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Popuiar quilt exhibition returns
The Lucy Craft Laney Mu
seum of Black History, 1116
Phillips Street of Augusta, will
presentits annual Quilt Exhi
bition for the month of No
vember. An opening recep
tion will be held on Sunday,
November4,2ool, from3tos
p.m.
The quilt exhibit began in
1991 under the leadership of
Mrs. Hertha Blount and Mrs.
Theresa White. The exhibi
tion consists of old and new
quilts and due ,to past suc
cesses, it has become an an
nual event.
The old quilts bring back
memories of women gather
ing around abigwooden frame
with a large sheet of pieced
togetherscraps of cloth. Some
ofthe clothes were bits of feed
sacks, flour sacks and corn
sacks. Others were bits of
fabric left over from a newly
cut made dress or other gar
ments. All of these made a
wonderful array of colored
patchwork. The women would
work late hours in the eve
Register for Computer Assisted
Arts and History Program
The Lucy Craft Laney Mu
seum of Black History will
start its Computer Assisted
Arts and History Program on
Tuesday, October9,2ool. The
program will take placein the
Children’s Center of the Mu
seum and run every Tuesday
through Thursday, from 4:30
to 6:30 p.m.
The focus of the program
will be on developing basic
computer skills and at the
WJBF NewsCHANNEL 6 and
the Augusta Museum of
History announce tribute
“A Tribute to Heroes Inter
active Memorial is on display
in the rotunda at The Au
gusta Museum of History.
Visitors will be able to write
their thoughts and feelings
about September 11,2001, the
day that forever changed the
United States. A dedication
ceremony was held at the
museum on October 3. Local
dignitaries, representatives
from WJBF NewsCHANNEL
6, area businesses and The
American Red Cross started
off the memorial by writing
their thoughts on the wall. “A
Tribute to Heroes” will be on
display throughout the month
of October during the
museum’s regular business
hours.
Hurry to enter the Laney
Homecoming Parade for Oct. 12
The Lucy Craft Laney
Comprehensive High
School will be hosting a
Homecoming Parade on
Friday, October 12, 2001,
beginning at 3:30 p.m.
The theme will be “One
Shining Moment.”
Entryfeeonly $lO. Line
up will begin at 2:30 p.m.
at the C.T. Walker field.
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nings tocomplete each tedious
task; however, it gave them
time for wonderful fellowship.
The result of their work also
produced an heirloom to pass
from generation to genera
tion.
This year, two special quilts
willbe on exhibition. A“Peace
Quilt” will be the result of a
collaborative effort with the
Morris Museum of Arts, The
Gertrude Institute of Art and
the Art Factory as part of the
October celebration of Na
tional Arts and Humanities
Month. The second quilt will
be of the history of the Au
gusta Alumna Chapterof Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
If you are a quilt collector
and would like to participate
in the November quilt exhibi
tion, please call the museum
at(706)724-3576.
The November 4 reception
will be sponsored by the His
toric Dent’s Undertaking Es
tablishment and musicwill be
providec. For further infor
mation, please call 724-3576.
same time improving the ba
sicskills of reading, math and
history.
The art classes will consist
of watercolors, pencils, clay
and some crafts. In addition,
character building and
storytelling are included.
Classes are available for
children between the ages of
6-13. For registrationor more
information, please call the
museum at 724-3576.
“The ‘A Tribute to Heroes’
Interactive Memorial is one
way WJBF NewsCHANNEL
6 can help our community
recover and heal from the
tragic events on September
11, 2001,” commented Phil
Lane, vice president and gen
eral manager of WJBF
NewsCHANNELSG.
The public is welcome to
leave their thoughts on the
monument. Pictures, draw
ings and poems may also be
placed on the walls. “A Trib
ute to Heroes Interactive
Memorial is supported by
WJBF NewsCHANNEL6 and
the Giving Your Best Part
ners, Georgia Bank and Trust,
BP Amoco and Walton Reha
bilitation Hospital.
nization, contact person,
address, phone number,
type of entry (car, float or
other) and entry fee (cash
or a check made payable to
Lucy C. Laney High
School). Theaddressis 1339
Laney-Walker Blvd., Au
gusta, Ga. 30901. Formore
information, contact Mr.
Richard Dunnatthe Laney
High School at §23-6900.
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The air sizzles
When Butterflies Kiss
Talk about
collaboration.
Ten African-
American writers
get together to
write a novel.
t’sunique and it’s hot!
