Monday, March 11, 2019

John Malveaux: Dr. Naomi Andre was keynote speaker of "Equity and Diversity in the Arts"

John Malveaux and Dr. Naomi Andre



John Malveaux of 
writes:

Attended March 10, 2019 Long Beach Opera  
Community Conversations #2 "Equity and Diversity in the Arts" at Museum of Latin American Art. Dr. Naomi Andre was keynote speaker and panelist. University of Illinois Press recently published her BLACK OPERA HISTORY, POWER, ENGAGEMENT See https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/47wcf3tf9780252041921.html.

In one segment, Dr. Andre connected current events of blackface to historical context including opera. Please see selfie with Dr. Andre, who recognized my name from AfriClassical blogs and two slides of operas by composers of African descent.

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