Venus 2010 @ NYU: Symposium (updated)
Venus 2010
March 27, 2010
New York University
721 Broadway, Riese Lounge
9:30 – Welcome
Deb Willis, Manthia Diawara
9:45 – Keynote: Elizabeth Alexander
10:15 –11:15: Sarah Baartman in Context
Presenters: Charmaine Nelson, Zine Magubane, and Carole Boyce Davies.
Moderator: Cheryl Finley
11:45-12:45: Sarah Baartman’s Legacy in Art and Art History
Presenters: Lisa Gail Collins, Cheryl Finley and Fo Wilson.
1:00 – 2:00: break, book signing
2:00-3:30: The [...]
Another great conference this weekend
“Autobiography/Performance/Identity: A symposium on African American and African Diapsoran Women in the Visual Arts”
Presented by the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland and University of Maryland University College
Friday, March 5 and Saturday March 6
Featuring a performance by Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons
and a Keynote address by Lorraine O’Grady
Speakers include:
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw
Christa Clarke
Cherise Smith
Lisa Gail [...]
Save the Date: A Symposium on African American Women in the Visual Arts
The David C. Driskell Center and The University of Maryland University College Arts Program announce the upcoming symposium in 2010
“Autobiography/Performance/Identity A Symposium on African American and African Diasporan Women in the Visual Arts”
Friday, March 5 and Saturday, March 6, 2010
“Autobiography/Performance/Identity” will take a close look at some of the themes and issues that black female [...]
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