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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Kerry-Ann Hamilton
Media Relations Manger
k_hamilton@howard.edu
Howard
University Presents the 21st
Annual James A. Porter Colloquium
on
African American Art
Washington
(March 23, 2010) – The
Howard University Department
of Art is pleased to announce
the 21st Annual
James A. Porter Colloquium
on African American Art,
April 16 -17 on the historic
campus of Howard University.
The James A. Porter Colloquium
is the leading forum for scholars,
artists, curators as well
as art enthusiasts in the
field of African-American
art and visual culture. Each
year, the Colloquium attracts
more than 700 educators, artists,
scholars, collectors, and
business professionals from
the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean,
Europe and Africa.
This year’s Colloquium
theme, Fearless: Risk Takers,
Rule Breakers, and Innovators
in African American Art and
Art of the African Diaspora,
brings together an array of
dynamic guest speakers and
panelists including: Jacqueline
Francis, an art historian
at California College of the
Arts in San Francisco; Renee
Cox, a political activist
and often controversial New
York-based photographer and
mixed media artist; Okwui
Enwezor, writer, critic, editor,
curator and artistic director
for Documenta 11, Kassel,
Germany (1998-2002), the 2nd
Johannesburg Biennale (1996-1997)
and the Bienal Internacional
de Arte Contemporaneo de Sevilla,
in Seville, Spain; Chika Okeke-Agulu,
an art historian from Princeton;
Lyle Ashton Harris, New York
photographer known for his
provocative self-portraits
and complex gender and racially
fused social commentaries,
among other artists and scholars.
In addition to the conference,
attendees are invited to a
Benefit Gala from 6:30 p.m.
– 9:30 p.m. on Saturday,
April 17. This year, we will
honor the lifetime achievements
of artist Elizabeth Catlett,
philanthropist and community
leader Peggy Cooper Cafritz,
art historian and scholar
Jeff Donaldson (posthumously),
and art historian, critic,
and Colloquium founder Floyd
Coleman.
If
there are any questions, please
contact Gwendolyn H. Everett,
chair of the Department of
Art, geverett@howard.edu or
via telephone at 202-806-6171.
For additional information
regarding the Colloquium,
please visit the website www.jamesaportercolloquium.org.
The
James A. Porter Colloquium
was established at Howard
University in 1990. It is
named in honor of James A.
Porter, the pioneering Art
Historian and Professor, whose
1943 publication Modern Negro
Art laid the foundation for
the field of study. The Colloquium
continues his legacy through
dynamic programming, scholarly
research and artistic leadership.
Past Colloquium presenters
have included such leading
scholars and artists as David
Driskell, Leslie King Hammond,
Samella Lewis, Lowery Stokes
Simms, Robert Farris Thompson,
Salah Hassan, Franklin Sirmans,
Mark Bradford, Titus Kaphar,
and Deborah Willis. The Porter
Colloquium is presented, at
the Blackburn Center, by the
Department of Art, Howard
University in Washington,
DC.
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