BSAM ST LOUIS 2017 #BSAMstl2017

"BLOOM WHERE YOU'RE PLANTED"...This is my motto.Whatever environment you come from, whatever your surroundings or financial circumstance,, there is ALWAYS room to grow, flourish, and BLOOM.Maia Williams, also known as "Crown", is executive assistant to many different businesses, artists, and events in the Metro Detroit area. Crown is also CEO and founder ofAmonyet Enterprises,Cooking Ciphers,M.E.C.C.A, andCrown's Royalties.Executive Assistant, Event Coordinator, ComicCon organizer, Chef, Jeweler, and more,she is a 'sistah' with many crowns, and takes the size and fit of each one seriously.AMONYET ENTERPRISES is an executive assistant, event coordinating, and mass promotion company.Small Businesses, Events, Marketing, Authors, Musicians, Spoken Word/Poets, Artists, and more!Amonyet EnterprisesHttp://amonyet.weebly.com/Http://facebook.com/amonyetenterprisesAmonyet Enterprises is also the parent company to:Crown's Royaltieshttp://crownsroyalties.weebly.com/http://facebook.com/crownsroyaltiesandCOOKING CIPHERShttp://cookingciphers.weebly.com/http://facebook.com/cookingciphersMidwest Ethnic Convention for Comics and Arts - MECCAhttp://MECCAcon.weebly.com/http://facebook.com/midwestethnicconventionforcomicsandartsMaia "CROWN" Williams(313) 451 0297amonyetenterprises@gmail.comETSYhttp://crownsroyalties.etsy.comHttp://Cookingciphers.etsy.comINSTAGRAMhttp://instagram.com/crownsroyalties @crownsroyaltiesTWITTERhttp://www.twitter.com/amonyet_ent @amonyet_entHttp://www.twitter.com/MECCAcon @MECCAonTUMBLRhttp://MECCAcon.tumblr.comPINTERESThttp://pinterest.com/amonyet"My main objective of everything i do is to strengthen, build, protect, and grow. I instill those in each and every business, event, and project that i sign my name next to. Our people will only rise when we learn to stand up.In order for our community to grow,we must BE a community."

MECCAcon

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 14, 2016 Contact: Maia "CROWN" Williams Black Speculative Arts Movement Co-founder, Executive Assistant (313) 451-0297, BSAMstaff@gmail.com <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/events/1814903302065939/?action_history=null" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></A>Black Speculative Arts Movement #BSAMstl2017 <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/pvamu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></A>Harris-Stowe State University March 17-18, 2017
Official schedule to be announced! St Louis, MO - Black Speculative Arts Movement​, aka BsaM, is an annual Afrofuturism, black comics, and arts convention held at multiple colleges and universities thruought the United States. Our annual conventions, co-founded by associate professor and chair of the Humanities department at Harris-Stowe State University​, <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/reynaldo.anderson888" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Reynaldo Anderson</A>​, and founder of <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/MECCAcon/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Midwest Ethnic Convention for Comics and Arts - MECCA</A>​, <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/maiacrownamonyet" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Maia Crown Williams</A>​, will include vending from a vast amount of comics, art, and artisan creators and vendors, live performances, a full international film festival via MECCAcon, seminars, classes, hand on workshops, plays, and much more. Students are also welcome to submit proposals to participate as well. ----- 
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj">***** Official Schedule ***** Friday, March 17 EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER  10am YOUTH COMICS Workshop- Tim Fielder  10am YOUTH POETRY Workshop- InnerGy  10am SOCIAL JUSTICE- Amber Johnson, Attorney Amy Breihan  11am CREATIVE WRITING Workshop- Gregory S. Carr, Jason Vassar  11am COMICS AND LITERACY- Sharnez Givens &amp; Guests  Lunch and Networking at 12-1pm  1pm ART GRANTS Workshop - Jason Vassar  1pm-2:30pm DISPATCHES OVER FLY OVER COUNTRY, The Legacy of Darren Seals, and the Purple Revolution- Sarah Kendzior, Reynaldo Anderson, Andrew Rollins, Nyota Uhura. Moderated by Sudarsen Kant @Emerson Theatre  3 pm- SUBVERSIVE ACTS: FREEDOM &amp; RESISTANCE w/ Sheree Renée Thomas, Stacey Robinson, Stanford W. Carpenter 3pm MECCAcon Film Festival w/ Midwest Ethnic Convention for Comics and Arts - MECCA 6-8pm EMERSON PERFORMANCE CENTER  CONSCIOUS CONVERSATION- Gabbi Burks  LIVE ARTS EXHIBITION- InnerGy  Saturday, March 18 EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER  11am New Afrikan ECONOMICS AND THE DEEP STATE- Andrew Rollins, Johnson Lancaster  11am LABOR, ARTS, AND ACTIVISM- NEA, Greg Carr  12pm Poetry Writing Workshop- Dr. Joy Davis and Bryce Davis  Lunch and Networking at 12-1pm  1pm Beyonce “Lemonade” workshop w/ Kinitra Brooks  1pm Digital Humanities w/ Toneisha Taylor 1pm African Drumming Class- NGOMA  2pm The Artrepreneur: Starting your own Biz- Volunteer lawyers and Accts. For the Arts 2pm Back2Black Panel- Damian Duffy, Tim Fielder, Stacey Robinson, Sharnez Givens, moderated by Maia Crown Williams 3-4pm Drawing My African Voice w/ Sarah Blair 3pm-4pm Afrofuturism the 2nd Wave: The Black Speculative Arts Movement w/ Reynaldo Anderson, Amber Johnson, Kinitra Brooks, Toneisha Taylor)  3pm MECCAcon Film Festival  7pm EMERSON PERFORMANCE CENTER Play: Aunt Jo Mama- Greg Carr  WORD UP poetry  Concert (TBD) </DIV>
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<H4>Friday: ●3pm- DIRT, Darius Clark Monroe​, 6:47m ●310pm- THE BIG CHOP, Derek Dow​, 15:41m ●330pm- THE YOUTH, Dehanza Rogers​, 15:14m ●350pm ON TIME, Xavier L Burgin​, 8:17m Saturday:: ●3pm- SEE MY DREAMS COME TRUE, Vernon A. Jordan III​, 5:48m ●310pm- MUSIC ON THE ROAD, Yakuza Moon​, 28:50m ●345pm- STAGES- James Bland​, 12:16m</H4>
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 Afrofuturism and astro blackness have been practiced in our community for years, especially thru literature, visual arts, and music. Artists like Sun Ra, Octavia Butler, Basquiat, Fela Kuti, George Clinton, John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Samuel Delaney, Jimi Hendrix, Paschal B. Randolph, Toni Morrison, Amiri Baraka,Tananarive Due, and the ZULU NATION are excellent examples.
 
<IMG SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/78059381/1431753017827183419751198099431923251252900n.jpg"> Black Speculative Arts Movement is a loose umbrella term represented for different positions or basis of inquiry: Afrofuturism, Astro Blackness, Afro-Surrealism, Ethno Gothic, Black Digital Humanities, Black (Afro-future female or African Centered) Science Fiction, The Black Fantastic, Magical Realism, and The Esoteric. Although these positions may be incompatible in some instances they overlap around the term speculative and design; and interact around the nexus of technology and ethics. 
 
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 BsaM is a continuation of the historical behavior within the Veil to engage the ideas of Dubois, Wright, Everett and others to pierce the Color Line, the Color Curtain, and understand the Digital Divide in the face of the challenges of the 21st century. Links:
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