Fairfield University Art Museum Fall 2021 Exhibitions Brochure - English

CARRIE MAE WEEMS The Usual Suspects

ROBERTO LUGO New Ceramics

ROBERT GERHARDT Mic Check

September 18 - December 18, 2021

Table of Contents Director’s Foreword...............................................................................................................................................................2 Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects.............................................................................................................................4 Roberto Lugo: New Ceramics............................................................................................................................................. 10 Robert Gerhardt: Mic Check................................................................................................................................................ 14 Fall 2021 Programs..............................................................................................................................................................21

Director’s Foreword In September 2021, the Fairfield University Art Museum reopens after eighteen months of closure to the public due to COVID-19. During this difficult period, the United States has also struggled to come to terms with and combat systemic racism in our society. It is our honor to mark our reopening with the presentation of three exhibitions that explore issues of racial justice, police reform, and Black history in the United States: Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects, Roberto Lugo: New Ceramics, and Robert Gerhardt: Mic Check.

Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects, on view in the museum’s Walsh Gallery, includes recent photographic and video works by Weems that question stereotypes associating Black bodies with criminality. The exhibition is comprised of three associated works, two of which, All the Boys and The Usual Suspects, examine the racial stereotypes at the heart of deaths of Black men and women at the hands of police, and confront the viewer with the fact of judicial inaction. The third piece in the exhibition is People of a Darker Hue, a meditative compilation of video, found footage, narration, and performance commemorating these deaths. Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects was organized by LSU Museum of Art. The project, which includes a fully illustrated catalogue, which is for sale at the museum, is a collaboration between the LSU College of Art + Design, the LSU School of Art and LSU Museum of Art. On view in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries is Roberto Lugo: New Ceramics. A self-described “ghetto potter,” Lugo uses porcelain, a medium traditionally reserved for the wealthy, to explore inequality and racial and social justice. His work often takes familiar shapes drawn from European and Asian ceramic traditions, including ginger jars, amphorae, and teapots, but their hand-painted surfaces take inspiration from street art and feature contemporary iconography, and celebrate important figures in Black and Latino culture. Also on view in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries is Robert Gerhardt: Mic Check, a photography project by photojournalist and writer Robert Gerhardt, who relied on the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag to track and document protests in New York City over the last seven years.

We hope you will be able to join us in the galleries for this timely group of exhibitions, which reflects the museum’s commitment to uplifting the voices of Black artists and artists of color, and to creating an engaging and safe space to consider the issues surrounding systemic racism in our communities. These are difficult things to talk about, but we look forward to inviting all of our different audiences to join us in moving the conversations forward into action.

This fall our exhibitions can finally all be viewed in person by everyone, which is such a relief to us after such a long period of closure. Our programs, on the other hand, will continue to be presented virtually for the most part. All of them will be recorded, so if you cannot join us live on thequicklive.com portal, you can look for the programs on our YouTube channel a few days later, and experience them at your leisure. The schedule of associated programming (see pg. 22) is robust, ranging from the history of Black potters to the founding of Black Voters Matter with much in between – we hope you will tune in, and be a part of the conversation.

We are extremely grateful to the artists and lenders who have made these three exhibitions possible, including Carrie Mae Weems, LSU Museum of Art, Jack Shainman Gallery, Roberto Lugo, Wexler Gallery, Robert Gerhardt, and the Mary and Eliza Freeman Center for History and Community.

Generous funding in support of these exhibitions has been provided by #UNLOAD Foundation, the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation, and the Aquarion Water Company. We are excited to welcome the Eliza and Mary Freeman Center for History and Community in Bridgeport as a Community Partner for the exhibitions.

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We are pleased to be partnering with #UNLOAD Foundation again, as their goal of using the arts to illuminate, educate and engage a broader coalition of people to end gun violence aligns so well with these exhibitions.

The collegial participation and support of our exhibition faculty liaisons Johanna Garvey, PhD, Associate Professor of English, and Kris Sealey, PhD, Professor of Philosophy, has been invaluable as we have worked together over the last three years to bring these exhibitions and their associated programming to campus. We are happy to be able to present this exhibition catalogue and all of the educational materials in the galleries in both English and Spanish. This bi-lingual effort is made possible by the expertise (and patience) of Laura Gasca Jiménez, PhD, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Translation Studies in the department of Modern Languages and Literatures.

