Page 7 - An Inspirational Visionary And Legacy Leaver

Transforming Cultural Appreciation

Through Historical Repositories

The Institute for the Preservation of African-American Music and Arts is the educational and cultural initiative of
the Holy Redeemer Educational Consortium envisioned by Bishop Sedgwick Daniels. This initiative is designed
to preserve the rich tradition of African-American artistic contributions in the performing and visual arts. Its goal
is to integrate the arts into academic achievement and performance utilizing science, technology, engineering and
mathematics.

By preserving diverse musical genres and legendary contributions of African-Americans and through displaying
and exhibiting artifacts, paintings and an array of artistic rendering that demonstrates cultural appreciation of
the arts, the I-PAMA will advance awareness of the Black artistic journey through a collection of archival displays
and historical footages that depicts the African-American artistic sojourn. The amazing triumphs, struggles,
achievements and celebrations of their sojourn will be displayed throughout the institute.

The scenic and beautiful campuses of I-PAMA encircle a venue for performing arts productions, special events and
a musical cafe featuring southern cuisines with an atmosphere of authentic African-American musical and artistic
expressions. Historic and contemporary artistic resources will be accessible through an innovative electronic library
designed to enhance research, provide information and preserve testimonials, memoirs and resources that affirm
the rich tradition and contributions of an array of artists.

For centuries, indigenous Africans embraced the arts, sciences, mathematics & architectural concepts which have
garnered notoriety and fostered appreciation for their profound ingeniousness. The global duplication of their
culture and custom has revealed an unprecedented appreciation of their artist forms and contributions. The human
trans- posing of these native Africans did not diminish the ability to preserve the rich traditions, identities and
customs. They embraced an unfeigned and rigorous appreciation for the unparalleled and immeasurable traditions
when globally dispersed, including ages were motivated by African tribal conflicts, European economic greed
and the amassed benefits of slave trading in the United States. Their will to survive, belief in the possibility of
returning to their native land, faith in their God and passion to protect their ancestral heritage afforded these
captured Africans the unique ability to utilize intergenerational transfer of knowledge and traditions within their
new communities. Their display of musical and artistic expressions resonated through their worship experience
and segregated environments.

Parenthetically and incidentally, the devalued appreciation by American and European communities would not
ultimately defuse the significant contributions that the African tradition would embed into future generations and
historians.

The replication of African musical genres and artistic expressions have created multi-billion dollar industries and
perpetually defined a plethora of globally recognized forms of Art. The I-PAMA is dedicated and committed to
accurately archive and perpetuate a repository of their stellar accomplishments and provide a venue for future
artists who can appreciate the African contribution to society.

Bishop Sedgwick Daniels