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Wednesday, March 5
 

10:10am MST

Introduction
Wednesday March 5, 2025 10:10am - 10:25am MST
Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago
Speakers
avatar for Antawan Byrd

Antawan Byrd

Art Historian & Curator

Wednesday March 5, 2025 10:10am - 10:25am MST
Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago 111 S Michigan Ave
  Operations, Introduction

10:25am MST

Keynote: Koyo Kouoh
Wednesday March 5, 2025 10:25am - 11:15am MST
Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago
Join us for a keynote by Koyo Kouoh, Executive Director and Chief Curator of Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art
Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) in Cape Town. 
Moderators
ED
Speakers
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Koyo Kouoh

Curator
Koyo Kouoh is the Executive Director and Chief Curator of Zeitz Museum of Contemporary ArtAfrica (Zeitz MOCAA) in Cape Town since May 2019. Prior to this appointment, she was thefounding Artistic Director of RAW Material Company, a centre for art, knowledge and society inDakar, Senegal... Read More →
Wednesday March 5, 2025 10:25am - 11:15am MST
Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago 111 S Michigan Ave
  Presentations, Keynote

11:20am MST

Panel: On the Circulation and Transmission of Africa/Diasporic Aesthetic Practices
Wednesday March 5, 2025 11:20am - 12:35pm MST
Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago
Join us for a panel with Huey Copeland, Krista Thompson, Ebony Patterson, and Kodwo Eshun. 
Moderators
DR
Speakers
avatar for Huey Copeland

Huey Copeland

Dr. Huey Copeland, Andrew W. Mellon Chair and Professor of Modern Art and Black Study at the University of Pittsburgh, is widely recognized as a leader in art history, specializing in visual cultures and critical theories of the African diaspora, Europe, and the United States. He... Read More →
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Krista Thompson

Krista Thompson is the Mary Jane Crowe Professor of Art History at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.  She is the author of An Eye for the Tropics (2006) and Shine: The Visual Economy of Light in African Diasporic Aesthetic Practice (2015), recipient of the Charles Rufus... Read More →
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Ebony Patterson

Artist
Ebony G. Patterson's expansive practice addresses visibility and invisibility, through explorations of class, race, gender, youth culture, pageantry and acts of violence in the context of "postcolonial" spaces. With the strong sensibility of a painter, Patterson works across multiple... Read More →
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Wednesday March 5, 2025 11:20am - 12:35pm MST
Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago 111 S Michigan Ave
  Discussions, Panel

2:30pm MST

Panel: Panafrica's Future Conversations
Wednesday March 5, 2025 2:30pm - 3:45pm MST
Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago
Join us for a panel with Hélio Menezes, Marilyn Nance, and Serubiri Moses. 
Moderators
MW
Speakers
avatar for Hélio Menezes

Hélio Menezes

Hélio Menezes is the Artistic Director of Museu Afro Brasil, in São Paulo. He acted as curator for Contemporary Art and Literature at Centro Cultural São Paulo between 2019 and 2021. Some of his recent works include the curation of the 35th São Paulo Art Biennial, Choreographies... Read More →
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Marilyn Nance

Photographer
Marilyn Nance’s artistry takes on many forms including photographs, prints, fiber arts, installation, and social practice. A graduate of New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, Nance is a digital pioneer. An artifact of the ancient web, her website soulsista.com... Read More →
avatar for Serubiri Moses

Serubiri Moses

Serubiri Moses is a Ugandan curator and author based in New York City. His writing is primarily concerned with aporia, violence, as well as exhibition histories. His exhibitions are rooted in methods of collective teaching, and listening as an epistemology. He serves as part-time... Read More →

Wednesday March 5, 2025 2:30pm - 3:45pm MST
Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago 111 S Michigan Ave
  Discussions, Panel

4:05pm MST

Closing Keynote: Louis Chude-Sokei
Wednesday March 5, 2025 4:05pm - 4:55pm MST
Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago
Join us for a keynote by Louis Chude-Sokei, Professor of English, the Wein Chair and Director of African American and Black Diaspora Studies at Boston University. 
Moderators
AG

Adom Getachew

Political Scientist & Curator
Speakers
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Louis Chude-Sokei

Boston University
Louis Chude-Sokei is Professor of English, the Wein Chair and Director of African American and Black Diaspora Studies at Boston University. Books include The Last Darky: Bert Williams, Black on Black Minstrelsy and the African Diaspora, The Sound of Culture: Diaspora and Black... Read More →
Wednesday March 5, 2025 4:05pm - 4:55pm MST
Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago 111 S Michigan Ave
  Presentations, Keynote

5:00pm MST

Closing Remarks
Wednesday March 5, 2025 5:00pm - 5:05pm MST
Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago
Speakers
AG

Adom Getachew

Political Scientist & Curator

Wednesday March 5, 2025 5:00pm - 5:05pm MST
Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago 111 S Michigan Ave
  Operations, Closing Remarks
 
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