Celebrating a Culturally Rich Mosaic

Schedule - Monday, May 26, 2008

10:00 am – 6:00 pm
World's Fair Pavilion in Forest Park

African Marketplace

Vendor displays of African and Afrocentric artifacts including woodcarvings, textiles, and jewelry. Your last chance to get your favorite gift!

Main Stage

1:00 pm	Drum Call
1:15 pm	Blue Acoustic Guitar & Original Music
2:00 pm	Oasis Beyond the Veil Belly Dance
2:45 pm	Help Wanted Darren Jackson & Monty Bettis Poetry/Spoken Word
3:00 pm	Youth & Roots Caribbean Music
4:00 pm	Spirit of Angela West African Dance
5:00 pm	Maurice Minor Poetry/ Spoken Word
5:15 pm	Lamar Harris & The L Gritty, Soulful, Talking Horn

Main stage closes at 6:00 pm.

Children's Village

*An adult must accompany children.

11:30 am -
1:00 pm

Pinch Clay Pots
Momma Jeannine

Clay Pots are an essential part of the African lifestyle providing vessels for water, grains, and for cooking. Children will have fun designing their own pinch clay pot.

1:30 pm -
4:00 pm

Glorius African Prints
Byron Rogers

Learn about the ancient art of printmaking using a modern method as you create your magnificent African patterns on paper.

Cultural Demonstrations & Activities

Photo from St. Louis African Arts Festival

12:00 noon -
3:00 pm

Basket Weaving Techniques
Yvette Booker and Jenece Brown

Baskets are both decorative and functional throughout the world. Watch and learn from the mother and daughter team from Illinois the art of basket weaving.

3:30 pm -
5:00 pm

The High Prestige and Low Maintenance of Natural Hair
Kelly C. Weeden

Uhuru Stylz, Owner, will grace us with her presence as she demonstrates natural hair "stylz" that are elegant and easily maintained for even the busiest of life styles.

Saint Louis Art Museum

2:30 pm

Kings and Spirits: African Sculpture

Join us for guided, family-friendly tours of the African Art galleries. Meet at the Information Desk. Free.

Saint Louis Zoo

10:00 am -
3:00 pm

Visitors can participate in educational activities that will highlight the Zoo’s conservation work in Africa. Through the WildCare Institute, the Saint Louis Zoo is creating a sustainable future for wildlife and for people in Africa, and around the world. Educational activities will focus on Equids and Addax. Pick up your activity guide at the welcome desk at either entrance to the Zoo.

All activities will be held at the World's Fair Pavilion except where noted. Presenters, scheduled activities, times or locations are subject to change.

The African Arts Festival is sponsored by the African Heritage Association of St. Louis and funded in part by the Missouri Arts Council, Regional Arts Commission, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Public Library, and Washington University in St. Louis.

For additional information, please call (314) 935-9676 or visit our website at www.STLAfricanArtsFest.org.

Celebrating a Culturally Rich Mosaic

Schedule - Monday, May 26, 2008

African Marketplace

Main Stage

Drum Call

Blue

Oasis Beyond the Veil

Help Wanted

Youth & Roots

Spirit of Angela

Maurice Minor

Lamar Harris & The L

Children's Village

Pinch Clay Pots Momma Jeannine

Glorius African Prints Byron Rogers