Thanks, and appreciation as always go to our exceptional museum team for their hard work in bringing these exhibitions to fruition: Michelle DiMarzo, Curator of Education and Academic Engagement; Emily McKeon, outgoing Museum Assistant; Rosalinda Rodriguez, incoming Museum Assistant; and Megan Paqua, Registrar.

We are also grateful for the additional support provided across the University by Edmund Ross, Susan Cipollaro, Dan Vasconez, and Tess Brown Long, as well as by our colleagues in the Quick Center for the Arts, at Rodney Productions, and in the Media Center.

Carey Mack Weber Frank and Clara Meditz Executive Director

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Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects Walsh Gallery Carrie Mae Weems is asking probing questions about humanity, about representation, and about power with these photographic and video works.

In Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects, Weems focuses on the humanity denied in recent killings of black men, women, and children by police. She directs our attention to the constructed nature of racial identity—specifically, representations that associate black bodies with criminality. Our imaginings have real—often deadly—outcomes. Blocks of color obscure faces just as our assumptions around race obscure individual humanity. Through a formal language of blurred images, color blocks, stated facts, and meditative narration, Weems directs our attention toward the repeated pattern of judicial inaction— the repeated denials and the repeated lack of acknowledgement.

Much of this work grew out of an exploration of the idea of grace in response to our contemporary moment. Weems draws inspiration from the ancient Greek tragedy Antigone, in which a woman defies prevailing powers to bury her fallen brother. Weems’ work commemorates fallen brothers and asks us to probe and seek understanding along with her.

Support for this exhibition is provided by The Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Jr. Fund with additional support from Annual Exhibition Fund donors. This exhibition is organized by LSU Museum of Art in collaboration with LSU College of Art + Design, and LSU School of Art.

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About the Artist Considered one of the most influential contemporary artists, Carrie Mae Weems (American, b. 1953) has investigated family relationships, cultural identity, sexism, class, political systems and the consequences of power. Determined as ever to enter the picture—both literally and metaphorically— she has sustained an on-going dialogue within contemporary discourse for over thirty years. During this time Carrie Mae Weems has developed a complex body of art employing photographs, text, fabric, audio, digital images, installation, and video.

In 2013, Weems received the MacArthur “Genius” grant as well as the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Weems has received numerous awards, grants and fellowships including the prestigious Rome Prize, The National Endowment of the Arts, the Alpert, the Anonymous was a Woman and the Tiffany Awards, among many other honors.

Weems has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions at major national and international museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Frist Center for Visual Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY, and the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo in Seville, Spain. She is represented in public and private collections around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Museum of Modern Art, NY and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

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Checklist 1. Carrie Mae Weems All the Boys (Profile 1), 2016 Archival pigment print on gesso board Edition: 2/5, 2 AP 35 3/8 x 27 ⅜ inches Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York 2. Carrie Mae Weems All the Boys (Profile 2), 2016 Archival pigment print on gesso board Edition: 2/5, 2 AP 35 3/8 x 27 3/8 inches (each) Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York 3. Carrie Mae Weems All the Boys (Blocked 1), 2016 Archival pigment print and silkscreen on gesso board Edition: 1/5, 2 AP 31 3/8 x 25 3/8 inches (each) Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York 4. Carrie Mae Weems All the Boys (Blocked 2), 2016 Archival pigment print and silkscreen on gesso board Edition: 2/5, 2 AP 31 3/8 x 25 3/8 inches (each) Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

6. Carrie Mae Weems Laquan: A Timeline, 2018 Archival pigment print on gesso board 31 3/20 x 46 1/4 inches (each - 5 panels) Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York 7. Carrie Mae Weems The Usual Suspects, 2016 9 silkscreened panels Edition: 1/5, 2 AP 30 x 24 inches (each) Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York 8. Carrie Mae Weems People of a Darker Hue, 2016 Video, runtime 14:52 Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York 9. Carrie Mae Weems Color Real and Imagined, 2014 from Blue Notes series Archival pigment print with silkscreened color blocks Edition: 6/10, 2 AP 33 3/8 x 49 1/4 inches Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

5. Carrie Mae Weems All the Boys (Blocked 3), 2016 Archival pigment print and silkscreen on gesso board Edition: 3/5, 2 AP 31 3/8 x 25 3/8 inches (each) Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

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Roberto Lugo: New Ceramics Bellarmine Hall Galleries Self-described “ghetto potter” Roberto Lugo (American, b. 1981) uses porcelain, a medium traditionally reserved for the wealthy, to explore inequality and racial and social justice. His work often takes familiar shapes drawn from European and Asian ceramic traditions, including ginger jars, amphorae, and teapots, but their handpainted surfaces take inspiration from street art and feature contemporary iconography, and celebrate important figures in Black and Latino culture. A number of the all-new pieces in this exhibition incorporate gun parts from decommissioned handguns obtained in a Hartford, Connecticut gun buyback in 2018 sponsored by #UNLOAD Foundation.

