Michaela Angela Davis

Michaela Angela Davis Instagram – Duke Ellington!! Oh how I LOVE you MADly. For 50 years a visionary, revolutionary, sacred, spectacular school for the young artists activists of DC ✊🏽 here with my girls in 1980 (right of me @johnettaboone brilliant costume designer on @yellowstone left artist @fran.mack.art ) 👉🏽 my brother Eddie with his boys looking so serious at the end. He is both Ellington Alumni Ancestor class of 1979 👉🏽 my first act of activism was a sit-in on the lawn in protest of the neighborhood wanting to remove the steel sculptures of Osiris & Isis by the great Ed love. I was 13 👉🏽 the supreme honor & joy of returning Tuesday for a Hair Tales masterclass with @dukeellingtondc C.A.M.P department (I cant WAIT to start the work! They’re fired up & Ready to GO!) 👉🏽 the presence of founder Peggy Cooper-Cafritz powerfully palpable – still encouraging, teaching, leading beyond space time Ascended Ellington Ancestor – Peggy we thank you for believing investing in Black art, artists activists #DESA1974 #PeggyCooperCafritz ASE ✊🏽#ArtIsActivism #EllingtonAlumi #EllingtonAncestors #TheHairTales | Posted on 27/Apr/2024 04:10:22