Chandra Brooks

Photo by Andrew Valkenburg

Chandra Brooks is an African-American artist whose work in creating a universal fairy tale through storytelling, theatre and mixed media explores the question of identity globally as well as using her private rendition of the tale to develop the multi-cultural aspects of being a "Black" American beyond the stereotypical representations of Black culture around the world. The Harlem Renaissance and female artists such as Nina Simone and Josephine Baker developed new perceptions of what it means to be Black and an Artist and Ms. Brooks work strives to show the German audience the intellectual and diverse capacity of Afro-American entertainers outside of the realms of Gospel, Hip-Hop, Jazz and Rythm & Blues.