Flyer advertising a Caribbean Fete: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This flyer advertises a Caribbean Fete. The flyer is yellow with black text and features an image of artwork on the left. The flyer reads [CARIBBEAN FETE / Sponsored By Cross Section / AFRO-AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN FINE ARTS / On Saturday December 10th, 1977 / From 9 P.M. - 3A.M / Place: YMCA / 357 9th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. / Featuring: THE MINI-MASSAC MUSIC BAND / and The Famous Haitian Singer / MYRIAM DORISME]. Below is a list of special guests. The back of the flyer is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1977
• Created by: Cross Section, American
• Subject of: Charlene Victor, American, 1920 - 1991
• Subject of: Theodore Gunn, American, 1931 - 2010
• Subject of: Ernest Crichlow, American, 1914 - 2005
• Subject of: Georges Remponeau, Haitian, 1916 - 2012
• Subject of: Myriam Dorisme, Haitian, 1943 - 2004
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Cultural Place: Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
• Cultural Place: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Music
• Object number: 2015.97.27.186
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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