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LEARNING THROUGH THE ARTS
Our Learning through the Arts programs and workshops, held at AAMP or through our AAMP on the Go! Traveling Museum Program, offer participants an opportunity to interact with visual and performing artists, express their ideas through lively discussions and participation, and gain cultural literacy as well as important communication and critical thinking skills.
WORKSHOPS
- African Dance
- Art, Music, Movement & Literacy
- Drum Circle
- Folktales Alive
- Hip Hop Jazz Musicology
- Historical Re-enactments
- In the Studio
- Mlanjeni Magical Theatre
Group Rates / Tuesday through Saturday / Reservations Required 215-574-0380 x229
SATURDAYS
FREEDOM WALK: Historic Philadelphia ~ 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This moving and thought-provoking walking tour led by Richard White, brings to light little known facts and places regarding the Free African Movement, and the 3 pillars for a true/representative democracy (human independence, moral persuasion and economic self-sufficiency). The guided journey will begin at AAMP and conclude at Mother Bethel. Stops in between include the house where Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, The President's House (the first White House where nine enslaved Africans lived and were kept by George Washington), Congo Square, site of the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Willing's Alley (St. Joseph's Church and Benezet Free African School) and the home of James Forten.
Reservations Required - Call 215-574-0380 ext. 229
1st and 3rd Sundays, beginning January 17, 2010 – 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Afternoons with Mlanjeni Magical Theater
Free with Museum Admission
Wednesdays, beginning January 13, 2010 – 3 p.m.
Sepia Cinema—Afternoon Film Series
Film schedule tentative. Check www.aampmuseum.org or call (215) 574-0380 for updates.
Free with Museum Admission
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Date |
Film Title |
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01/13 |
MLK Blvd. |
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01/20 |
King |
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01/27 |
K. Leroy Irvis: The Lion of Pennsylvania |
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02/03 |
Inside Buffalo |
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02/10 |
Fauborg Treme |
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02/17 |
Walls and Doors |
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02/24 |
759: Boy Scouts of Harlem |
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03/03 |
Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed |
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03/10 |
The Korean Takeover of Hair Care |
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03/17 |
500 Years Later |
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03/24 |
Untold Story of Emmitt Till |
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03/31 |
The Black List |
December 2009 through June 2010
VOICES: Audacious Freedom Community Conversation SeriesSupported in part by a grant from the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, this series of community conversations about slavery/freedom/race is hosted in collaboration with local organizations and institutions and the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations.
Free Admission to all VOICES events.
Saturday, January 9, 2010 - 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Colonial Dance Workshop with Amma and Ishmael
Free with Museum Admission
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 – 3 p.m.
Cinema Sepia Afternoon Film Series: MLK Blvd.
Film schedule tentative. Check www.aampmuseum.org or call (215) 574-0380 for updates.
Free with Museum Admission
Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 2 p.m.
VOICES: Audacious Freedom Community Conversation Series with Donna McDaniel and Vanessa Julye
In their book, Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship, Vanessa Julye and Donna McDaniel challenge common misconceptions surrounding Quaker roles in aiding fugitive slaves, promoting abolitionism, and supporting the campaign for civil rights. Their work reveals that racism has been as insidious, complex, and pervasive among Friends as it has been generally among people of European descent. The Quaker co-authors, one an African American and one of European descent, will share what they have learned from their research to foster a dialogue about racial inequality and white privilege in the modern-day Religious Society of Friends as well as in the wider community.
LOCATION:
Friends Center
1515 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Free Admission
Sunday, January 17, 2010 – 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Afternoons with Mlanjeni Magical Theater
Free with Museum Admission
Monday, January 18, 2010 - 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Citizens Bank presents ... Sharing the Heritage!
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service
Free Admission
Each year the African American Museum in Philadelphia honors and recognizes the achievements and struggles of visionary and civil rights activist, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The commemoration includes a fun-filled day of dynamic musical, dance and other cultural performances featuring...
