Blues Women: First Civil Rights Workers

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Date(s) - 10/08/2020
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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In its newest exhibit, The Spady Cultural Heritage Museum displays the contents of Dr. Cartwright’s vault, which includes photos, paintings and artwork by Charles Mills. “Jazz: The Joan Cartwright Collection” opens September 23 and runs through January 31, 2021. The exhibit will also feature instruments and albums from local Delray Beach donors.

As part of the exhibit program, Dr. Cartwright and Charlene Farrington, museum director, will host “Blues Women: First Civil Rights Workers,” a musical presentation on the role of women blues singers and composers in the fight for civil rights. The virtual presentation will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 8, 2020, via Zoom. Admission is free. To register, send your name and email address to southflorida@wnba-books.org.

Dr. Cartwright, a veteran of jazz and blues for 40-plus years, is a retired vocalist, composer, and author, who has toured and taught in 22 countries. Her ensemble with Jus’ Cynthia and Roberta DeMuro traces the origins of jazz from the west coast of Africa to the clubs of Harlem. Her titles include Blues Women: First Civil Rights Workers, Amazing Musicwomen, So You Want To Be A Singer? and A History of African American Jazz and Blues with interviews with Quincy Jones, Dewey Redman, Lester Bowie, and other noted Jazz musicians and aficionados. In 2007, Dr. Cartwright founded Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc., a non-profit organization promoting women musicians, globally. She hosts an Internet radio show, MUSICWOMAN, featuring women who compose and perform their own music. Dr. Cartwright has two personal CDs – Feelin’ Good and In Pursuit of a Melody.