Explore the unique artistic vision of one of America’s greatest storytellers through lectures, dialogue with noted scholars and guided viewing of the exhibition, Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections and enjoy 10% off in the Museum Shop.
Monday, July 16, 2012
10:30 am-4 pmWe Are All a Collage: Romare Bearden’s Improvised Art
Speaker: Robert O’Meally, Zora Neale Hurston Professor of
English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
Ride the Air: Mobility, Movement and Migration
in African American Cultural History
Speaker: Farrah J. Griffin,
William B. Ransford Professor of
English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
William B. Ransford Professor of
English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
12:30-1:45 pm Luncheon in Engelhard Court
2-4 pm Afternoon Session
Romare Bearden’s Conjur Woman
Speaker: Mary Schmidt-Campbell,
Dean of the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
‘Reading’ the Work of Romare Bearden
Speaker: Diedra Harris-Kelley
Co-Director of the Romare Bearden Foundation
4-4:30 pm Reception and book-signing in Engelhard Court
FEE: Pre-registration required.
Full Day: $35 members; $45 non-members; $25 morning or afternoon only; $15 optional box lunch available (must be ordered by July 13)
Register on-line with the Newark Museum
or call 973.596.6613
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