- Freedom Choir of Philadelphia (12:30 p.m.)
- Philadelphia Youth Clef Cub Youth Jazz Ensemble (1 p.m.)
- African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas (2 p.m.)
- Unity Community Center Praise Dancers (3 p.m.)
- Universal African Dance & Drum Ensemble (3:30 p.m.)
- Mlanjeni Magical Theatre (12-4 p.m.)
- Historical Re-enactments (12-4 p.m.)
Our day of service also includes several workshops and family-friendly learning activities:
- Essay Contest (11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
- Historical Re-enactments
- Historical Scavenger Hunt (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
- Arts & Crafts - Coda Program with Ali
- Clothing Drive
- MLK Day Service Project Workshops
ESSAY CONTEST - One King Day, One King Book (11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. -- Auditorium)
MLK Day of Service Project - Urban Gardening
Inspired by the Academy of Natural Sciences' current exhibition - GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER (November 14, 2009 through February 28, 2010), AAMP is partnering with the Urban Nutrition Initiative based out of the University of Pennsylvania, students from the Sayre, West Philadelphia and University High Schools, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Youthbuild Philadelphia Charter School, MLK 365 volunteers from Global Citizens and the Vanguard Group to train homeless men and women in organic gardening, urban agriculture and entrepreneurship. The goal of this project is to empower homeless men and women in the City of Philadelphia through urban agriculture for economic development to improve healthy living. This initiative not only focuses on access to and production of healthy food but will also transform lives, and drive "green communities" throughout Philadelphia neighborhoods.
MLK DAY WORKSHOPS:
2 sessions - 11:30 a.m. & 1 p.m.
Lead Facilitator -- Lonnie Graham, Executive Director - Fabric Workshop
- CARPENTRY WORKSHOP presented by Youthbuild Philadelphia Charter School
- WINTER GARDEN TENDERS presented the PA Horticultural Society
- FOOD & NUTRITION and their relationship to GARDENING presented by the Urban Nutrition Initiative
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Drum Circle and Hip Hop Jazz Musicology with Coda
Free with Museum Admission
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 – 3 p.m.
Cinema Sepia Afternoon Film Series: KING
Film schedule tentative. Check www.aampmuseum.org or call (215) 574-0380 for updates.
Free with Museum Admission
Saturday, January 23, 2010 - 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
African Dance Workshop with Amma and Ishmael
Free with Museum Admission
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 – 3 p.m.
Cinema Sepia Afternoon Film Series: K. Leroy Irvis - The Lion of Pennsylvania
Film schedule tentative. Check www.aampmuseum.org or call (215) 574-0380 for updates.
Free with Museum Admission
Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Francis Johnson: History in the Present with Joe Becton
Free with Museum Admission
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 – 3 p.m.
Cinema Sepia Afternoon Film Series: Inside Buffalo
Film schedule tentative. Check www.aampmuseum.org
Saturday, February 6, 2010 - 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.Servicemen: History in the Present with Joe Becton and Noah Lewis
Free with Museum Admission
Sunday, February 7, 2010 - 2 p.m.
VOICES: Audacious Freedom Community Conversation Series with Gwen and J. Justin Ragsdale
Topic: Lest We Forget Slavery
LOCATION:
Lest We Forget Black Holocaust Museum of Slavery
3650 Richmond Street
Philadelphia, PA 19134
Free Admission
Lest We Forget Black Holocaust Museum of Slavery
3650 Richmond Street
Philadelphia, PA 19134
Free Admission
Sunday, February 7, 2010 – 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Afternoons with Mlanjeni Magical Theater
Free with Museum Admission
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 – 3 p.m.
Cinema Sepia Afternoon Film Series: Fauborg Treme
Film schedule tentative. Check www.aampmuseum.org or call (215) 574-0380 for updates.
Free with Museum Admission
Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Colonial Dance Workshop with Amma and Ishmael (12 p.m.)
