Santa Monica was once home to a thriving community of color, whose history is documented in the Quinn Research Center, an educational archive consisting of photographs, newspaper clippings, pamphlets and letters collected by educator Alfred Quinn in the mid to late 20th century.
It was the co-founder and steward of this archive, Carolyne Edwards, who helped artist Sage Ni’Ja Whitson conceive of “Revival_ _Revival,” a Black Trans Processional that they will conduct on Nov. 8 across sacred historic sites in Santa Monica, activating them through music, movement and ritual traditions.
“What folks will experience is a processional led by sound,” shared Whitson, a professor at University of California Riverside and artist in residence at 18th Street Arts Center. “We move through a few neighborhoods of Santa Monica with music, with our embodiment, and there will be a few guest speakers, guest artists, who will share at different points during the processional.” . . .
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