PASTELS and PARIS

Pastels and Paris -- it’s 1896 and Annie E. Anderson Walker’s (1855-1929) first day as an art student at the prestigious Academie Julian in Paris, France - probably making her the first African-American woman to attend the school - when at the entrance, Annie is overcome with fear because of her treatment when she tried to enter an art school in America where she was denied her role as a student when the...
Pastels and Paris -- it’s 1896 and Annie E. Anderson Walker’s (1855-1929) first day as an art student at the prestigious Academie Julian in Paris, France - probably making her the first African-American woman to attend the school - when at the entrance, Annie is overcome with fear because of her treatment when she tried to enter an art school in America where she was denied her role as a student when the powers that be learned that she was a woman of color. Single set, 1w (African-American), 10 min.
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  • Jennifer O'Grady:
    11 Jan. 2020
    Moving monologue play about a groundbreaking female artist of color. Johnson places us inside Annie's mind, so that we can feel her anxiety and excitement as she tries to move forward with her life and her art despite the boundaries of racism. Would love to see this on stage.