Visual Arts Professor James Smalls on Race and Art
Seeing Color: conversations with arts leaders at the BMA
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
Posted: November 6, 2015, 9:47 AM
