also adapting to the new island 
environment of the Americas.  In the festival, performance and other 
artistic work will be placed in the context of the larger African 
diaspora in the Americas, especially those of the Caribbean and the 
rural South.
	The schedule for the Festival of the Arts follows. All events 
are open to the public, free of charge.

Sunday, Feb. 2	
3 p.m.  De Gullah Cunneckshun:  Community Worship Service, Gunnison 
Memorial Chapel

Monday, Feb. 3
7 p.m.    Queen Quet and De Gullah Cunneckshun performance, 
Gulick Theatre

Tuesday,  Feb. 4
7 p.m.   Richard F. Brush Art Gallery Opening: Lines of 
Migration, paintings by Kenwyn Crichlow and Obiora Udechukwu; 
reception to follow   

Wednesday, Feb. 5
4 p.m.   Film screenings:  The Language You Cry In and Family 
Across the Sea, Room 10, Carnegie Hall; followed by reflections 
on the films by Karen Johnson Weiner and Olivia Ceesay

Thursday, Feb. 6
8:15 p.m.   St. Lawrence Writers Series: author Ihsan 
Abdul-Rahiim, Eben Holden

Saturday, Feb. 8
7 p.m.   Cornelia Bailey and the Sea Island Singers 
performance, Gulick Theatre

Sunday, Feb. 9
2 p.m.   Talk by Julie Dash, director of the film Daughters 
of the Dust, followed by a screening of the film, Gulick Theatre

	For more information, contact the English department, 
at 315-229-5125.

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