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Curation of and introduction to a collection of photos and lyrics culled from <br /> Alan Lomax's 1959 Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary) fieldwork. <br /> -November 2006. "What Ladysmith Wrought." New York Sun. <br /> A consideration of the Zuiu vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo and <br /> the cultural and commercial concept of"world music." <br /> -May 2006. "Alan Lomax and Cultural Equity," program notes for"FOLK" <br /> exhibition at Brooklyn Fireproof gallery, New York City. <br /> An exhibition of photos, films, audio recordings, and artifacts from the <br /> Alan Lomax Archive, with an emphasis on the concept of"cultural equity" in <br /> media and artistic expression. (See below.) <br /> OTHER PRODUCTIONS: <br /> -Summer 2006. Curator, "FOLK" exhibition, Brooklyn Fire Proof gallery, <br /> Brooklyn, New York. <br /> Curating "FOLK," an exhibition of photos, films, audio recordings, and <br /> artifacts from the Alan Lomax Archive at the Brooklyn Fire Proof gallery (May- <br /> August 2006), with an emphasis on the concept of"cultural equity" in media and <br /> artistic expression. Also booking accompanying performance series at gallery <br /> and at Manhattan's Joe's Pub (of the Public Theater). Exhibition and series <br /> reviewed favorably in The New York Times, Time Out New York, and The New <br /> Yorker, among other outlets. <br />