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Making Stories Telling Tales
Park Theatre is hosting its next art exhibition and wants to invite you! We are featuring Artist Flo Awolaja's Making Stories Telling Tales from 26th September - 27th November, with a private viewing on 27th September from 6 - 7pm. This art festival will be taking place in Park Theatre's circle, stalls, and mezzannine corridors.
The inspiration for this body of work is taken from many sources.
First the journey of our ancestors from the shores of Afrika....then looking at the role of UK within that....and the birth of 'The Commonwealth' an appropriation of the wealth of other continents and people namely Afrika, The Caribbean and parts of Asia. ..out of the ashes of the Commonwealth leaders and a new found spirit of 'Self determination' arose, the notion of ‘self’ arose, prioritising the direction, place and standing of us as black people in the world.
Free from the shackles of the oppressor, Afrika and the Caribbean untied themselves from the yoke which dismantled the common/wealth....There was nothing 'Common' about not owning your own wealth....
A wealth that produces knowledge
A wealth that continues to fight oppression and bondage
A wealth of entrepreneurship and leadership
A wealth that will continue to produce generations of leaders
A wealth of resilience that enables its people to overturn injustice so that they maintain their integral power and so 'Pan Afrikanism' was born.
Throughout our struggles we have fought ideologies foisted upon us 'The Windrush' generation came...and so we were called again to labour, to toil for the 'Motherland'. As much as they demanded we assimilate and/or forget ourselves, we chose not to accommodate. Instead we have maintained many of our traditions and managed to retain a sense of self.
Ain’t no Jack…
This part of the exhibition is the only titled component. It is comprised of five flags.
1. The Commonwealth
2. Self determination (Kujichagulia)
3. Pan Afrika (Umoja Ujima Ujaama)
4. Interweave (Kuumba)
5. Reparation (Imani)
All works are for sale by the artist - and to email directly: [email protected] A 10% portion of all sales is donated to Park Theatre - this money goes back into supporting our art exhibitions.