About the Artist Lugo is Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University. He was the recipient of the 2019 Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, and received a Fellowship from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in 2019.

Lugo Checklist nos. 1 and 13 Photography by Megan Tranauskas courtesy of Wexler Gallery

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Checklist 1. Roberto Lugo Peaceful Protesters: Nina Simone I, 2021 Glazed ceramic, luster, steel, epoxy, enamel 5 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches Courtesy of the artist and Wexler Gallery 2. Roberto Lugo Peaceful Protesters: Nina Simone II, 2021 Glazed ceramic, luster, steel, epoxy, enamel 5 x 3 3/4 x 4 inches Courtesy of the artist and Wexler Gallery 3. Roberto Lugo Gun Teapot: Zora Neale Hurston and Malcolm X, 2021 Glazed ceramic, luster, steel, epoxy, enamel 8 1/2 x 5 x 9 inches Courtesy of the artist and Wexler Gallery 4. Roberto Lugo Gun Teapot: Mae Jemison, 2021 Glazed ceramic, steel, epoxy, enamel 10 x 5 ½ x 8 inches Courtesy of the artist and Wexler Gallery 5. Roberto Lugo Gun Teapot: Dorothy Pitman Hughes, 2021 Glazed ceramic, luster, steel, epoxy, enamel 11 x 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches Courtesy of the artist and Wexler Gallery 6. Roberto Lugo Gun Teapot: Ida B. Wells and Jean-Michel Basquiat, 2021 Glazed ceramic, luster, steel, epoxy, enamel 8 1/2 x 5 ¼ x 8 1/4 inches Courtesy of the artist and Wexler Gallery 7. Roberto Lugo Gun Teapot: Sojourner Truth, 2021 Glazed ceramic, steel, epoxy, enamel 8 x 6 x 9 inches Courtesy of the artist and Wexler Gallery

8. Roberto Lugo Gun Teapot: Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King Jr., 2021 Glazed ceramic, steel, epoxy, enamel 9 x 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches Courtesy of the artist and Wexler Gallery 9. Roberto Lugo Gun Teapot: Rosa Parks, 2021 Glazed ceramic, luster, steel, epoxy, enamel 9 x 6 1/2 x 6 ¾ inches Courtesy of the artist and Wexler Gallery 10. Roberto Lugo Gun Teapot: Maya Angelou, 2021 Glazed ceramic, luster, steel, epoxy, enamel 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 7 ½ inches Courtesy of the artist and Wexler Gallery 11. Roberto Lugo Gun Teapot: Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis, 2021 Glazed ceramic, luster, steel, epoxy, enamel 12 1/2 x 7 x 8 inches Courtesy of the artist and Wexler Gallery 12. Roberto Lugo Texture Study I, 2021 Glazed ceramic 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 5 inches Courtesy of the artist and Wexler Gallery 13. Roberto Lugo Texture Study II, 2021 Glazed ceramic 11 x 5 x 5 ½ inches Courtesy of the artist and Wexler Gallery 14. Roberto Lugo Vengo dal Ghetto: AOC, 2020 Glazed ceramic 22 1/2 x 13 x 13 inches Courtesy of the artist and Wexler Gallery

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Robert Gerhardt: Mic Check Bellarmine Hall Galleries The Black Lives Matter movement was born in July 2013, when #BlackLivesMatter began trending on social media following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the February 2012 shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin.

In November 2014, a grand jury absolved a white police officer of killing another Black teen, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri. Two weeks later, a second grand jury in New York cleared white police officers accused of killing an unarmed Black man named Eric Garner. Following these decisions, local protests in Missouri and New York began to spread across the country, leading to the national recognition of the #BLM movement.

Robert Gerhardt: Mic Check is a photography project by photojournalist and writer Robert Gerhardt, who relied on the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag to track and document these protests in New York City over the last seven years.

