Events

Upcoming events

Oct 11

EADJ Program: Undoing the Anthropocene

Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 10:00–11:30 a.m.

Zoom

EADJ (Engine for Art, Democracy and Justice) is pleased to announce the fall 2023 program, which is part of Artistic Activism and the Power of Collective Resistance, curated by independent curator, Selene Wendt. EADJ was founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt Endowed Chair Professor of Fine Arts, Dr. María Magdalena Campos-Pons, and is a trans-institutional partnership… Read More
Oct 19

Curator’s Perspective:
The Art of Spanish America Through the Lens of LACMA’s Collection

Thursday, October 19, 2023, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Auditorium
Free; first come, first seated

Presented by Ilona Katzew, curator and department head, Latin American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art  The early modern era (ca. 1500–1800 CE) was a period marked by imperial expansionism, conquest, and colonization. Cataclysmic social and geopolitical shifts brought people into closer contact than ever before—in real and imagined… Read More
Nov 1

EADJ Program
The Past is Present: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration

Wednesday, November 1, 2023, 10:00–11:30 a.m.

Zoom

EADJ (Engine for Art, Democracy and Justice) is pleased to announce the fall 2023 program, which is part of Artistic Activism and the Power of Collective Resistance, curated by independent curator, Selene Wendt. EADJ was founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt Endowed Chair Professor of Fine Arts, Dr. María Magdalena Campos-Pons, and is a trans-institutional partnership… Read More
Nov 2

Curator's Perspective: Still Dreaming of Paradise: Raqib Shaw and the Art of Kashmir

Thursday, November 2, 2023, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Auditorium
Free; first come, first seated

My friend, this youth is loss I lost all day on the way . . . —Song of Habba Khatoon (1554–1609) Once upon a time, Kashmir was a pivotal point on the Silk Road. A melting pot for an array of cultures, faiths, and creeds, it facilitated… Read More
Nov 16

Artist’s Perspective: Derek Fordjour

Thursday, November 16, 2023, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Auditorium
Free

Join Derek Fordjour for this talk exploring his artistic practice and work featured in Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage.     About Derek Fordjour Derek Fordjour was born in 1974 in Memphis, Tennessee, to parents of Ghanaian heritage. He earned a BA at Morehouse College before receiving an MEd in… Read More

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