Program of Events

David C. Driskell Lecture
David C. Driskell Center at University of Maryland, College Park
5:00pm - 8:00pm

Ringgold|Saar: Meeting on the Matrix Program + Porter Colloquium Distinguished Lecture
(in collaboration with Howard University)

Registration:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/printmaking-as-expression-of-culture-and-identity-tickets-591705114927

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/david-c-driskell-center-2023-lecture-series-tickets-591726418647

5:00pm - 5:45pm

Panel Discussion: No Q and A.
Live event in Gallery (ASL interpreter as needed)

• Introduction by David Bringham
• Curlee Raven Holton
• Latoya Hobbs

6:00pm - 7:00pm

David C. Driskell Distinguished Lecture: Professor Jordana Moore Saggese
Live event in Gallery (ASL interpreter as needed)

• Introduction by Curlee Raven Holton
• David C. Driskell Distinguished Lecture: Professor Jordana Moore Saggese
  Lecture title: “This is not a Drill: Performance+ Endurance+ the Black Body in Public Space”

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Reception to Follow

Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (the Center)
proceedings in NGA East Building, East Building Auditorium
10:15am - 5:00pm

Registration

https://www.nga.gov/calendar/lectures/colloquia/shaping-space-african-american-artists-public-art-private-collections.html/2023/04/14/1015?utm_source=National+Gallery+of+Art&utm_campaign=a9dc5a76ec-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_06_15_01_20_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2085ff9475-a9dc5a76ec-346340698&mc_cid=a9dc5a76ec&mc_eid=bfb8b2ce90

10:15am - 10:30am

Opening Remarks

• Steven Nelson, Dean of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (the Center), National Gallery of Art
• Phylicia Rashad, Dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, Howard University
• Raimi Gbadamosi, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Art, Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, Howard University

Day Moderator: Melanee C. Harvey, Ph.D., Chair of the James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art and Art of the African Diaspora

10:30am -11:00am

Opening Lecture

• Mabel O. Wilson, Nancy and George Rupp Professor, Columbia University
  Lecture Title: “Unknown, Unknown: A Provisional Architecture of Black Commemoration”

11:00am - 12:00pm

Panel Discussion: Building the Change We Seek: Art and Architecture

• Curtis Clay, Director of Architecture at the Department of State's Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations
• Ronnie McGhee, College of Fellows, American Institute of Architects & Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Howard University
• Jay Coleman, Artist
• Curry Hackett, Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Tennessee
• Keith Anderson, Interim Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, Government of the District of Columbia

Panel Moderator: Sandy Bellamy, Co-Chair of the Porter Colloquium, Lecturer Department of Art, Howard University

12:00pm - 12:30pm

Screening of Short Documentary on Uzikee Nelson, Washington, DC's Ancestral Sculptor, Lifetime Award Recipient

12:30pm - 2:00pm

LUNCH

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Shaping Space: A Conversation with Keith Morrison

• Keith Morrison, Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient, in conversation with Camille Brown, Assistant Curator, The Phillips Collection

2:30pm - 3:00pm

Keynote Artist Lecture with Melvin Edwards

• Melvin Edwards, Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient with subsequent conversation facilitated by Tobias Wofford, Associate Professor of Art History, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University

3:00pm - 3:45pm

James A. Porter Distinguished Lecture

• Renee Ater, Provost Visiting Associate Professor, Africana Studies, Brown University
  Lecture Title: “Public Art as Community Praxis”

3:45pm - 4:15pm

Floyd Coleman Distinguished Artist Conversation with Martha Jackson Jarvis

• Martha Jackson Jarvis, Lifetime Achievement Recipient, in conversation with Njena Jarvis

Moderator: Lauren Glover, Manager, Public Art Department, Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Government of the District of Columbia

Concluding Remarks

Howard University
Howard University Gallery of Art & College of Medicine
Third Floor Auditorium
(Masks are Required)

Saturday’s programming is dedicated to the Ronald and Patricia Walters Collection Symposium, organized in conjunction with the Howard University Gallery of Art exhibition, Genesis: The African American Experience in Art, The Ronald W. & Patricia Turner Walters Collection

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saturdays-james-a-porter-colloquium-proceedings-in-person-tickets-603891444567?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

9:00am – 10:30am

Light Breakfast at Childers Hall at Howard University & Viewing of the Walters Collection Exhibition at the Howard University Gallery of Art

10:30am – 10:45am

Depart for College of Medicine Auditorium for Colloquium Proceedings

10:45am

Opening Remarks

Prof. Kathryn Coney-Ali & Dr. Raul Moarquech Ferrera-Balanquet, Co-Directors of Howard University Gallery of Art

10:45am – 12:15pm

Panel Discussion: Sustaining a Tradition: Collecting African American Art

• Myrtis Bedolla, Curators, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, Maryland
• Dr. Walter O Evans, Collector of African American Art, Literature and Ephemera
• Mrs. Linda J Evans, Collector of African American Art, Literature and Ephemera
• Dr. Vanessa Thaxton-Ward, Executive Director, Hampton University Museum
• Dr. Janet Sims-Wood, Dorothy Porter Scholar
• Lela Johnson Sewell-Williams, Curator of Manuscript Division, The Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University
• Scott W. Baker, Assistant Director, Howard University Gallery of Art

Moderators: Prof. Kathryn Coney-Ali, Co-Director, Howard University Gallery of Art

12:15 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch (On Your Own)

1:30pm – 2:30pm

Research Presentations: Art History in Progress: Student Research Panel

Howard University Student Presentations

• Rebecca Shipman
• Jada Brooks
• Kelis George

Atlanta University Curatorial Collective Student Presentations

• Aiyana Thompson
• Chloë Catrow
• Kaniah Pearson
• Tenesha Carter-Johnson

Moderator: Dr. Abby Eron, Registrar, Howard University Gallery of Art

2:30pm – 4:30pm

Panel Discussion: Black Artists in Dialogue

• Akili Ron Anderson, Associate Professor, Howard University
• Jessica Marie Hopkins, Artist, Washington, DC
• Delita Martin, Artist, Houston, Texas
• James Phillips, Associate Professor, Howard University
• Richard Ward, Artist & Director, HETConnect Studios
• Preston Sampson, Artist, Washington, DC
• Kevin Cole, Artist, The Compound Studios, Georgia
• Mrs. Patricia Turner Walters, Collector of African American Art

Moderator: Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Gwendolyn Everett, Ph.D.

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Closing Remarks

Prof. Kathryn Coney-Ali & Dr. Raul Moarquech Ferrera-Balanquet, Co-Directors of Howard University Gallery of Art

Rubell Museum DC
65 I (Eye) St SW
Washington, DC 20024

6:00 PM -10:00 PM    

Awards Gala

Attire: Business Casual

To purchase gala tickets: https://giving.howard.edu/james-porter-colloquium-gala

Thursday

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Thursday Live Stream information included on Eventbrite sites above.

Friday

https://www.nga.gov/calendar/lectures/colloquia/shaping-space-african-american-artists-public-art-private-collections.html/2023/04/14/1015

Friday Live Stream information included on the National Gallery of Art Porter Colloquium event site.

Saturday

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saturdays-james-a-porter-colloquium-proceedings-in-person-tickets-603891444567?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

Saturday Live Stream

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHLUtk6NG9iW7KmCpO0MvkQ/videos?view=57