Opening Conversation and Reception of ‘Theaster Gates: Black Image Corporation’
Theaster Gates: Black Image Corporation (January 28 – May 16, 2020) explores the legacy of the Johnson Publishing Company archive. Please join us for an opening conversation with Daisy Desrosiers, Associate Curator of Theaster Gates: Black Image Corporation and Director of Programs at the Lunder Institute for American Art at Colby College, and Andrea Barnwell...
Quaint Revolt: ‘BLACK IMAGE CORPORATION’ MAKES U.S. DEBUT WITH SPELMAN MUSEUM
Jan 5, 2020 Click here to read article.
ARTS ATL: Year in Review: Art + Design scene benefits from Bunnen, Gay, Mann, Pecou + more
December 27, 2019 by Kathy Janich Excerpt: The Spelman Museum began the year with a small but splendid exhibition by Amy Sherald, whose career has soared since she painted Michelle Obama’s official portrait, and closed with Mildred Thompson: The Atlanta Years, 1986–2003, an equally fine, and perhaps more important, exploration of the artist’s multifaceted oeuvre. See more...
Surrender at Fort Negress: A Repossession Performance
Sunday, December 1, 2019 3:00 p.m. In observance of Day With(out) Art*, choreographer T. Lang will explore the process through which individuals fundamentally shift how they conceptualize, strategize around, and tactically address struggles related to complex inequalities that affect their everyday lives. Through movement, and process-based community research with students and alumni from Spelman College,...
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