Black Arts Festival: The Old Globe + San Diego Black Artist Collective

A four-day festival featuring four different shows celebrating Black artists in San Diego, from poetry to photography and all that’s in between.

THURSDAY, MAY 25
3:00 p.m.: Plaza Art Exhibit Opens
6:00 p.m.: Black Lady Showcase and A Black Man’s Song presentation
8:00 p.m.: Opening Night Soiree

FRIDAY, MAY 26
2:00 p.m.: Barbeque reading presentation
By Robert O’Hara
8:00 p.m.: Black Voices Black Writers reading presentation
Conceived and directed by Bil Wright

SATURDAY, MAY 27
2:00 p.m.: Black Lady Showcase and A Black Man’s Song presentation
7:30 p.m.: Barbeque reading presentation
By Robert O’Hara

SUNDAY, MAY 28
2:00 p.m.: Barbeque reading presentation
By Robert O’Hara
7:30 p.m.: Black Lady Showcase and A Black Man’s Song presentation

About the productions:
We are bringing back the Black Lady Showcase! Last year we had a wonderful time celebrating Black Lady Artists of San Diego. This year we're bringing it back bigger than ever and we're bringing the guys along too. We are welcoming local artists to share their art their way.

Black Lady Showcase
Directed by Carla Banu Dejesus
Stage Manager Jessica "Miss J Hawk" Hawkins

Black Man's Song Showcase
Directed by Jaeonni Davis Crawford
Stage Manager Zane Alexander
Organizer Durwood Murray

Barbeque centers around the O'Mallerys, a dysfunctional group of siblings who come together for a park barbeque in order to stage an emergency intervention for their sister Barbara, whose drug habit has gotten out of hand. However tehre are in fact two O'Mallery families, one white and one black. Each appear in different, yet similar scenes that juxtapose to create a dialogue about racial and family politics.

Directed by Kimberly King
Stage Manager Imahni King

The San Diego Black Artist Collective presents the Black Arts Festival at The Old Globe. A four-day festival celebrating Black Actors, Playwrights, Musicians, Visual Artists and more.

San Diego Black Artist Collective: Our mission is to facilitate a FOUNDATION OF SUPPORT AND RESOURCES that provides a sense of community, a safe haven, and a sanctuary for artist development. WE ARE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING Black Artists in San Diego in producing work that is unapologetic, authentic, and healing to the Black experience across the diaspora.

Related links:
The Old Globe Arts Engagement on Instagram | Facebook
San Diego Black Artist Collective (BAC) on Instagram | Facebook