fbpx
Skip to content
Support Midwestern creativity with a gift to Arts Midwest! Donate Now

Bi-Okoto Drum & Dance Theatre

Cincinnati, OH

GIG Fund

FY2024

About

“Ilu L’agbara” (Drums are powerful) Drum Circle is a 3-day African rhythm experience for all ages and abilities (no drumming experience needed) for the purpose of learning, expressing love, Joy and appreciation of other cultures. Baba Jubal, a master drummer, and performer from Columbus will facilitate this event. Participants will learn to play African drum patterns, songs and dances and be able to make up their own beats with a culminating performance with Baba Jubal. The main goal of the “Ilu L’gbara” DRUM CIRCLE is for participants to experience the interconnection to the pulse of pure primordial energy, promote healing and to promote a positive social experience and community interaction.

Award Details

  • GIG Fund
    Grant or Award Received
  • Ohio
    Location
  • $4,000
    Grant Amount
  • 2024
    Fiscal Year of Award

About the Organization

Official website

Explore More Grantees

  • Lorain Public Library System

    NEA Big Read

    FY2024
    Ohio

    The Lorain Public Library System will partner with the Lorain Historical Society, Oberlin Public Library, Oberlin Heritage Center, Community Foundation of Lorain County, local schools, civic organizations, and businesses to offer diverse programming for audiences of all ages inspired by "Beloved" by Toni Morrison from Tuesday, September 3, 2024, through Monday, June 30, 2025.

  • Springfield Museum of Art

    NEA Big Read

    FY2024
    Ohio

    Museums and libraries celebrate the exchange of ideas and self-expression--Where We Live: In Curiosity, is a community collaboration by the Clark County Public Library and the Springfield Museum of Art, inspired by book artist Amanda Love's exhibition Tigris and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. This Big Read provides public exchange of ideas, creative outlets and lifelong learning opportunities.

  • The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (PLMVKC)

    NEA Big Read

    FY2024
    Ohio

    PLMVKC celebrates Charles Yu’s Interior: Chinatown with book discussions and on our “What Are You Reading?” podcast; a Teen Makerspace craft series; prose, poetry, and screenwriting workshops with Ira Sukrungruang, Cindy Ok, Jon Tazewell and Hao Zhou; dance, foodways and martial arts demos and more! PLMVKC will host an author visit at Woodward Opera House, with Lion Dancers and a community meal.

  • University of Dayton

    NEA Big Read

    FY2024
    Ohio

    The Fitz Center for Leadership in Community at the University of Dayton, in collaboration with Dayton Metro Library, Daybreak Dayton, the African American Visual Artists Guild, and the Paul Laurence Dunbar House Historic Site, will offer assorted public programming in conjunction with a community-wide reading of Yaa Gyasi’s book, “Homegoing,” from September 18, 2024, through May 18, 2025.

View All Grantees