Finnie, who helped re-establish the San Diego African American Museum of Fine Art, maintains a lifelong dedication to sharing Black arts and culture. Plus, a graphic novel retelling of 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' Then, your weekend preview.
S1: It's time for Midday Edition on KPBS for today's arts and Culture show. We are profiling black trailblazers in San Diego , plus a retelling of an American classic. Then your weekend preview. I'm Jade Hindman with conversations that keep you informed , inspired , and engaged. His love of black art and culture helped re-establish San Diego's African American Museum of Fine Art.
S1: Yeah , it sounds really immersive and making art more accessible. Um , tell me about that. And and the story behind this exhibit. S1: Um , and I , you know , I want to circle back to the black arts and culture district. Um , because it's been just over a year since floods destroyed so many businesses in that area. Yeah. Um , from where you sit.
S1: All right. Well , uh , you know , that leads me into my next question , because I want to talk more about the power of art as a way to celebrate culture and honor history. S1: Well , thank you for always spreading that word. I've been speaking with Gary Finney. He is the executive director of the San Diego African American Museum of Fine Art. Katie , thank you so much for being here.S1: Coming up , David F Walker created a graphic novel version of Huckleberry Finn , but with a twist.
S3: Yeah. You know , the first thing I did was I sat down and I reread the book , I highlighted all the passages with Jim , and then from there , I immediately was like , okay , I had a choice. One was , do I retell the book ? Sort of scene by scene. With that the scenes of Jim is in. I made the decision really early on to not do that. And the reason why was Mark Twain , there's two things he didn't deal with in the book.
S3: And I just was thinking about all the different ways information can be transmitted and how one generation can affect all the generations that come after.
S3: But there was a lot of it was just about Missouri and Kansas specifically. And what a lot of people don't know historically is that what would become the American Civil War , when the southern states seceded from the nation ? The precursor to that was what was known as the border wars in Missouri and Kansas going back into the 1850s.
S8: I really got to talk to the people there , and they were just so delighted that anybody was telling the story about their town outside of Ishinomaki. S8: So when I watch or , you know , theater or TV or films about Japanese people , I usually don't recognize the Japan that I know in those pieces of media. I always find them to be so just , quote , honorable. And , um , the people that I know are just a little bit more , I don't know , darker and funnier and and sillier and and so Kaisa has a real darkness to her. And I think that she. Yes , she missed it. She missed the tsunami. She wasn't there.
S9: So it opens at the globe tonight. And they'll have shows every Tuesday through Sunday through March 2nd. And yeah , I have read the script and it's really a wonderful play. There's just so much humor and so much heart in her writing. It's a great story. And one fun fact with this play is that each actor takes on multiple roles. Keiko is telling me that one actor in particular has like 11 costume changes through the whole thing. I love little things like that in theater.
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