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Oya Art Gallery’s Black History Month Program Showcases

Oya Art Gallery’s Black History Month Program Showcases

Haiku Author Winston Shaw 

San Diego (Jan. 31, 2023) — Enlightened Opportunities LLC celebrates Black History Month with its February Art & Wellness Winter Bazaar. The event takes place on the 19th and showcases Winston Shaw, author of Artless, 101 Haiku Amerikano; born of the pandemic, the audio/E-book reflects the beauty and complexity of the Black experience. Shaw is a writer/producer and creator at GTET LLC, a digital publishing company rooted in Afrofuturism. 

Southeast Art Team’s Oya Art Gallery and Boutique is a studio and workspace celebrating local talent and Black culture. Formerly known as the Pop-Up Gallery, it launched in Market Creek Plaza in October 2020 after receiving support from the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation. In 2021, artists Vee Brooks (President) and Kim Philips-Pea (Art Director) moved the gallery to the 2nd floor of the historic McDuff Elks Lodge #598 building in Logan Heights, where the Art & Wellness Bazaar takes place every third Sunday.

Philips-Pea will be live painting throughout the Black History Month event with exhibits, performances, and refreshments from 3 p.m. – 9 p.m. Poet and visual artist Bryttani Mischell will host a Q&A session at 5 p.m., and Mr Caypre of High End Radio will emcee the open mic segment featuring Shaw at 6 p.m.

Dr. LaWana Richmond (Afrofuturism Lounge, Afrofuturism Dream TankAfro Con) featured Shaw’s Monkey Business digital print collection in conjunction with her Afrofuture Dreams installation at Oya in November. Shaw is also the author of Almost A Poet (2008) – a collection of urban poetry. 

Learn more about the Oya Gallery and Boutique at southeasternartteam.com

Learn more about GTET Media at greaterthanequaltoo.com.

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