UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 19, Page 2
February 11, 1993
African Consciousness Celebration to highlight heritage 

     Harvesting the Fruits from the Roots of Our Heritage" is the theme of
the University of Delaware's 1993 African Consciousness Celebration, which
takes place on the Newark campus from Feb. 11 through March 4.
     Events include:

     * "African-American Art: The Paul R. Jones Collection," on display at
the University Gallery in Old College, from Feb. 11 through March 4.
     Jones, an Atlanta business executive and political consultant, has
been collecting art for over 30 years and has amassed one of the country's
largest privately held collections of works by artists of color.
     Through this exhibit the public will have an opportunity to view
rarely seen works by such major artists as Benny Andrews, Romare Bearden,
Camille Billops, David Hammons, Richard Hunt, Jacob Lawrence and Betye
Saar.
     A reception to open the exhibit will be held today from 4:30-8:30 p.m.
in the University Gallery, and Jones will deliver a lecture tonight at 7:30
in Room 313 of the Willard Hall Education Building. The reception and talk
are free and open to the public.

     * Residency by jazz saxophonist Gerald Albright, who will be at the
University and the Christina Cultural Arts Center from Feb. 24-27 for a
series of workshops and a performance.
     Albright's appearances at the University include the lecture "A Closer
Look" at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Newark Hall auditorium. The
free public lecture will focus on Albright's road to success and his
practical suggestions for preparing for recorded and live performances.
     Albright also will present a concert in Newark Hall auditorium at 8
p.m., Saturday, Feb. 27. Cost is $5 for students, $8 for University
faculty, staff and senior citizens and $12 for the general public.

     * A play, The Meeting, will be presented at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 1,
in Newark Hall auditorium. Presented by Pin Points Theatre, the play
depicts what might have happened if Malcolm X and Martin Luther King had
met. Admission is $2 for University students and $4 for others.

     * A lecture by Greg Carr, noted lecturer and co-host of Free Your
Mind, a radio broadcast on Afrikan history and Africentric popular culture.
A doctoral student at Temple University, Carr will speak on "The Organic
Intellectual" at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 10,  in Room 130 of Smith Hall.
The lecture is free and open to the public.

     * Keynote address by Ivan Van Sertima, professor of African studies at
Rutgers University. Sertima's talk, "They Came Before Columbus: The African
Presence in Ancient America," also is the title of his 1977 book, which is
now in its l6th printing.
     Sertima is a well-known literary critic, linguist, author and
lecturer. His appearance at the University is scheduled for 7 p.m. on
Thursday, March 18, in Room 130 of Smith Hall.

     * Concluding the celebration is a bus tour of Jamestown, Va., the
landing site of the first indentured servants of African descent, on
Saturday, March 20. Cost is $10, and registration is required.

     The bus leaves the Center for Black Culture at 5 a.m.
     To reserve space on the trip or for more information on any of the
events included in the celebration, contact the University's Center for
Black Culture at  831-2991.
     The celebration is sponsored by the University's Cultural Programming
Advisory Board, the Center for Black Culture, the University Gallery, the
Performing Arts Series and the Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural
Activities and Public Events.