Fall 2021 Programs

All programs will be live-streamed (unless indicated). Recordings will be available on our website and YouTube channel. All times are Eastern Standard. To register: fuam.eventbrite.com

Friday, September 17, 6 p.m.

Opening Conversation: Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects*

Courtney Taylor, Curator and Director of Public Programs, Louisiana State University Museum of Art, and Dalila Scruggs, PhD, Educator and Curator, Brooklyn Museum Tuesday, September 21, 5 p.m.

Gallery Talk: Roberto Lugo

Wednesday, September 29, 5 p.m.

Lecture: Radical Vessels: History and the Pottery of Roberto Lugo

Andrew Davenport, PhD candidate, Georgetown University, and Public Historian, Thomas Jefferson Foundation

Monday, October 4, 7 p.m.

Film Screening: Black Art: In the Absence of Light (HBO, 2021)**

BCC, Oak Room

Thursday October 7, 5 p.m.

Gallery Talk: Robert Gerhardt

Thursday, October 14, 11 a.m.

Art in Focus: Roberto Lugo, Vengo dal Ghetto, AOC, 2020, glazed ceramic

Michelle DiMarzo, Curator of Education and Academic Engagement Tuesday, October 19, 5 p.m.

Virtual Tour: Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects

Dalila Scruggs, PhD, Educator and Curator, Brooklyn Museum Thursday, October 28, 7 p.m.

Lecture: The Art of Perception: Look Closely to Save a Life**

Amy Herman, founder, The Art of Perception® Kelley Theatre, Quick Center for the Arts Co-sponsored by #UNLOAD Foundation

Wednesday, November 3, 5 p.m.

Lecture: An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States

Kyle T. Mays, Assistant Professor, History, UCLA Co-sponsored by the American Studies and Black Studies programs Monday, November 8, 5 p.m.

Lecture: Oral History and the African-American Experience

Tamara Lanier, activist

Tuesday, November 9, 7:30 p.m.

24th Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lecture: Black Voters Matter: Our Obligation to Democracy and Equality

LaTosha Brown, founder of Black Voters Matter Sponsored by the Bennett Center for Judaic Studies through the generosity of the Frank Jacoby Foundation (maintained by Debby and David Zieff), presented as part of the Open Visions Forum

* Part of the Edwin L. Weisl, Jr. Lectureships in Art History, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation

** This event will take place in person. University policies will apply.