More Die of Malaria than AIDs in Africa
Press Release
Contact: Cyril Boynes, Jr.
Director of International Affairs
More Die of Malaria than AIDs in Africa
Two Coasts and an Island: Images and Faces/ An Introspective Odyssey
Multimedia Exhibition/ An Art Exhibit to Fight Malaria
Paintings by Corinne Innis
Exhibition Organizer: Cyril Boynes, Jr.
Director of International Affairs
Reception: Thursday, November 3,2005 6pm
Lecture: Dowoti Desir, Curator /Art Historian
Kreyolization: Concepts in Afro-Caribbean Art
Location: CORE, 817 Broadway, 3rd Fl.
Phone: (212)598-4000
E-mail: [email protected]
The National Headquarters of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) has been transformed into an exhibition space by Cyril Boynes, Jr., Director of International Affairs. He plans to hold semi-annual exhibitions to show case the works of fine artist from the African Diaspora. The first exhibition, Two Coasts and an Island: Images and Faces is a retrospective of paintings by Corinne Innis that chronicle her personal and artistic journey during the many phases of her life in California, New York, and the Virgin Islands.
Ms. Innis’s work has appeared in volume 182 of the International Review of African American Art and also exhibited in 2004 at the African American
Proceeds from this exhibit will go to CORE Malaria Project. The goal of the project is to increase awareness of the impact of Malaria in Africa. More Africans are currently dying of malaria than AIDS. Over 450,000,000 Africans are infected and over 2 millions die annually, more than half of them children under the age of five. Please RSVP by calling (212) 598-4000.