NEW YEAR/NEW PROGRAMS AT OAK CLIFF CULTURAL CENTER

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THE ZORA NEALE HURSTON FESTIVAL

SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2024 12 NOON-6PM

Please bring your friends and family to join us at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center for the Zora Neale Hurston Festival with Pan-African Connection and The Dock Bookshop selling books and more, SDCC Book Club hosted by the South Dallas Cultural Center and Black Girls in Art Spaces, workshops, storytelling and more. Refreshments provided by Recipe Oak Cliff.

12 noon-1PM CST

Instagram (IG) Live with

Rae Chesny aka The Zora Girl

and Dr. Ashely Wade in conversation

(virtual)

12 noon - 1PM CST

DMA Workshop-Found Objects Sculpture

All ages. Draw inspiration from the relationship of materials and meaning as you take a closer look at select works of art from the exhibition Afro-Atlantic Histories with educators from the DMA. Afterwards, create your own sculpture, repurposing a variety of everyday and recycled materials. All supplies will be provided. (in-person)

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1:30-2:30 PM CST

Sounds of Past with Sheran Keyton and Friends

Children 5-12 years old will be enraptured by the stories and song of our ancestors and have a chance to make their own musical instrument to take home. All ages welcome. This is an adult/child activity; all children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. (in-person)

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3-4:45 PM CST

Adinkra Printmaking Workshop

with Ashley Jordan

Beginner-friendly printmaking and basic collage methods, allowing you to explore your creativity and artistic abilities. All ages welcome. This is an adult/child activity; all children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. (in-person)

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5-6 PM CST

Coyote Rock Storytelling Performance

Coyote Rock presents the audience with a unique storytelling performance that weaves together movement, literacy, and videography, with a focus on education and sharing Indigenous culture and history. For audiences 6 and older. (in-person)

BELONG DISABILITY MINISTRY ART CLASS

BELONG DISABILITY MINISTRY ART CLASS

TUESDAYS, JANUARY 16-FEBRUARY 6, 2024 2-3:30PM

Belong Disability Ministry host an art class at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center. Explore various art techniques like painting, drawing, printmaking and collage while using a variety of materials including paint, inks, paper and textiles to create original art on stretched canvas to display or give to a friend. The class is open to students with disabilities 16 and up.

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FTC COMEDY

FTC COMEDY PRESENTS: CHRIS TELLEZ LIVE

WITH LILLI LOPEZ AND DANTE MARTINEZ

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2024 8PM (doors open at 7PM)

FTC Comedy presents a night of standup comedy celebrating the City of Dallas and the city’s rising Latin talent as part of a series of shows for 2024.

Chris Tellez: A true storyteller whose dark, dry wit has captivated crowds of all sizes. Chris Tellez has been featured on Comedy Central including being named a Comedy Central “up next” comic to watch and has been seen on stages like The Oddball Comedy Festival, Comedy Central’s Colossal Clusterfest and The Moontower Comedy Festival! The host of the “Why Should We Care?” Podcast has also worked with some of the best in the world today including Nate Bargatze, Rory Scovel and Doug Benson to name a few.

Dante Martinez: The youngest child of immigrants, Dante grew up hiding out in the suburbs of Dallas. Coming up trying to find himself all while disappointing his parents. Starting from going to college to learn how to become an actor all the way to waiting tables deep into his adulthood he paints a picture of a first-generation working-class Latino artist trying to figure out why people are laughing at him. Dante can be seen in the movie “This World Won’t Break” on Amazon Prime.

Lili Lopez: Stand-up comedian, producer, writer, and actor. She appeared as a regular host on United Tacos of America (El Rey Network). She’s performed in festivals (L.A. Diversity in Comedy Festival by Second City, SXSWedu) and tells her jokes at comedy shows everywhere, all the time (but mostly DFW at night). You can follow or give her money via the internet ONLY: @comboloca

Plan to attend future FTC Comedy Shows:

Friday, March 15, 2024 at the Latino Cultural Center (doors open at 7 PM) 8 PMFriday, May 17, 2024 at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center (doors open at 7 PM) 8 PM Friday, July 19, 2024 at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center (doors open at 7 PM) 8 PMFriday, September 20, 2024 at the Latino Cultural Center (doors open at 7 PM) 8 PMFriday, November 15, 2024 at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center (doors open at 7 PM) 8 PM

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COMING SOON TO THE OC3 GALLERY

Saxon Martinez | Memoires

January 20 – February 16, 2024

Reception: January 20, 6 – 8 pm

Oak Cliff native Saxon Martinez explores his identity through the lens of social constructs focusing on expectations and perceptions of family, culture, memory, and violence. Using the piñata’s “celebratory and destructive history”, Martinez constructs narratives that go beyond preconceived expectations of ethnicity resulting in works that are once familiar and enigmatic.

Growing up, piñatas were a fixture in much of Martinez’ life. In Memoires their distinctive features of overlapping fringed paper framed with cardboard surround “speak to the vibrancy and temporality of Martinez’ memories”. As wall mounted objects, the works reference intimate moments like photographs of family and the self, carrying a sense of “home and ambiguity”. These “physical manifestations of self-portraiture” are Martinez’ reflections on how experiences of labor, violence, trauma, social injustice and memory influence his identity.

Saxon Martinez has a Master of Fine Arts from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. His work has been included in exhibitions in Texas, Colorado, and most recently in Fermont, California at Sequoia University. He is a recipient of the Greater Denton Arts council Micro Grant and was awarded a Juror Choice Award for his work in the 500X Gallery EXPO 2022 exhibition. His work has been featured in Glasstire’s Top Five in 2022 and in Under the Bridge Magazine. A native of Oak Cliff – Dallas, Texas, Saxon currently lives and works in Colorado.

For more information go to OC3 Gallery