Meet Your Creative Community: June & July
CMA values the role artists play in society to imagine and question, and we see the Museum as a laboratory for new ideas. Meet Your Creative Community features Columbus artists premiering new projects at CMA.
The Right to Remain: Panel Discussion with Cast and Crew
June 25, 7:00 PM
Via Zoom
Join CMA and filmmaker Javier Sanchez along with cast and crew for an interactive discussion about the social justice issues explored in the film, and their creative process.
We are pleased to share this program with our community at no cost. If you are able, please add-on a donation at registration and provide critical support for CMA’s creative programming and imagination-expanding learning experiences that benefit all ages throughout our region
Register to receive an email with the Zoom Meeting ID.
Before the event, pleases visit www.therighttoremain.com to:
- Watch the Film, which has been segmented into five short episodes.
- Download the Viewing Discussion Guide, where you will find:
- Active engagement opportunities in conjunction with THE RIGHT TO REMAIN film
- Discussion Questions
- Links to resources to learn more
Film summary:
In 1912, every Black family living in Forsyth County, Georgia was forcibly driven out by the White citizens living there. They abandoned their land, their homes, and their jobs in fear for their lives. For the next 75 years, the Black population remained at zero. In 1987, efforts to bring positive change to Forsyth County were once again met with violent opposition from the citizens committed to keeping it an all-White community.
We tell the story of Danny Pittman, a White police officer who sees what’s happening, isn’t 100% sure where he stands on the matter, but struggles with what would happen if he spoke out against it.
His fellow officers and other Forsyth County residents feel they have a right to remain an all-White community. Danny feels he has the right to remain silent about the injustices happening all around him. And the former Black population feels they had a right to remain in Forsyth County in the first place. These differing views reach a boiling point and lead to an explosive climax.
THE RIGHT TO REMAIN is recommended for high school-aged students, college-aged students, and general adult audiences. The film contains strong language and depictions of violence. It is recommended that children under 12 not view the film.
Community Book Club: The Turtle with an Afro
July 11, 11:00 AM
Via Zoom
Join CMA and local author Dr. Carlotta Penn for an interactive family program, including a screening of The Turtle With an Afro cartoon, an animated short based on her new book, The Turtle With an Afro.
The Turtle With an Afro is a children’s picture book written by Columbus educator and author, Carlotta Penn, and illustrated by Audy Popoola, a Maryland-based artist. Animations are by Claudia Jackson and Pedro Fequiere. This fun, lyrical story of a Turtle who loves her Afro is a celebration of curly, kinky, coily hair in all its forms, and a lesson on self-love and acceptance. A fantastic, fabulous, feisty story!
Penn is an educator and creative who believes in justice and in the power of arts and literature to activate change in the world. Watch her “Lifting Black Voices in Children’s Books” Ted Talk.
Visit daydreamerspress.com for more information and to purchase the book.
Register to receive an email with the Zoom Meeting ID.
We are pleased to share these programs with our community at no cost. If you are able, please add-on a donation at registration and provide critical support for CMA’s creative programming and imagination-expanding learning experiences that benefit all ages throughout our region.
