CHARLESTON, W.VA. (7/9/24) – The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra (WVSO) announces the winner of the 2024 Diversity in Arts Award, The Norman Jordan African American Arts & Heritage Academy (NJAAAHA). Click here to see the official announcement!
WV Singer and Flutist Angela Jones Welcoming Reception Bob Thompson Quartet Angela Jones playing the flute Angela Jones presentation Shawnee Park Cookout
The Norman Jordan African American Arts & Heritage Academy is now accepting
Applications for its July 10-15, 2023 Summer Youth Academy, which will be held on the
campus of West Virginia State University in Institute, West Virginia (Charleston, WV area).
by Traci Phillips/West Virginia Public Broadcasting Now in its 30th year, the academy was founded by a group of West Virginia artists and educators, including Norman Jordan, for whom the camp is named. Norman Jordan was a poet and a prominent leader in the Black Arts Movement, both in West Virginia and nationwide. When Norman…
Dr. Brucella Jordan did a presentation on the academy founder, and her husband Norman Jordan at West Virginia University on April 4, at the WVU Downtown Wise Library.
🚨 Announcement: We are thrilled to announce that The Norman Jordan African American Arts & Heritage Academy has been selected as a grantee partner! Thanks to the support of the Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium, we can continue our work to teach african american arts to creative youth. Learn more by visiting www.southernblackgirls.org ABOUT SOUTHERN…
