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| Dollmaker and Program Specialist Camila Bryce-Laporte |
Exploring ways work impacts the notion of connection to other people, places, things, ideas and even the various parts within us will be the theme from 7-8:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 20, as Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. presents the free online arts salon “Connected.” Artist Camila Bryce-LaPorte will host the presentation.
To RSVP for the event or get more information about it, email lisa@silverspringtowncenter.com.
To register in advance for the salon, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpcu6srTkjH9Es48gdF1khlj21p2jfm4gv#/registration
The Arts Salon will interest many people along the creative spectrum, including artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians and poets. Fiber artists, costume designers, poets, songwriters, photographers, visual artists, filmmakers, tailors, musicians and other multimedia artists are all welcome.
Silver Spring Town Center’s quarterly Arts Salon have proven to create inspiring space. They have been sharing and performance-oriented.
The salons traditionally feature a performance-oriented show-and-tell format, a kind of "open mic" for artists of all disciplines based around the theme of collaboration. Artists are encouraged to bring samples of their work to share.
After completing her academic work in the arts and humanities at Sarah Lawrence College and George Washington University, Camila Bryce-Laporte worked in children and cultural programming for the Children’s Television International, The Children’s Television Network, CBS, Inc. the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress for more than 30 years. Within these organizations she has assisted in the research and development of projects that focused on various aspects of American culture including African American folklore, Acadians in Maine, Celtic music in Montana, Italian-Americans in the American West, cultural diversity in Metropolitan Washington, Caribbean American culture, African American aesthetics.
She recently resumed her fine arts work as a doll maker under the instruction of Wendy Daniels of Montgomery College. Ms. Bryce-Laporte has begun to curate her own project, “The Image of Black Women in the Americas,” which celebrates the contributions of Black women to the social and cultural development of the Americas.
Silver Spring Town Center’s quarterly Arts Salon have proven to create inspiring space. They have been sharing and performance-oriented.
The salons traditionally feature a performance-oriented show-and-tell format, a kind of "open mic" for artists of all disciplines based around the theme of collaboration. Artists are encouraged to bring samples of their work to share.
After completing her academic work in the arts and humanities at Sarah Lawrence College and George Washington University, Camila Bryce-Laporte worked in children and cultural programming for the Children’s Television International, The Children’s Television Network, CBS, Inc. the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress for more than 30 years. Within these organizations she has assisted in the research and development of projects that focused on various aspects of American culture including African American folklore, Acadians in Maine, Celtic music in Montana, Italian-Americans in the American West, cultural diversity in Metropolitan Washington, Caribbean American culture, African American aesthetics.
She recently resumed her fine arts work as a doll maker under the instruction of Wendy Daniels of Montgomery College. Ms. Bryce-Laporte has begun to curate her own project, “The Image of Black Women in the Americas,” which celebrates the contributions of Black women to the social and cultural development of the Americas.