Poster for a For Colored Girls... production by Prince George's Arts Council
date: label: Date
content: 2009
name: label: Distributed by
content: Prince George's Arts Council, American
label: Subject of
content: Ntozake Shange, American, 1948 - 2018
label: Subject of
content: Shirley Jo Finney, American, born 1949
notes: label: Description
content: An inscribed promotional poster for a production of For Colored Girls… presented by the Prince George's Arts Council and directed by Shirley Jo Finney.
label: Description
content: The poster has a white background with a watercolor-style center graphic of the play’s title “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf,” above a semi-abstract portrait of a woman’s face. The graphic is mostly red, pink, and brown in color with green highlights. Printed to the right is a logo of the Prince George’s Arts Council, followed by text about the production. The bottom quarter of the poster is a block of red with a logo for Prince George’s Community College, information about presenting sponsors, and a notice of a panelist with the playwright and director. The poster has eight handwritten inscriptions, all in black ink, with messages of gratitude to Shange including: “Thank you for changing my life and allowing me to interpret your art…you saw what I didn’t and now I will do it justice!” signed “Sydney L. Lady in Red” and “Thank you for inspiring me to read + become an actress. You mean more to me than you’ll ever know!” signed “Sara F.” The back of the poster is white, without printing or inscriptions.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Prince Georges County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Theatre
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
label: Exhibition
content: Taking the Stage
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ntozake Shange
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.131.7
objectType: label: Type
content: advertisements
label: Type
content: posters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Ntozake Shange
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 17 × 11 in. (43.2 × 27.9 cm)