Dear Price Fest Community:

It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that the Creative Team of the International Florence Price Festival has voted to postpone our inaugural festival until summer 2021. This decision arose out of an abundance of caution surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. 

This decision was not an easy one, given the amount of time and talent invested by our gifted slate of performers, scholars, and volunteers. It is my hope, though, that we can still use this period of social distancing for good. In these uncertain times, our society needs the work of artists and scholars to keep us motivated.

I want to emphasize that our in-person festival is postponed, but we are actively exploring ways to present some content from the festival in a digital format in the interim. The Creative Team will be engaged in a series of robust discussions with our partners, performers, and presenters as to ways to move our mission forward throughout 2020, and we look forward to sharing our plans with you in the coming weeks. 

The movement to magnify Florence Price is as strong as ever! I encourage each of you to continue posting your performances, blog posts, scholarship, and favorite Price recordings on social media using #PriceLegacy throughout this period of social distancing.

Let us all take these next few months to nourish ourselves as artists and human beings.  Florence Price’s legacy calls us to leverage our artistry to break barriers, and forge new paths for the marginalized. I, for one, plan to stay steadfast in this aim in the face of uncertainty. Will you join me?

I wish you all good physical and mental health in these trying times.

Sincerely,

Dr. Marquese Carter, President

International Florence Price Festival