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A Message From The Founder.
Catch The Vision…New Beginnings! This theme will be highlighted with three
very special events throughout the rest of this year. Each new, different
and exciting!
October 1st - October 31st 10:00-5:00pm Monday-Saturday
Rings N Things ~ 117 A Central Avenue ~ Historic Downtown Hot Springs
This Exhibit is dedicated to African American women, surrounded by the glitz
and glamour of fashion…Honored in a place where their fashions, their hairdos
and their attitudes are seen as world changing!
*Saturday, October 15th 6:00pm The Uzuri Project ~ The Beauty Of Our Legacy
New St. Paul A.M.E. Church, 331 Garland Avenue, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Poetry, Prose, Song spoken and sung by Hot Springs Women … Guest Speaker,
Dr. Patricia McGraw will spread the word of the accomplishments of the
women in the photographs and African American women nationally.
November 1st ~ November 30th 10:00-5:00pm Monday-Friday
Union Missionary Baptist Church, 219 Gulpha Street, Hot Springs, Arkansas ...
An Exhibit highlighting some of the African American churches in Hot Springs.
These are never before seen photographs, copies of some older souvenir programs,
c1942 with photographs.
*Saturday, November 19th, 6:00pm – The Black Church, Is It In Crisis?
Union Missionary Baptist Church, 219 Gulpha Street, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Slaves willing to give their lives for a belief in a God that ‘brought us out,
made a way out of no way’, and helped by its’ very statues to build communities
by and through a displaced people. Can we go back or is there a way to move
forward? Guest Speaker, Rev. Harold Eckelberger, Pastor of Haven United
Methodist Church.
December 1st ~December 31st, 12:00~5:00pm, Wednesday~Saturday
~~ “Our Community”
Hu International Sculpture & Gallery, 610 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, Arkansas
This is a new Photographic Exhibit showing “Our Community” as seen through
the eyes of the artist, Long Hua Xu. Long Hua’s unique vision of the collected
historic photographs from an international perspective and as an artist will
surprise and please home town folks and visitors as well.
December Holiday Affair! More Information Later!
ALL FREE EVENTS ~ Light Refreshments
Donations Will Be Accepted
For more information ~ Call 624-9400 or e-mail us at info@theuzuriproject.org.