Creating Change Through the Arts

About

A new series to connect change agents in the art world with the Fordham community.  Speakers in our 2021-2022 series are addressing the role of race and inclusion in their artistic and curatorial practices.

Upcoming Events

To be announced.

Past Events

Conversation with Janet Dees

Online Webinar
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
5:30 - 6:30 pm
 
Janet Dees (FCLC 1998) is the Steven and Lisa Munster Tananbaum, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University.  Dees will discuss her professional path as a curator as well as her forthcoming exhibition, A Site of Struggle: Making Meaning of Anti-Black Violence in American Art and Visual Culture.

Janet Dees

Conversation with Dannielle Bowman

Online Webinar
Monday, April 5, 2021
5:00 - 6:00 pm

Dannielle Bowman is a visual artist working with photography. Bowman received a BFA from The Cooper Union and an MFA from the Yale School of Art. In 2019, she was a contributor to the New York Times Magazine's The 1619 Project. Bowman has been an artist in residence at Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York; the Center for Photography at Woodstock; and PICTURE BERLIN. She was awarded the 2020 Aperture Portfolio Prize, and was a recipient of the 2020 PHMuseum Women Photographers Grant. In 2021, she will participate in the Light Work Artist-In-Residence program. Bowman has exhibited in the US and internationally. She lives and works in New York.

Dannielle Bowman

A Conversation with Thelma Golden

Online Webinar
Wednesday October 14, 2020
5:00 - 6:00 pm

Thelma Golden is the Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem.  Founded in 1968, The Studio Museum is known for its exhibitions of contemporary art and center for innovative education.  It is one of the world's leadng institutions devoted to visual art of African-American artists and artists of African descent.

Thelma Golden