The Apollo’s Grasp Artist in Residence will launch “The Intersection, the Apollo’s Pageant of Arts & Concepts.” The three-day occasion shall be held from Friday, October 6–Sunday, October 8, 2023, on the Apollo’s Historic Theater.
Curated by critically acclaimed thinker and author Ta-Nehisi Coates, “The Intersection” will deliver collectively Black artists, creators, and cultural movers who’re shifting the panorama in music, theater, movie, tv, meals, and extra to discover the vary of Black creativity that’s shaping the world. Individuals will embrace Ted Bunch, Bisa Butler, Jordan E. Cooper, Stefon Harris, Michael R. Jackson, Diallo Riddle, Dominique Morisseau, Stephen Satterfield, Salamishah Tillet, and Liesl Tommy.
“The Apollo sits on the intersection of many issues, so it was solely pure that ‘The Intersection’ can be a mirrored image of that,” mentioned Kamilah Forbes, Apollo government producer. “The competition will invite artists, thinkers, and creatives from throughout our diaspora to alternate concepts and study this unprecedented time in historical past, the place Black persons are main in tradition and artwork throughout the globe in ways in which we’ve got by no means seen earlier than.”
Early-access competition passes can be found for buy at https://www.apollotheater.org/occasion/at-the-intersection-festival.
