Autobiography/Performance/Identity: A Symposium on African American and African Diasporan Women in the Visual Arts
Friday, March 5–Saturday, March 6, 2010
University of Maryland University College (UMUC) and the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at University of Maryland, College Park, announce
Autobiography/Performance/Identity: A Symposium on African American and African Diasporan Women in the Visual Arts
Friday, March 5, 2010
David C. Driskell Center
University of Maryland, College Park
Opening Reception Time: 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Performance
Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons
Exhibition on View
Her Story: Margo Humphrey, Lithographs and Works on Paper
Book Signing
Margo Humphrey, Margo Humphrey, Volume VII
Adrienne L. Childs, Pomegranate, David C. Driskell Series of African American Art
Saturday, March 6, 2010
UMUC Inn and Conference Center
Adelphi, MD
Symposium Time: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Leading scholars will present on African diasporan women in art, with topics to include:
Keynote
Lorraine O'Grady, Performance Artist
The New Negress: Kara Walker does Josephine Baker
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
En-Acting Others: Exploring Biography in Identity Performance
Cherise Smith, PhD, University of Texas at Austin
The Arts of Healing
Lisa Gail Collins, PhD, Vassar College
Andrea Chung’s Cutouts: Photography and Rememory in the Caribbean
Krista Thompson, PhD, Northwestern University
Autobiography in the Work of Contemporary African Artists: Marasela, Kure, Essaydi
Christa Clarke, PhD, The Newark Museum
Event Pricing
General Admission: $100
UMUC and UMCP Faculty: $75
Students: $40
*Limited scholarship opportunities are available to students of University of Maryland University College; University of Maryland, College Park; and Maryland high schools. To apply, contact Angela Hutchison at eventsandarts@umuc.edu or at 301-985-7937.
Sponsors
The symposium and activities are sponsored by University of Maryland University College and the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Supporters
The College of Arts and Humanities, UMD
The Department of Art History and Archaeology, UMD
The Department of Women’s Studies, UMD
The American Studies Department and Program, UMD
The Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, UMD
African American/African Diaspora Area Group of the Department of English, UMD
Visual Literacy Toolbox, UMD
The African American Studies Department, UMD
The Office of the Associate Provost for Equity and Diversity, UMD
University of Maryland University College
Dianne Whitfield-Locke D.D.S.
Exhibitions
Mind, Body, and Spirit: Celebrating Regional Women Artists
January 18–March 14, 2010
UMUC Inn and Conference Center, Adelphi, Maryland
For more information, please visit web site.
Her Story: Margo Humphrey, Lithographs and Works on Paper
February 4–March 12, 2010
David C. Driskell Center at the
University of Maryland, College Park
