24th Annual Helen Clark Berlind Symposium
On Sept. 4-5, the Maier Museum will hold its 24th Annual Helen Clark Berlind Symposium, established to expand the educational significance of the Annual Exhibition. The symposium will begin with a panel discussion on Fri., Sept. 4 at 6 p.m. with artists Kevin Beasley, Todd Gray, and Toyin Odutola. Evie Terrono, a professor of art history from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, will moderate the event. On Sat., Sept. 5 at 11 a.m., Todd Gray will lead an artist talk. Later that day, at 1:30 p.m., Evie Terrono will present the lecture, Civil War to Civil Rights: How African-American Artists Engage the Past, followed by a reception. All Berlind Symposium events are free and open to the public.
Date and Time
Friday Sep 4, 2015 Saturday Sep 5, 2015
Friday, Sept. 4
6 p.m. – Panel discussion with artists Kevin Beasley, Todd Gray, and Toyin Odutola whose work is featured in “Breath/Breadth: Contemporary American Black Male Identity.” Moderated by Evie Terrono, Ph.D., a professor of Art History at Randolph-Macon College. Reception to precede event at 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 5
11 a.m. – Artist Talk by Todd Gray
1:30 p.m. – ‘Civil War to Civil Rights: How African American Artists Engage the Past’ Lecture by Evie Terrono, Ph.D.
Through the critical lens of the political, legal, and cultural changes that marked the transition from slavery to the Civil War to the Civil Rights period in the 1960s and 1970s, this presentation will examine depictions of the multifaceted and highly politicized dimensions of “race” and American identity in the artistic production of African American artists. Reception to follow.
Location
Maier Museum
Randolph College
Fees/Admission
All Berlind Symposium events are free and open to the public.
