Dates: Apr 5-7, 2019; 10am-1pm; (Student Sessions April 4)

The 30th Annual James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art and Art of the African Diaspora

Critical In/Sight: Contemporary Developments in the History and Practice of Black Visual Culture

How do artists, art scholars and art administrators proliferate critical sight to help us envision a better world?

As the James A. Porter Colloquium celebrates 30 years, we seek to advance the discourse on African American art and art of the African Diaspora by assessing the state of the field. “Critical In/Sight” will consider how artists and art scholars of the African Diaspora are establishing new frontiers in art criticism as well as socio-cultural critique. Focusing on black visual culture alongside artistic practice, proceedings will explore definitions as well as modes of constructing and practicing critical vision.