New Conversations on African Art

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New Conversations on African Art
November 11, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
One event on October 21, 2021 at 7:00 pm
One event on November 11, 2021 at 7:00 pm

What’s new with African art and research surrounding it today?
Find out in a three-part, roundtable series featuring ten scholars working in art history, anthropology, visual art, curation, sociology, and communication.
Dr. Cory Gundlach, curator of African arts will moderate three online events anchored by a central question: “With special attention to ritual and style in historical and/or contemporary art from Africa and the African diaspora, how must we comport ourselves to the [conditions] of our research and practice today?”
Each event will feature three twenty-minute presentations from panelists who will then join in a roundtable discussion.
Re-thinking the Canon
Saturday, October 2 @ 10:00 a.m.
– Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi
– Sylvester Ogbechie
– Yaëlle Biro
New Directions in Practice and Performance
Thursday, October 21 @ 7:00 p.m.
– Nnenna Okore
– Allen F. Roberts
– Donté K. Hayes
Museum Interventions
Thursday, November 11 @ 7:00 p.m.
– Bennetta Jules-Rosette
– J.R. Osborn
– Peju Layiwola
All symposium conversations are online and free – registration is required: https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_06QZwDDbhvz7obQ
Major support for the symposium is provided by the Interdisciplinary Project for Advanced Study of Art and Life in Africa (PASALA)