Seminar: Women Picturing Revolution: Focus on Africa and the African Diaspora
Location
New York,
United States
Subject Fields
Art, Art History & Visual Studies,
Black History / Studies,
Fine Arts,
Journalism and Media Studies,
Women's & Gender History / Studies
In recognition of Women's History Month, Columbia University's Institute for Research in African-American Studies (IRAAS) will host Women Picturing Revolution: Focus on Africa and the African Diaspora, a one day seminar on March 11, 2017, that will examine contemporary photography and the conditions under which women in and/or from Africa or the African Diaspora make images. Guest artists Nona Faustine and Ayana V. Jackson will be sharing their work in person. This seminar was co-created and will be taught by Zoraida Lopez-Diago and Lesly Deschler-Canossi. To register and to learn more, please visit http://bit.ly/WPRIRAAS.
Nona Faustine - widely exhibited photographer and visual artist; current artist-in-residence at Smack Mellon Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.
Ayana V. Jackson - international award winning photographer, curator, and artist; 2014 Fellowship for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship for photography recipient.
Nona Faustine - widely exhibited photographer and visual artist; current artist-in-residence at Smack Mellon Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.
Ayana V. Jackson - international award winning photographer, curator, and artist; 2014 Fellowship for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship for photography recipient.
Contact Information
Zoraida Lopez
Special Projects Consultant and Grants Coordinator Columbia University
Institute for Research in African-American Studies (IRAAS)
758 Schermerhorn Extension; MC 5512
1200 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027
Contact Email
zl2432@columbia.edu