In Part Two, Sidney Ellis, Yolanda Lavender, and Kim Guess discuss the following topics with interviewer JB Brown: Each of their beginnings with the Black Arts and Cultural Center; The Black Arts and Cultural Center and Black Arts Festival being visible in the city of Kalamazoo, and the influence that had on younger residents such as Kimberly; Reflections as former Executive Directors of the Black Arts and Cultural Center from Sidney and Yolanda; Community impact and opportunities for Black artist in the city; The expansion of programs and partnerships under the BACC; Face Off Theatre; Intentional location changes of the Black Arts Festival; How unity and collaboration has sustained the work of the Center.
Ellis et al. (Thu,) studied this question.