Fundraising Mixer
March 31st — 6pm to 9pm
Price: $40
Hat City Kitchen
459 Valley Street
Orange, NJ 07050
862.252.9147
Please join us for cocktails. food & music at Hat City Kitchen to support the F3B organization. Sample the Creo-soul menu that won Hat City the NJ Monthly 2010 Critic’s Choice Award.
Featured Performer: Singer & songwriter April Peters.
In July 2011, F3B will be conducting its scholar athlete program in Bulgaria. Upon completion of the Bulgarian program, the F3B team will spend a day visiting an orphanage in Romania, play an exhibition game for the youth, and spend the remainder of the day conducting drills and playing an assortment of games with the youth. Lastly, the F3B team will visit some of the major cultural sites of both countries. Check back here for updates!
Sarah Nakisanze works in fiber, particularly bark cloth, to create fabric patterns based on traditional Ugandan motifs. She is also a fashion designer. She has a distinguished career in the fashion world in Africa and teaches at the Margaret Trowel School of Fine and Industrial Art, Makerere University. Her thesis for her Masters of Art in Fine Arts degree at Makerere University was titled “An Investigation into the Construction of a Ugandan Fashion Identity.” She is also an activist and facilitates workshops on rural craft practice and HIV/AIDS awareness. Her fabric and fashion designs have been widely exhibited throughout Africa in Uganda, South Africa, and Kenya. Her designs have also been shown in England.
Mercy Moyo has exhibited at the National Gallery of Art, Zimbabwe many times. In addition, her work has been included in shows in the Czech Republic, Finland, South Africa, and the United States. She is the first woman artist to win the National Arts Merit Award for two-dimensional work in Zimbabwe and has received a number of residencies. She studied at the Peter Birch School of Art and Design and the National Gallery of Zimbabwe Visual Art Studios.
