7th Annual Brooklyn Folk Arts Day 2018
Featuring Barbara Norales, Rose October Edun, Esraa Warda, Victor Sirelson, Marie "Lily" Cerat, and Shahid Khan.
June 07, 2018 – June 08, 2018
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Commons Cafe
Resisting a Culture of Exclusion
The 7th Annual Brooklyn Arts Council Folk Arts Day provided a space for Brooklyn's tradition bearers and cultural advocates to discuss issues of exclusion in the performance, development, and preservation of folk traditions in New York City today. This program served as the opening dialogue for our summer series of programs entitled "Tradition as Resistance."
Guest speakers
Barbara Norales
Rose October Edun
Esraa Warda
Victor Sirelson
Marie "Lily" Cerat
Shahid Khan
Music was provided by Salieu Suso (Kora) and Ebrima Jassey (Balafon).