Fresno State honors the diversity of its student body, faculty and staff during the month of February with various events — both virtual and in-person — celebrating Black History Month.
Here is a list of campus and community events throughout the monthlong celebration:
This week
Now - Feb. 16: Thresholds in Parameters exhibition showcases 52 local and international women artists. Among the featured artists is internationally recognized poet, actress, teacher and visual artist Pamela Sneed. The exhibit will run at the Conley Art Gallery from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and at the Graduate Studios at M Street (1419 M St. in Downtown Fresno) 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, during Art Hop and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 and 11.
Feb. 13: Sankofa Film Festival — Week 2, Africana Studies will present films every Monday of this month. “One Night in Miami” at 6 p.m., in University Business Center Room 191, Alice Peters Auditorium.
Feb. 15: Fresno State African American Initiative Advanced Placement Awareness Day, 6:30 to 7:45 p.m., Zoom info forthcoming. This event will share information and spread awareness regarding Advanced Placement programs to Central Valley middle and high school students and parents.
Feb. 17: “The Price of the Ticket,” 7 to 9 p.m. in Conley Art Auditorium, a film screening and discussion on the life of James Baldwin, and the literary legacy surrounding race and queer identity in his America and ours.
Feb. 17 - 19 and 21 - 25: Contemporary Dance Ensemble’s Dance Concert, featuring Bernard Brown’s “Unquenched Thirst,” a melding of African Diasporic movement and postmodern sensibilities and Robert Moses’ “The Supplicant,” a dance that uses movement as the medium through which race, class, culture and gender are used to voice the existence of our greater potential. Tickets are $17 general; $15 faculty, staff, alumni, seniors, military; $10 students.
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