History of Art faculty Cheryl Finley and alumnus Derek Murray, PhD ’05 (Professor, History of Art and Visual Culture, UC Santa Cruz), present at the Reshaping the Field: Arts of the African Diasporas on Display, online conference: November 4–6, 2021.
As part of its 30th anniversary season, the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard) presents a multi-day online conference exploring how Blackness has been framed, how Black artists are viewed, and how African diasporic art histories have been shaped through exhibition-making. Marking this the first scholarly conference to focus exclusively on African diasporic art exhibitions in the US and the UK, through presentations by leading art historians and curators. The conference has been organized by Nana Adusei-Poku, Associate Professor and Luma Scholar at CCS Bard.
For more details, see e-flux website.
Image: Opening, 16th Annual Art Exhibition, 1957. Atlanta University Photographs Collection, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.
