Visual Arts Professor James Smalls on Race and Art

Fri, 06 Nov 2015 09:47:49 -0500
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The Baltimore Museum of Art presents Seeing Color: A Conversation About Race & Art on Saturday, November 14, 2 PM. The free panel discussion will bring insights to the national conversation on race, identity, and social justice addressed by artists and shed new light on challenging artworks in the BMA’s historic and contemporary collection.

Works such as Charles Calvert and His Slave (1761) by John Hesselius; Uncle Tom and Eva Spill Vase (1852-1853); and Strange Fruit (1995) and Cotton Eater II (2014) by Allison Saar will be discussed.

The panel moderator is Rodney Foxworth, founder of Invested Impact, a non-profit working to support economic change and leadership development in underserved communities. He has advised, developed, and managed numerous social impact ventures.

Panelists:

Dr. Sheri Parks, Associate Dean for Arts and Humanities at University of Maryland

Dr. James Smalls, art historian and professor at University of Maryland Baltimore County

Ailish Hopper, poet and professor at Goucher College

Susan Harbage Page, artist and professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill