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Tag: featured
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Before the Storm Series Presents: Jade Green
Interview by Kindred Kindred: What makes you come alive? Jade Green: I love a good storyteller. I love hearing and talking about liberation. And food. Food makes me come alive. Lately, I’ve been into comfort foods – sweet potatoes, shrimp fried rice, spicy food. Q: Where are you from? Green: I spent most of my…
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“Before the Storm Series”, Nicholas Ferguson Strikes Up Interviews with Kansas City Musicians.
A natural born creative hailing from Ferguson, Missouri with a heart of talent and an inquisitive mind. Nicholas Ferguson, pen named Kindred, brings an electric element to humanity’s collective school of thought. Working as a professional musician for many years, he’s worked behind the scenes with several Kansas City artists, both seasoned and up-and-coming alike,…
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Cicely Jones: Painter, Student, Appreciator of All Things Black
UMKC art student uses her lessons in academia to paint the Black experience. Her colorful canvases hang around the room, and right before my eyes, the dull of a cloudy Wednesday afternoon transforms into something much more special as I sit with UMKC student artist Cicely Jones. Our conversation flows as smoothly as the brush…
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Writer, Sydney Jones, Spotlights Black Student Artists of Kansas City
Three Exceptional University of Missouri—Kansas City Seniors, receive their flowers for their talents in latest series. As we embark on a new season of projects on The Black Sunflower, new voices have been welcomed into the fold. Our first being Sydney Jones, a Kansas City based writer and mindfulness blogger. Her blog Its Sydney Jones features weekly…
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We’re Growing-Welcoming New Voices
In just a few months, we will have reached our 2 year mark of celebrating so many amazing artists, with a range of talents. We have grown and learned so much in that time frame and are even more excited to begin bringing in some new voices into the fold. For our second quarter project,…
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Welcome to the Party: A Sultry Celebration
Bringing in another year of growth and prosperity by connecting through music. My birthday is less than a week away and plans have been hard to pin down these days. Normally, I would have plans to be out, dancing, singing loud and enjoying the energy of friends and family. Of course, eating good and soaking…