Say It Loud: October 2012

Wednesday 31 October 2012

EXPLORE BLACK HISTORY WITH 8 LIONS + AN UMBRELLA

The black feminists spoke about the power of language and semantics recently and by pure coincidence we received this thoughtful submission today.

This piece by our member Nanke Franks extends the conversation and ties into the 'black history' tapestry. Read more here

Thursday 25 October 2012

Saturday 27th October

We have reached the mid point of our exciting programme. Say it Loud seminars have given a great insight into the history of Black people, organisations, individuals and issues. In November with Tell it Like it Is, we will get to grips with current issues and activities.

To mark this transition , this weekend a range of different artists will explore the themes through their work.

Visual and Performance artists from across the region gather for this very special day of entertainment and enterprise. You don't want to be one person who missed out so get yourself down to Z arts and have an amazing day!

1pm - 6pm Arts and Craft Fair FREE

For more Information click here

2 - 4pm | Drop In Children's Art Workshop
50p towards materials

6 - 8pm | Launch the new STUN website

8 - 12 midnight | Speakeasy £5

For more information
please click here

Friday 19 October 2012

Artist Confirmed for Sell it Like It Is on Saturday 27th October

For more information follow this link

Say it Loud Educators Event

Wednesday 24th October
4 - 6pm
in the Bar/Cafe at Z arts. 335 Stretford Rd, Hulme M15 5ZA

Do you work in Education? A Teacher? Community Educator? Head? Youth Worker? Lecturer? Centre Manager?

This twilight session gives you an opportunity to explore the Say it Loud
Exhibition ‘Struggle and Activism in the Black Community: Manchester and Beyond ’, with the Artists and Historians from Mbari Group Education Programme and STUN

For more informations click here

Thursday 18 October 2012

Selma James: Sex, Race and Class at Occupy London

Watch Selma James speaking on 99%, Occupy, Mumia Abu-Jamal and much more.
"Women do two-thirds of the worlds work..." - Selma James
For further information click on the following link: http://globalwomenstrike.net/

Wednesday 17 October 2012

Stokely Carmichael - BBC Interview about Black Power

Black Panther Ten Point Program

Say It Loud Black Panther Event: Tuesday October 23^rd, 7pm to 8.30pm

Z- Arts Gallery

Say It Loud presents an evening of discussion looking at ‘The Black Panthers’.

In October 1966, Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton started discussions which lead to the creation of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense.

The ‘Say It Loud’ Black Panther event looks at the origins of the Panthers, their politics, their social programme and ask

The 10 Point Programme – a radical agenda?
Things have changed so much – what’s the relevance?
Black Panthers 2012 – more fashion statement than model of empowerment?

If you have something to say, come and say it.

Tuesday 16 October 2012

Say It Loud: Wheels on Fire

Short Film by Manchester artist Shabaaz Mohammed

Monday 15 October 2012

Akinyemi Oludele Images at 'Say It Loud': Until Saturday October 27th

Showing at the Z-Arts Gallery

Sunday 14 October 2012

If you didn't know where the Paralympics theme came from...

Public Enemy - Its Harder Than You Think

‘Art as Activism’ - Tuesday October 16th, 7 to 8.30pm

How has art inspired and been inspired by struggle, social movements and activism?

But

Can art inspire protest or only follow it? When the protest becomes art or ‘popular’, is it lost? Protest art and money: not a problem?

We are pleased to have speaking

Anthony Downer – DJ

Colette Williams – BARAC Manchester

Ekua Bayunu – Sustained Theatre (Picture by OnashileArtist Visions)

Anthony Downer - Activism in Music: A Personal Inner Journey Anthony will be asking you to come on a historical journey to follow and experience activism in sound and music. Music as played a massive part in keeping our hopes and dreams alive, picked us up when we have been down, moved us on, when we wanted to stop; the power in the music just can’t be stopped. Anthony Downer has always live in Manchester grow up in the Hulme, Moss-Side area. He has worked now for many year with young people in the social care sector, currently in the area of fostering. He cites Paul Obinna has a prominent mentor in his learning of his-story and has information was shared with him he shares with others; each one teach one. Colette Williams - Carnival Carnival has been part of the struggle of African-Caribbean people from the times of being enslaved to the early experiences of racism and oppression which the Windrush Generation faced. The carnival has been used to criminalise our communities and currently efforts from the authorities to turn them into sanitised diversified hybrid carnival.

Start: 7pm

Entry: £2.00

Z-Arts, 335 Stretford Road, Manchester M15 5ZA