“Soul of a Nation” Virtual Panel Discussions
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power
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In a series of livestream panel discussions accompanying Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, artists, curators, scholars, and community leaders discuss the exhibition and related themes.
► “Black Art & Activism” is the first of five livestream panel discussions accompanying Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power.
Three artists whose work is featured in the exhibition—Jae Jarrell, Wadsworth Jarrell, and Gerald Williams—explore the intersections of art and politics in the work of Black artists during the 1960s and 1970s. The discussion is moderated by Rebecca Zorach of Northwestern University.
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Recorded July 18, 2020
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► “Black Art through the Lens” is the second of five livestream panel discussions accompanying Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power.
Three artists whose work is featured in the exhibition—Dawoud Bey, Adger Cowans, and Ming Smith—talk about how photographers have sought to represent Black communities in honest, multifaceted ways to counter stereotyped representations. The discussion is moderated by New York University professor Deborah Willis.
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Recorded July 25, 2020
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► “Black Art & Abstraction” is the third of five livestream panel discussions accompanying Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power.
Three artists whose work is featured in the exhibition—Melvin Edwards, Fred Eversley, and William T. Williams—talk about the ways in which Black artists engaged abstraction from the 1960s to the early 1980s. The discussion is moderated by Valerie Cassel Oliver, curator of modern and contemporary art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
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Recorded August 1, 2020
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► “Black Art in Houston” is the fourth of five livestream panel discussions accompanying Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power.
Discover the rich legacy of Black art in Houston. Alvia Wardlaw, curator and director of the University Museum at Texas Southern University, talks to Soul of a Nation artist Earlie Hudnall, Jr. along with Michelle Barnes, executive director of Houston’s Community Artists’ Collective; and Houston artist Nathaniel Donnett. The conversation explores TSU’s renowned art program, founded by Houston artists John Biggers and Carroll Simms, as well as the Black art scene in Houston, past and present.
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Recorded August 8, 2020
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► “Black Cultural Organizations in Houston” is the last of five livestream panel discussions accompanying Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power.
Explore the importance and resilience of Houston’s Black cultural organizations, their birth and evolution over the years, and their role in today’s social and political climate. John Guess, chief executive officer for the Houston Museum of African American Culture, talks with artist Vicki Meek; Eileen Morris of Ensemble Theatre; and Harrison Guy of Urban Souls Dance Company.
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Recorded August 15, 2020
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This virtual lecture series receives generous funding from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.