Art and Abolition

Contact: Brittanie Richardson FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tel. (347) 583-3946 7 May 2017
Email: [email protected]

ART AND ABOLITION: ONE WOMAN’S JOURNEY FROM ATLANTA TO AFRICA TO RESTORE JUSTICE THROUGH THE ARTS
Written and performed by: Brittanie Richardson
Directed and Developed by: Jessica Lynn Johnson

ART AND ABOLITION will open Friday June 2nd, 2017 at Studio/Stage (520 N. Western Ave) at 9pm. Tickets are on sale now at hff17.com/4560. Tickets are $12 each and proceeds support the non-profit organization Art and Abolition which exists to heal, empower and protect girls who have survived sexual violence in Kenya (www.theartandabolitionmovement.org).

ART AND ABOLITION is the story of a black queer woman who journeys from Atlanta to Africa to restore justice through the arts. As a child she suffers sexual abuse which causes deep trauma, but finds healing and community through the arts. She then moves to Africa and u