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May 2025

A Day to Celebrate, Connect, and Empower: Older Americans Month at Victory Park
05/30/2025

End of Life: You Do Have Choices!
05/30/2025

Get Moving, Pasadena Village: Walking Toward a Healthier, Happier You
05/30/2025

Music: A Universal Language
05/30/2025

Presidents Message
05/30/2025

The New Grammar Guardian of Pasadena Village
05/30/2025

Undue Influence: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
05/30/2025

Village Within a Village
05/30/2025

What do we do now?
05/30/2025

Status - May 10, 2025
05/10/2025

A Tribute to Dad
05/05/2025

A Tribute to Mom
05/05/2025

A Board Director Perspective
05/02/2025

A Death Valley Adventure
05/02/2025

Ask an Architect
05/02/2025

Message from the President
05/02/2025

My 15-Minute City
05/02/2025

Neighboring Anew
05/02/2025

Scam Red Flags
05/02/2025

Sir Beckett, A Woman's Best Friend
05/02/2025

Volunteer Appreciation: Giving a New Level of Love and Caring
05/02/2025

April 2025

March 2025

About Senior Solutions
03/28/2025

Building a Bridge With Journey House, A Home Base for Former Foster Youth
03/28/2025

Come for the Knitting, Stay for the Conversation... and the Cookies
03/28/2025

Creating Safe and Smart Spaces with Home Technology
03/28/2025

Finding Joy in My Role on The Pasadena Village Board
03/28/2025

I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!
03/28/2025

Managing Anxiety
03/28/2025

Message from Our President: Keeping Pasadena Village Strong Together
03/28/2025

My Favorite Easter Gift
03/28/2025

The Hidden History of Black Women in WWII
03/28/2025

Urinary Tract Infection – Watch Out!
03/28/2025

Volunteer Coordinator and Blade-Runner
03/28/2025

Continuing Commitment to Combating Racism
03/26/2025

Goodbye and Keep Cold by Robert Frost
03/13/2025

What The Living Do by Marie Howe
03/13/2025

Racism is Not Genetic
03/11/2025

Bill Gould, The First
03/07/2025

THIS IS A CHAPTER, NOT MY WHOLE STORY
03/07/2025

Dramatic Flair: Villagers Share their Digital Art
03/03/2025

Empowering Senior LGBTQ+ Caregivers
03/03/2025

A Life Never Anticipated
03/02/2025

Eaton Fire Changes Life
03/02/2025

February 2025

Commemorating Black History Month 2025
02/28/2025

Transportation at the Pasadena Village
02/28/2025

A Look at Proposition 19
02/27/2025

Behind the Scenes: Understanding the Pasadena Village Board and Its Role
02/27/2025

Beyond and Within the Village: The Power of One
02/27/2025

Celebrating Black Voices
02/27/2025

Creatively Supporting Our Village Community
02/27/2025

Decluttering: More Than The Name Implies
02/27/2025

Hidden Gems of Forest Lawn Museum
02/27/2025

LA River Walk
02/27/2025

Message from the President
02/27/2025

Phoenix Rising
02/27/2025

1619 Conversations with West African Art
02/25/2025

The Party Line
02/24/2025

Bluebird by Charles Bukowski
02/17/2025

Dreams by Langston Hughes
02/17/2025

Haiku - Four by Fritzie
02/17/2025

Haikus - Nine by Virginia
02/17/2025

Wind and Fire
02/17/2025

Partnerships Amplify Relief Efforts
02/07/2025

Another Community Giving Back
02/05/2025

Diary of Disaster Response
02/05/2025

Eaton Fire: A Community United in Loss and Recovery
02/05/2025

Healing Powers of Creative Energy
02/05/2025

Living the Mission
02/05/2025

Message from the President: Honoring Black History Month
02/05/2025

Surviving and Thriving: Elder Health Considerations After the Fires
02/05/2025

Treasure Hunting in The Ashes
02/05/2025

Villager's Stories
02/05/2025

A Beginning of Healing
02/03/2025

Hectic Evacuation From Eaton Canyon Fire
02/02/2025

Hurricanes and Fires are Different Monsters
02/02/2025

January 2025

1619 Conversations with West African Art

By Richard Myers
Posted: 02/25/2025
Tags: art, rheingold

Notes by Sharon Jarrett

 

The 1619, Lingering Imprint Discussion Group met February 21, 2025 at 12:00 PST.  Participants included Village and none Village members.  Helene Rheingold presented to the group, Conversations with West African Art.  The meeting was recorded and is available on the Pasadena Village Youtube channel via the link above.


Ms. Rheingold presented eight items representing artwork from the Benin Empire and modern day work representing the current day nations of Senegal, Congo, Ghana, Nigeria and Mali.


Before beginning her remarks, Ms. Rheingold reviewed the following terms:

  • Raffia:  a fiber made of palm
  • Diviner:  a person who invokes and connects to the spiritual world
  • Scarification:  marking the skin, tattooing


The items presented included:

  1. The Dogan Couple, a sculpture
    • The sculpture demonstrated cooperation and equality with a culture and family
  2. The Idia, an Ivory pendant
    • The face represents the mother of the ruler. 
  3. A Salt Cellar, ivory, commissioned by the Portuguese royal family
    • A functional item with elaborate carving
  4. A prestige stool, wood
    • A stool used by an elder
  5. A black and white photograph of an ancestor alter
  6. A carved elephant tusk
  7. A statue of a figure representing jurisprudence, Enkisi Enkandi
  8. A current day assemblage by L. Anaksui
    • A large assemblage made of plastic, metal and fabric, all repurposed


Each piece was presented and comments sought from the participants.  The conversation focused on the item, as well as thoughts about social structures, gender roles, influence on Western art and historical influences.  The recording will provide this.

For Black History Month, we have an extra 1619 Presentation coming up on February 28th at 12 noon. This will be a presentation by Bill Gould V about his grandfather's father. This is a story of a man who escaped enslavement, served in the the Union Navy and went on to become a successful businessman and community leader. This is a very interesting and uplifting history and we are looking forward to having it presented.

As always, the 1619 meetings are open and we are happy to have guests attend. Contact our office via email or by phone at 626-765-6037 to get the link to the meeting. 

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