Recent Events
2019
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June- Crescent City Noire- New Orleans Black Heritage Tour hosted by CCI's Founder, Dr. Joyce M. Jackson at the Inaugural National Association for Black Veterinarians Conference. The tour included a taste of historical neighborhoods and traditional architecture with conversations about all traditions which makes New Orleans so famous!
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February- Gallery viewing and conversation with the artist for "Sounds of Silence and Freedom Dance by Photographer Eric Waters.
2018
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October- 4th Annual Louisiana Folklife Month Tradition Bearer Ceremony. Celebrating Cultural Crossroads Inc. 20th year of service by honoring their 2018 Tradition Bearer, Baton Rouge's R&B/Blues singer April "Sexy Red" Jackson". Also, in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blues Singer and Keyboardist Henry Gray was presented with a National Heritage Fellowship Award.
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February - Louisiana State Archives Black History Month Exhibit "We the People - the Works of Malaika Favorite"
2017
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December - New Orleans presentation of the San D'A Academy troupe from Jacmel, Haiti in collaboration with the Friends of Gainesville.
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February - Louisiana State Archives Black History Month Exhibit "The Journey of... - the Works of Petrouchka Moise"
2016
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April - "Easter Rock" featured at the Ethnograph Film Festival in Paris, France
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Image below of past Easter Rock presentation.
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February- Louisiana State Archives Black History Month Exhibit of "Art from the Heart - the Works of Cheryl McKay Dixon"
Community Enhancement Award recipient Maida Owens, Director of Folklife Programs with the Louisiana Division of the Arts
National Heritage Fellowship Awardee; Blues Singer and Keyboardist Henry Gray.
Cresent City Noir Tour- Sakina Jonson, Ronald Lewis and Joyce Marie Jackson at House of Dance & Feathers
Visiting in the 9th Ward at the House of Dance & Feathers with Mr. Ronald Lewis, Director.
Dr. Joyce Marie Jackson served as curator for this exhibition, showing historical photos from the Fazendeville community, that was leveled due to eminent domain in 1964. It sat at the site where the Battle of New Orleans was fought, displacing the entire community, including families and members of the original Battleground Baptist Church.
2015
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November - A Cultural Memory "The Village": Exhibition of Fazendeville Community History at Battle Ground Baptist Church
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July - "Anthropology of the Blues" Lecture, West Baton Rouge, Museum
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June - Caribbean Studies Association Exhibition & Panel Discussion / Festival Arts of New Orleans & the Caribbean
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February - Livingston Parish Public Library – MGI Exhibition, Lecture, and Workshop
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February - Louisiana State Archives- Black History Month Exhibits
2014
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February - Louisiana State Archives- Black History Month Exhibits
2013
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February - Louisiana State Archives- Black History Month Exhibits
Prior Events
2009
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Association of African American Museums Conference, Baton Rouge, LA
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Essence Festival, New Orleans, LA
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New Orleans African American Museum, NCA Invitational MLK Commemorative Art Exhibit, LA
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Greenwell Springs Public Library, LA
2007
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Cultural Crossroads brings Art Exhibit to schools.
2008
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Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
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Essence Festival, New Orleans, LA
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University of Wisconsin Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
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Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, LA
2006
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Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Museum, Washington, D.C.
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Scotlandville Magnet High School, Baton Rouge, L.A; Career Talks, Art Exhibit and Essay Contest
Members of Battleground Baptist Church viewing Fazendeville community and family photos in the exhibition.
