A Conference to be held in Conjunction with The Exhibition BLACKNESS IN COLOR: Visual Expressions of the Black Arts Movement (1960-Present) At The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. Celebrating Thirty Years of Africana Studies at Cornell University Funded by a generous grant from the Ford Foundation, this conference is scheduled to coincide with the 30th Anniversary of the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University.
A Conference to be held in Conjunction with The Exhibition BLACKNESS IN COLOR:
Visual Expressions of the Black Arts Movement (1960-Present)
At The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
Celebrating Thirty Years of Africana Studies at Cornell University
Funded by a generous grant from the Ford Foundation, this conference is
scheduled to coincide with the 30th Anniversary of the Africana Studies
and Research Center at Cornell University. The conference will be attended
by scholars, artists, curators and other experts in the field of African
American, African Diaspora art and visual cultures. The conference will focus
on the visual expressions of the Black Arts Movement in the United States from
the 1960s to the present. However, this topic will serve as a springboard
for an intellectual exchange on current issues related to African American,
African Diaspora art and visual cultures. The conference will take a critical
look at the role of art in activism and the community as spearheaded by the
Black
Arts Movement in the aftermath of the Black Power and civil rights movements.
The conference will also deal with emerging discourses in the field of Black art
and visual culture and their intersections with issues of race, class, gender,
and
sexuality. The proceedings of the conference will be published as a book in
collaboration with a major publisher.
THE CONFERENCE IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
To register to attend please contact:
Diane Butler at (607) 255-6464
or e-mail at: dsb16@cornell.edu
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Salah M. Hassan
Associate Professor
Africana Studies
Cornell University
310 Triphammer Rd
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 255-0528 Tel
(607) 255-0784 Fax