Zen Nights Black Dolls Exhibit and Presentation

Name: Zen Nights Black Dolls Exhibit and Presentation
Start: 2025-02-27T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-02-27T20:30:00-07:00
Location: New Beginnings Christian Church

Schedule

Thu Feb 27 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

New Beginnings Christian Church | Mesa, AZ

We are honoring Black History Month with an informative and enlightening lecture and exhibit.
Bruce Nelson’s Black Dolls: Beautiful or Grotesque? From Oppression to Representation – A Brief Journey Through America's History.
Presented by Bruce Nelson-----Independent documentary filmmaker, Curator, & Published author.

Lecture Description *
Bruce Nelson will present on the importance and complexities of the history of Black Dolls in America. The Black Dolls: Beautiful or Grotesque? Exhibit will illuminate the tradition about the character and treatment of America towards African Americans from slavery to current times. A doll has great power on how we see ourselves and how others perceive us. We have an opportunity to create a positive dialogue about race relations with this exhibit as We discuss the dolls names and a mini history origin. Nelson has a collection that consists of over 150 Black dolls that are 20 to 100 years old.
This1 ½ hour presentation consists of what Nelson refers to as the Four Archetypes of Black Dolls and several short films.