| Urgent appeal to honor Casper Banjo |
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| by TheArthur Wright | |
| Saturday, 22 March 2008 | |
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By now most of you are aware of the tragedy visited upon Casper Banjo. That it was at the hands of the Oakland police compounds the issue concerning the magnitude of force used to subdue him. The questions will long outweigh the answers forthcoming, if at all, but the fact remains that our brother, in art and life, was a man of few means other than sustaining a thing that meant more to him than anything in life, which was his art.
My appeal goes out to you, along with that of his niece, Akili Banjo, for financial help in laying Casper to rest. Because he was a military veteran, there is some recourse available, but not enough. Akili has been diligent for many years in helping Casper to take care of his affairs. She has asked that we send contributions to the following address: Akili Banjo, P.O. Box 2493 , Berkeley CA 94707 . Make checks and other donations payable to Akili Banjo. Memorial services will be held for Casper Banjo at the Baker Funeral Home in Oakland at 980 Eighth St. at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 26. After the memorial there will be a repast at Prescott-Joseph Center, 920 Peralta St. at Ninth Street, Oakland, (510) 208-5651. One way to see that enough funds are raised is that if anyone is interested in purchasing any of his works please contact me or Akili at these numbers: Akili Banjo (510) 260-0739 (home) or (510) 302-5517 (cell) or TheArthur Wright (510) 532-4515 (home). If you would like to help the California Society of Printmakers collect money to purchase some of Casper 's work - he was a long time member of the Society - and then donate the work to a museum collection, send your contribution to CSP at P.O. Box 475422, San Francisco, CA 94147. Write Casper Banjo on the memo line. Also send an email to Peter McCormick at MCPETERLEONE@ hotmail.com saying how much you are contributing so the family will know what to expect from the CSP. Renowned artist TheArthur Wright can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Printmaker Art Hazelwood, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , contributed to this announcement. |
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