“Congratulations to the Center for Community Arts History Committee for receiving the New Jersey Historical Commission's Award of Recognition! This award is in recognition of its recent publication, "Black Voices of Cape May: A Feeling of Community." Join us on March 5th at 3:00pm at Thomas Edison University as we present the Award of Recognition to the Center for Community Arts Community History Committee. More information and registration details at can be found at bit.ly/23njawards. Pictured from left to right: Izzy Gordon, Barbara Dreyfuss, Wanda Evelyn, Yvonne Wright-Gary, Rachel Dolhanczyk, Emily Dempsey, Hope Gaines, and Susan Tischler Cape May Times”
Black Voices of Cape May/A Feeling of Community.
CCA’s multi-award-winning community history program was recently cited by the New Jersey Historical Commission for an Award of Recognition for our publication of “Black Voices of Cape May/A Feeling of Community.” The award recognizes contributions to and the preservation of New Jersey History. In 2021, CCA was given a Champion of Diversity award jointly by the Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey and the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey (one of three made to Southern New Jersey organizations) and received a Library Champion award from the New Jersey Library Association for our work in saving and restoring the Franklin Street School, and its repurposing as a branch of the Cape May County Library.
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CCA’s Community History Committee jubilantly announces the publication of BLACK VOICES OF CAPE MAY; A FEELING OF COMMUNITY. The result of twenty five years of interviews and research, this book is a unique collection of memories and photographs that are a window on African American experiences in Cape May and the surrounding communities. This is the first book on this topic. Ever.
The Center for Community Arts will present a session describing our upcoming book, Black Voices of Cape May; A Feeling of Community at this annual workshop sponsored by Stockton University's Continuing Studies department.
CCA's Community History Project committee has been interviewing Cape May area African American residents for 25 years, and their collection of these oral histories forms the content of the book. Our workshop will describe the processes of interviewing, editing, and producing, and members of the committee will talk about what we've learned and how these studies relate to the conference theme of "Migration and Movement".
Presenters are Rachel Dolhanczyk, CCA's Director of Community History Projects, and Yvonne Wright Gary and Hope Gaines, original members of the History Committee.
Center for Community Arts & Chase Arts Presents
Shine The Light Of Truth
A solo performance by Debra Mims
Saturday, March 19
Two shows: 2:00 P.M. and 6:30 P.M.
Ida B. Wells was a journalist, anti-lynching civil rights leader, newspaper editor, and truly a remarkable woman. Shine the Light of Truth celebrates the life of this inspiring, outspoken, courageous woman. Award-winning actress and living history performer, Debra Mims embodies the fire, passion, spirit, and eloquence of the great Ida B. Wells.
HEY EVERYBODY - SAVE THE DATE
SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST 2020, IS WCFA’S SPRING FLING FUNDRAISER.
LIVE DJS, MUSIC, FOOD, DRINKS AND DANCING AT THE WEST CAPE MAY BANQUET HALL, BROADWAY, WEST CAPE MAY. THE TIME WILL BE FROM 4 TO 8 PM.
COME JOIN US FOR A FUN AFTERNOON.
The Center for Community Arts Annual Cookie Exchange will take place on Monday, December 2, 2019 from 6:00 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Cape May Elementary Cafeteria on Lafayette Street. Admission is FREE.
Children can create crazy holiday hats, make and decorate cookies and have fun decorating cookie bags and baskets.
Santa will be joining us.
Refreshments, holiday songs and gift raffles and a 50/50 will be offered as well. Participants are asked to bring cookies to share as well as the baked goodies they create.
Center for Community Arts Exhibit ‘Collecting History: Personal Collections of Cape May's African American Community’ opens Jan. 19 at Cape May’s Carroll Gallery
“Collecting History: Personal Collections of Cape May's African American Community,” is presented by CCA in association with the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (MAC). The exhibit opens Jan. 19. This exhibit presents never-before-seen personal collections of dolls, stamps, postcards, hats, books, quilts, art and pocket watches along with artifacts from the collection of Cape May African American civic leader and teacher, John Nash. The exhibit will also display items from the African art collection of the late Rev. Robert Davis, who led Cape May’s Macedonia Baptist Church for over 40 years.
The public is invited to an exhibit opening celebration Monday, Jan. 21 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) at 4 p.m. at the Carroll Gallery in the Carriage House on the grounds of the Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St., Cape May.
The exhibit is open: Saturdays, Jan. 19- Feb. 9, noon-3 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 16, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 17, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Monday, Feb. 18, 1 p.m.-3 p.m.; Saturdays, Feb. 23-March 16, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sundays, March 17-24, 1 p.m.-3 p.m., Friday, March 22, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday, March 23, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The exhibit is open daily, Monday, March 25-Sunday, April 14; hours vary.
