Artworks Royal Brown August 23 - October 27
Spring Street Gallery Welcomes Royal Brown,”The Evidence of Things Unseen” August 23 – October 27, 2023
Royal Brown, an artist, shaman and mystic, shares intimate spiritual creations born from life experience, meditation, creativity, engineering and mechanical skills. His focus is to bring about a new way of seeing that is normal and projected to be perceived as supernatural in “The Evidence of Things Unseen”.
Please join us in celebrating Brown’s spiritual and creative journey during these upcoming programs:
Opening reception, August 26 from 5-7 pm
Artist talk, September 17 from 3-4 pm
Discussion with special guest speaker Awo Onianya Aikulola (Miki Conn), Living with Orisha: Walking the Path of African Spirituality, September 30, 12-1 pm
Art workshop, Ships from Found Objects, provided by Black Dimensions in Art(BDA), October 14, 12-2 pm.
Living with Orisha: Walking the Path of African Spirituality
Presented by Awo Onianya Aikulola (Miki Conn)
Saturday, September 30, 2023, 12 -1 pm
Miki Conn was initiated as a Priestess in the Yoruba/Lucumi religious tradition in 1996. She received her initiation as an Awo in 2012. Using storytelling, music, anecdotes from her life and the lives of others and history Miki will help her audience understand the role of African Spirituality in contemporary everyday life. Her discussion will focus on our relationship with our ancestors, who the Orishas are and how we relate to them and the value of divination in navigating our lives.
Miki has published two books for children designed to help them understand the Yoruba/Lucumi tradition. They are the first two in a series called Living with the Orishas.
She is an artist, storyteller, poet, author and community organizer. Her African and Native American roots inspired her interest in indigenous arts and multiculturalism. She is the former executive director of the Hamilton Hill Arts Center, a multi-arts center located in the heart of the inner-city in Schenectady. Although retired, she teaches art and tells stories to children and adults and offers workshops and classes in team building, creativity, writing and African spirituality. She organizes Schenectady’s annual Juneteenth Celebration and the annual Kwanzaa Celebration for the Capital District.
Art workshop, Ships from Found Objects, provided by Black Dimensions in Art(BDA), October 14, 12-2 pm.
Black Dimensions in Art, Inc. invites you to join artist, Royal Brown on Saturday, October 14th at the Spring Street Gallery, in Saratoga Springs: for a two hour workshop 12-2pm. He will explain his process in creating art from recycled materials. You will have the opportunity to create your very own sculptured work.
Some materials will be provided, but you are welcome to bring clean recycled materials to incorporate into your spaceship. You must be 12 years or older to participate in the workshop.
Meet the Artist
| Brown, is a Wiccan practitioner earning the grade of first-degree. He is a devotee of the Yoruba tradition of Ifa, quantum physics, and Kabbalah. Brown, or Ifarinmoade was initiated as a Babalawo, or priest of the shamanistic Yoruba tradition of Ifa, and holds LCSW and practices as a licensed clinical social worker. His artwork originates from these artistic, psychological and spiritual explorations. |
Brown received his Bachelor Degree in fine art from SUNY Albany in 1995. He began to pursue his career in the arts by exhibiting at the Knott Gallery, the Schenectady Museum, Hudson Valley Community College, and the NYS Bi-Annual exhibition. Recently he has shown his work at the Dorsky Gallery, Massery Gallery and the Albany Barn.
A portion of the sales of this exhibition will benefit Black Dimensions in Art(BDA). BDA’s mission is to educate the public about the unique contributions of artists of the African Diaspora within the American art scene through exhibitions, publications, television, and other media; to provide exposure and sales opportunities for artists of African descent; and to encourage youth of African descent in the practice, application, and appreciation of the arts.