Hip Hop Jazz Musicology and Drum Circle with Coda (2 p.m.)
Saturday, February 13, 2010 - Time TBA
VOICES: Audacious Freedom Community Conversation Series with Richard Newman and Dennis Dickerson
Topic: Freedom's Prophet: Richard Allen, the A.M.E. Church, and the Founding Fathers
LOCATION:
1st District Plaza, Main Ballroom
3801 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Free Admission
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 – 3 p.m.
Cinema Sepia Afternoon Film Series: Walls and Doors: Inspiration from our Elders
Film schedule tentative. Check www.aampmuseum.org or call (215) 574-0380 for updates.
Free with Museum Admission
Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Black Archetypes and Prototypes in Cinema with The Minority Reporter
You will NEVER see movies the same way again!
Free with Museum Admission
Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Ned Hector: Free Black Colonial Soldier, Wagoneer, Respected Patriot, Hero with Noah Lewis
Free with Museum Admission
Sunday, February 21, 2010 – 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Afternoons with Mlanjeni Magical Theater
Free with Museum Admission
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 – 3 p.m.
Cinema Sepia Afternoon Film Series: 759: Boy Scouts of Harlem
Film schedule tentative. Check www.aampmuseum.org or call (215) 574-0380 for updates.
Free with Museum Admission
Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
African Dance Workshop with Amma and Ishmael (12 p.m.)
Hip Hop Jazz Musicology and Drum Circle with Coda (2 p.m.)
Free with Museum Admission
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 – 3 p.m.
Cinema Sepia Afternoon Film Series: Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed
Film schedule tentative. Check www.aampmuseum.org or call (215) 574-0380 for updates.
Free with Museum Admission
Saturday, March 6, 2010 – 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Francis Johnson: History in the Present with Joe Becton
Free with Museum Admission
Sunday, March 7, 2010 - 2 p.m.
VOICES: Audacious Freedom Community Conversation Series at the Underground Railroad Museum at Belmont Mansion
Topic: Abolition and Slavery
LOCATION:
Underground Railroad Museum at Belmont Mansion
2000 Belmont Mansion Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19131
Free Admission
Sunday, March 7, 2010 – 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Afternoons with Mlanjeni Magical Theater
Free with Museum Admission
Cinema Sepia Afternoon Film Series: The Takeover of Hair Care
Film schedule tentative. Check www.aampmuseum.org or call (215) 574-0380 for updates.
Free with Museum Admission
Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Colonial Dance Workshop with Amma and Ishmael (10 a.m.)
Hip Hop Jazz Musicology and Drum Circle with Coda (12 p.m.)
Free with Museum Admission
Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
VOICES: Audacious Freedom Community Conversation Series with Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Topic: REWRITING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND A DIALOGUE ABOUT THE NEW EDITION OF FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM by Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Victor S. Thomas Prof. of History and African American Studies, Harvard University, Dept. of African and African American Studies
Free Admission
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 – 3 p.m.
Cinema Sepia Afternoon Film Series: 500 Years Later
Film schedule tentative. Check www.aampmuseum.org or call (215) 574-0380 for updates.
Free with Museum Admission
Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.Servicemen: History in the Present with Joe Becton and Noah Lewis
Free with Museum Admission
Sunday, March 21, 2010 – 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Afternoons with Mlanjeni Magical Theater
Free with Museum Admission
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 – 3 p.m.
Cinema Sepia Afternoon Film Series: The Untold Story of Emmitt Till
Film schedule tentative. Check www.aampmuseum.org or call (215) 574-0380 for updates.
Free with Museum Admission
Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
African Dance Workshop with Amma and Ishmael (12 p.m.)
Hip Hop Jazz Musicology and Drum Circle with Coda (2 p.m.)
Free with Museum Admission
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 – 3 p.m.
Cinema Sepia Afternoon Film Series: The Black List
Film schedule tentative. Check www.aampmuseum.org or call (215) 574-0380 for updates.
Free with Museum Admission