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The Winter Park Library commemorates Black Culture throughout the Diaspora in HeART & Soul. This year, we celebrate the Caribbean with music, spoken word, dance, and art from the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, and the US Virgin Islands. Partnership with Hannibal Square Heritage Center. Art displays made possible by the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens.
Emcee: Ms. Phylicia Ashley, reporter, WFTV Channel 9
Visual Artists
- Dominican Republic: Julio Sanchez
- Jamaica: Kenneth Harris
- Nevis: Angie Vazquez
- St. Thomas United States Virgin Islands: Carmen Nibbs
- Quilting: Lisa Moore
- Trinidad: Weldon Ryan
- Trinidad: Winston "Boots" Andrews
Musicians
- Power House Family Steelpan
- Jeffery Hunter
Readers
Haiti:
Patrick Noze: Artist, Illustrator, Educator, Owner of Noze Art Gallery, Crealdé School of Art Senior Curator
Lougawou: The Adventures of Patrick Noze
St. Thomas United States Virgin Islands:
Carmen Nibbs: Fiber Artist: Broo Nansi and Sis Iwana by Yohance Henley
Grenada:
George A. Glean Sr.: Searching for Higher Ground read by the author
Velma Daniel: We Kinda Talk by Anthony W. DeRiggs
Trinidad:
Weldon Ryan: History of Carnival
Winston Boots: Poem of Carnival
Barbados:
Pat Quintyne Hildebrand: Called to Serve
Jamaica:
Lorna Wilmoth: President of Pine Hills Seniors Inc.: Nanny of the Maroons
Kenneth Harris: Artist & Owner of JamArt Framing & Art Gallery: One Love by Bob Marley
One Love sung by Jeffery Hunter
Refreshments:
Catered Delights Kitchen