Langston Hughes inspired event features Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier
{A self-portrait of artist Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier. Contributed Photo}
The Black Butterfly Network postponed From Langston to Lexington with Love Black Tie event until March 25, 2022 due to rising COVID concerns. From Langston to Lexington with Love is a Black Cultural Arts event to celebrate Black History. During the event, Black Butterfly Network will introduce its program to all attendees and announce future events.
This Black Cultural Art event is being co-hosted by Anything For Our Youth Group Inc. and Davidson Local . These two organizations work together to promote, and support small non-profits and small businesses within Davidson County. The event will be honoring the legacy of Langston Hughes and presenting local artists to attendees. The artwork presented will be available for viewing and purchase.
This is a Black Tie event and all attendees are asked to dress for the occasion. There will be heavy hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, live music, networking, and more.
The event will include Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier. Her style is uniquely southern with a style of mixed media in deep and cool tones. She has been documenting the American South since 1989 and works both figuratively and abstractly. She researches and collages photography, painting, and writing, with primary source documents from diaries and letters, which she incorporates into her image-based mixed-media quilts, 2-D and 3-D sculptures, and mixed media works. With an aim of re-examining and re-framing historical figures, Marshall-Linnemeir is a nomad that engages her subjects through dialogue focusing on their life stories and historical incidences attached to place. Her work is inspired by African-American and indigenous cultural traditions as well as stories from people that she has met during her travels, which include international residencies. Her vibrant paintings explore personal investigations into movement and transformation often drawn from concepts surrounding ancestry, memory and written language.
Dining Neath the Wisdom Bridge
Acrylic on Panel
24" x 48"
2019
From Langtson to Lexington with Love
How does famous Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes correlate with Lexington? Hughes was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance, a flourishing era of intellectual, literary, and artistic life that took place in the 1920s in a number of cities, most notably Harlem.
On Friday, March 25th at 119 West 3rd Avenue Lexington, NC, a Black Tie affair set near the date of his birth will honor his legacy by bringing a little bit of Hughes to Lexington. Donation requests of $50 per person will support future business, arts and cultural events in Davidson County. This will include heavy hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, live music, art exhibits, networking and more. This is a Black-Tie event and all attendees are asked to dress accordingly for the occasion. All are welcome.
Organizers Tina Royal (Anything for Our Youth Group, INC), Antionette Kerr (Davidson Local) and Clarence Vernon Hargrave (Event Horizon) recognize that The Harlem Renaissance was a golden age for African American artists, writers and musicians. They envision a similar revival happening locally and plan to use the evening to announce a networking opportunity similar to one that historically gave artists pride in and control over how the Black experience was represented in American culture and set the stage for the civil rights movement. Each of the organizations work together to promote, and support small nonprofits and small businesses, entrepreneurship, unity and cultural events within Davidson County.
The event will honor the legacy of the late Langston Hughes near his birthday and present local artists to attendees. Fine Artwork will be available for viewing and purchase. Participating artists include Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier, -mixed media; Kenrick Jobe - paint & drawings, Q - NaTavea Hargrave - photography; Ken Davis- live music and CD’s.
“We want to recognize the spirit of the city renaissance and those who have gone before us,” Kerr said. “Langtson Hughes represents a style of art that is distinctly African American, and iconic for all. Davidson County has hidden gems of cultural art and intellect that we want to help usher in a thriving network of support.”
