Panafrica Days: Full Schedule

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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. 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 →

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 →

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 →

Kodwo Eshun

Artist

Wednesday March 5, 2025 11:20am - 12:35pm MST
Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago 111 S Michigan Ave

Discussions, Panel

Host Organization Art Institute of Chicago
Location Loop/Streeterville

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

Matthew Witkovsky

Curator

Speakers

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 →

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 →

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