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| Mint museum |
| RUBIE Britt-Height, director of community relations at the Museum of Mint, is one of the three women to be honored for the contributions to the culture and entertainment of Charlotte during the celebration of the month of the history of women of the Queens March on March 26. |
Queens March, a celebration of the month of the history of immersive women, will honor black women in culture and entertainment.
The Museum of Modern Art Bechtler will host performances, visual and three -dimensional works of art created by local artists and students to highlight the contributions and successes of black women in music and arts. The works of artists Annie Renee Harden, Princess Cureton and Brenda Pinkston will be at silent auctions.
The window is on March 26 at 5 p.m., tickets are available on QueensMarch2025.eventbrite.com.
“You cannot erase the black woman,” said organizer Jennifer Everett.
The celebration is the third iteration of Queens March, said Everett, and three women – Jennifer Kennedy, Whitney Stephenson and Rubie Britt -Height – will be honored.
The event raises women in the Charlotte community. The first celebration of the Mars du Queens took place at the Studio 229 on Brevard, an artistic and musical place that highlighted and preserved black artists and the story of Brooklyn Village.
Everett, founder of Queens March, wanted to create a safe space and an opportunity for black creative women to live culture and to express themselves authentically.
“I was going to art receptions, recitals and performance, but I have not seen many women who looked like me in the room,” she said.
Culture Queens enabled Everett and creative peers from various disciplines, dancers, authors, models, makeup artists and fashion designers to make their own visits to private galleries.
“I had the impression that it was an opportunity for them to go at least these museums and to experience it, so they will feel welcome, and they will bring their family, and their creative expression will flourish,” she said. “Meanwhile, and these days … We have the impression that the very things for which we have worked so hard are removed or attacked.
“There may be an executive order saying to get rid of the month of the history of blacks or the history of women, but you cannot get rid of our history, and we cannot be erased. Even if someone tries, you cannot erase the story of the black woman, from our inventions to the impact we have in our communities. There are so many black women in our communities who hold this society. ”