Convening Schedule

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  • Thursday, September 28 at Lakeside Pavilion

    10 AM–11 AM
    Welcome
    Dr. Donette Francis, Center for Global Black Studies & Associate Professor of English, University of Miami & Dejha Carrington, Commissioner

    Opening
    Germane Barnes, Community Housing & Identity Lab and Associate Professor, University of Miami School of Architecture

    11 AM–12 PM
    "Given Me Back Myself" - Zora Neale Hurston's Postwar Sojourn in Miami and Honduras
    Dr. Sharony Green, Associate Professor of History, University of Alabama

    12 PM–1 PM
    Lunch Break  

    1 PM–2 PM       
    Migration & Memories: Artists Juana Valdés and Morel Doucet
    Moderator: Nhadya Lawes, Knight Foundation 

    2 PM–3 PM        
    Black Interiors: Artists Chris Friday, T. Elliot Mansa, and Sydney Maubert 
    Moderator: Donnamarie Baptiste, Independent Curator and Producer

    3 PM–4 PM 
    Black Exteriors: Artists Jared McGriff and Roland Woods, Jr. 
    Moderator: Dr. Donette Francis, Center for Global Black Studies & Associate Professor of English, University of Miami    

    4 PM
    Reflections
    Franklin Sirmans, Pérez Art Museum Miami

  • Friday, September 29 at Shalala Student Center

    10 AM–10:30 AM
    Welcome
    Artist Edouard Duval-Carrié

    Opening Performance
    Poet and Artist Arsimmer McCoy

    11 AM–12 PM   
    Black Photography
    Artists Michelle Lisa Polissaint, Terence Price II, and Roscoè B. Thické III
    Moderator: Aldeide Delgado, Women Photographers International Archive

    12 PM–1 PM     
    Lunch Break 

    1 PM–2 PM 
    Making Art Public
    Artists Chire Regans, Charles Humes, Jr., and Reginald O’Neal
    Moderator: Marie Vickles, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Little Haiti Cultural Complex 

    2 PM–3 PM        
    Materials & Embodiment
    Artists Loni Johnson and Kandy G. Lopez
    Moderator: Lauren Baccus, Artist, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami

    3 PM–4 PM        
    Reflections & Connections 
    Dr. Donette Francis, Center for Global Black Studies & Associate Professor of English, University of Miami    

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