Event Title

Dayton Funk Music: Visually Speaking

Presenter Information

Willis Bing Davis, Shango: Center for the Study of African American Art and Culture

Location

Dayton, OH

Start Date

13-9-2018 9:00 AM

Event Type

Presentation

Streaming Media

Comments

Willis Bing Davis, director of the Davis Arts Studio and EbonNia Gallery in the Wright-Dunbar business district of Dayton, works in fine arts and crafts with his wife, Audrey, and son, Derrick Davis. Youth and community art and cultural activities are coordinated through SHANGO: Center for the Study of African-American Art and Culture. Davis has been recognized with several Ohio awards, including the Governor’s Irma Lazarus Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.