by Jon Lackman | 14 April 2009 | Africa, Americas, Conferences
Later this week the James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art turns 20:
The 2009 Porter Colloquium presents new research, new interpretations, and new subjectivities that inform scholarly practice and promote fresh ways of thinking and writing about African American art and other art in the African Diaspora. This year’s theme, Trajectories … The trajectories that are being explored in Porter Colloquium sessions this year include demographics, the movement of people and ideas over large parts of the world and particularly their immigration to the United States and to major art centers around the world … Over the last three decades the production, the presentation, the reception of African American art has expanded virtually exponentially. African American art, like the art of the contemporary world, has responded to modernist, to postmodernist issues and has reflected the changes in technologies, more extensive contact and collaboration across ethnic, cultural and continental boundaries … This year we are pleased to honor the pioneering achievements of scholar Sharon Patton, former executive director, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and art historian Judith Wilson … Admission to all sessions is free and open to the general public.
