B-Girl Be Summit in Minneapolis

June 29, 2007

B-Girl Be

If you are going to be in Minneapolis this weekend, go check out ‘B-Girl Be: A Celebration of Women in Hip Hop’ Summit. It is now in its third year, and last night at Foundation nightclub was the kick-off party with Bahamadia, Invincible (from Platinum Pied Pipers), Stacy Epps, and Minneapolis favorite Maria Isa.

B-Girl Be is an annual summit and series of events, workshops, exhibits, and performances that celebrate women in hip-hop.The mission of B-Girl Be is to influence and inspire leadership to change the perceptions and roles of women in hip-hop for current and future generations.

The summit features national and international guests aerosol artists Lady Pink (NYC), ZORI4 (Puerto Rico); spoken word artist Ursula Rucker (Philadelphia), lyricists Magia Emcee (Cuba), Sistaz in Rhyme (Stacy Epps, Invincible and Bahamadia), main stage host Medusa, (LA); DJ Shortee (LA) and DJ Pam the Funkstress (San Francisco); B-Girls Rokafella (NYC), Aruna (Holland), and Aiko (CA); keynote speaker Rosa Clemente (NYC); and photojournalist/historian Martha Cooper, who will all perform, present and engage in discussion ciphers and workshops alongside local Twin Cities artists.

The celebration continues throughout July and into August with The Art of T&A: Truth and Activism, an international visual art exhibition and a series of international film screenings. The Art of T&A: Truth and Activism is a multi-disciplinary, cutting edge exhibition that highlights the distinct aesthetics of hip-hop. The exhibit and film series feature the works of women who create new ways to visually represent themselves through hip-hop. These visual artists from all over the world paint on walls, wood, clothing, vinyl, canvas and metal. Female filmmakers direct, produce and edit their visual journeys. Inside Intermedia Arts’ main gallery, viewers can check out aerosol art, clothing, paintings, photographs, sculpture, and illustrations representing hip-hop inspired artwork from women around the world. The Art of T&A: Truth and Activism runs from June 21- September 1, 2007.

Find more about the Summit Schedule here. One of the founding directors of this summit is Desdamona. She is amazing mc and spoken word artist. She just dropped a new album called ‘The Source’.

Desdamona

Desdamona - “The Source (Sly & Robbie Remix)”

 

 

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Posted by Tarik | Filed Under Music 

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