In fact, When Butter
flies Kiss (Silver Lion
Press, October 2001), the
chronicleofone man’s erotic
journey of self discovery by
Sekou, Kiini Ibura Salaam,
Elizabeth Clara Brown,
T’kalla, Natasha Tarpley.
Korby Marks, Shange, Kim
Breen, Mariahadessa Ekere
Tallie, and Leticia Benson is
the first African-American
collaborative novel.
Although the idea for the
project was developed by bud
ding author, songwriter, en
trepreneur, Sekou, When
Butterflies Kiss was woven
sequentially, chapter by chap
ter, by 10 different up and
coming African-American
writers. The story, before it
was written, was completely
unknown. The first writer
created a brother named
Dane, whose greatest desire
isto lie tangled in the sweet
ness of a woman. His life is
achaotic mix of testosterone
charged competition and ro
mantic fiascoes. He cold go
on his way, dodging hisboys’
challengesand runningfrom
commitment, for the enig
matic nightmares that tor
ment him at night.
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Dante’s reckless journey
through love and relation
ships. In the end, Dante is
faced with a choice: remain
trapped in the baseness of his
flesh, or rise to conquer his
fears and finally sleep, night
mare free. His decision, so
brilliantly described by Sekou
in the final chapter, puts a
surprising new spin on the
AUGUSTA FOCUS
Wilmer Jennings
Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries will feature 42
wood engravings, linocuts, lithographs, paintings and
jewelry by a native West End Atlantan Wilmer Jennings
(1910-1990) in the exhibition “Pressing On: The Graphic
Art of Wilmer Jennings.” The exhibition is organized by
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and curated by
Claude Elliot. A graduate of Morehouse College (class of
1934), Jennings excelled as a protégé of Hale Woodruff
(one of the first college art professors in Georgia 1931-
1943), achieving a successful career in jewelry and
printmaking. In 1935, President John Hope of Atlanta
University assisted Jennings in securing a scholarship to
study paintingatthe RISD. There,Jennings extended his
curriculumtoinclude printmakingand metalsmithingin
which discipline he won numerous awards, including the
New England ManufacturingJewelers’ and Silversmiths’
Association bronze medal. Before relocating to New
England, Jennings painted “The Dream,” a seven-panel
mural in the entrance hall of his alma mater, Booker T,
Washington High School, in Northwest Atlanta. Still
intact today, the mural depicts the contributions of black
labor to Southern economic development, a recurring
theme in Jennings’ prints throughout his career.
Areception wili be held for Jennings’ exhibit, running
from October 7 - December 7, 2001, from 2 to 5 p.m. Mr.
Elliot will host a slide lecture on Jennings’ works on
October 7, at 3 p.m. Gallery Hours will be Tuesday
through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday 12 to 4 p.m.
The Galleries are located in Trevor Arnett Hall at the
corners of James P. Brawley Drive and Greensferry
Street, S\W. For more info, call (404) 880-6102/6644 o 1
visit the web site at www.cau.edu.
search for love, fulfillment and
personal redemption.
Sekou’s journey toward be
coming a writer began when
his elementary school teacher
required each of her students
to write a poem. Entranced
with his own creation, Sekou
found himselfwith anew hobby
and, in the eighth grade, de
cided to write a novel. The
OCTOBER 4, 2001
novel, envisioned as a suspense
thriller with metaphysical over
tones, grew incrementally
while Sekou wasin high school.
Despite majoring in Interna
tional Relations at Morehouse
College, after graduation,
Sekou decided to own up to his
love of writing and to try to
shape it into a career.
Sekou tried to eke out an
existence as a freelance writer.
In the meantime, a one-day
tempassignmentat Time, Inc.,
eventually led to a long-term
assignment as the assistant to
oneof Time’s human resource
directors. This was the begin
ningof a six-year run at Time.
Among the many positions he
held was Letters Correspon
dent for both Time and Life.
During this time, he came up
with the idea for creating the
first African-American collabo
rative novel — with a dose of
eroticism through in for good
measure. It was only amatter
of months before Sekou was
able to interest Silver Lion
Press in the idea. That idea
has now been realized in the
formofthe novel When Butter
flies Kiss.
Sekou was one of the origi
nal writers for blackfilm.com.
Helivesin Brooklyn, where he
is currently writing songs and
fine-tuning his lifelong pro
ject, If Dreams Could Kill, a
metaphysically influenced
novel of suspense. Sekou 1s
also an avid collector of “bad
date” stories, a hobby which,
1n no small part, contributed
to the completion of When
Butterflies Kiss.
Formoreinformation about
When Butterflies Kiss, contact
John Brussel at 312-329-3902
or brusselj@ ruderfunn.com.
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