This remarkable body of work includes photographs of protests from 2014 through 2021, across New York, in massive crowds, in rain and sun, during night and day, in motion during marches and stationary during speeches, and in the past year in the midst of a global pandemic. These candid works capture the passion, righteous anger, and frustration of the protestors. The title comes from the shouts of “mic check!” which mobilized protestors into a game of repeat-after-me, a technique that united the crowd and enabled the spread of the speaker’s comments and instructions without amplification.

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About the Artist Robert Gerhardt (American, b. 1977) is a member of the National Press Photographers’ Association in the United States, and an absentee member of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Hong Kong. He has a B.A. in Anthropology/Sociology and Art History from the College of the Holy Cross and an M.F.A. in Photography from the Lesley University College of Art and Design.

Gerhardt’s photographs have been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions in North America, Europe and Asia, and in a number of public and private collections including The Museum of the City of New York, The New York Historical Society, and the Arab American National Museum. His work has also been published both nationally and internationally, including in The Guardian, The Diplomat, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Newsweek, Haaretz, and Suddeutsche Zeitung.

Presented by Our Community Partner:

On view in the Fairfield University Art Museum’s Bellarmine Hall Galleries: VOTE! Black Lives Matter (Connecticut 2020 & 1849), a short film produced by the Mary and Eliza Freeman Center for History and Community, created with filmmaker Pedro Bermudez. Using Chefren Gray’s photography from a Freeman Center pop-up exhibit, Freeman Center Arts Ambassador Shanna Melton narrates this moving call to action. The photos in the film are from a 2014 Washington, D.C. demonstration attended by a Bridgeport resident, and a 2016 demonstration in Bridgeport. _____________________________________ View the related exhibition at the Mary and Eliza Freeman Center for History and Culture September 18 - December 18, 2021 Chefren Gray | Bridgeport Black Lives: Aspirations & Inspirations This exhibition of over 50 photographs will juxtapose images from Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Bridgeport, and those Bridgeporters attended, with photos taken from our lives here. In other words, what matters to us, what we’re fighting for...our inspirations and aspirations.

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Checklist 1. Robert Gerhardt We Will Not Be Silent, Union Square, New York, City, November 25, 2014 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 2. Robert Gerhardt Protestors Making Signs, Union Square, New York City, November 25, 2014 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 3. Robert Gerhardt Rally, City Hall Steps, New York City, December 19, 2014 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 4. Robert Gerhardt Protestors Holding a Die-In, Union Square Park, New York City, 2014 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 5. Robert Gerhardt Protestors Performing a Jericho Walk Around Police Plaza, New York City, December 19, 2014 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 6. Robert Gerhardt Sit-In in the Street, near Union Square, New York City, November 25, 2014 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist

7. Robert Gerhardt Black Lives Matter Protestors in Times Square, New York City, December 6, 2014 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 8. Robert Gerhardt More Rage, near Times Square, New York City, April 29, 2015 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 9. Robert Gerhardt A Bystander Photographing Protestors, near Times Square, New York City, April 18, 2016 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 10. Robert Gerhardt Protestors Marching Past the New York Public Library on 42nd Street, New York City, April 18, 2016 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 11. Robert Gerhardt Outraged Speaker, City Hall Park, New York City, August 1, 2016 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 12. Robert Gerhardt Black Lives Matter, Malcolm X Boulevard, Harlem, New York City, March 20, 2017 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 16

13. Robert Gerhardt End Police Violence, Grand Central Terminal, New York City, February 13, 2017 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 14. Robert Gerhardt Black Lives Matter, Midtown, Manhattan, New York City, August 13, 2017 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 15. Robert Gerhardt Smash ICE Smash the State, World Trade Center, New York City, July 2, 2017 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist

20. Robert Gerhardt Protest for Botham Jean, Broadway, New York City, September 28, 2018 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 21. Robert Gerhardt Trayvon Martin Rest in Power, Grand Central Station, New York City, February 4, 2019 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist

16. Robert Gerhardt Police Trying to Keep Protestors from Leaving Union Square Park, New York City, August 13, 2017 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist

22. Robert Gerhardt Eric Garner Family Member Shouting at the Police at the 120th Precinct House on the 5th Anniversary of Death of Eric Garner, Staten Island, New York City, July 17, 2019 Silver gelatin print Courtesy of the artist

17. Robert Gerhardt Protestors Gathering at the Time Warner Building, Columbus Circle, New York City, September 12, 2017 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist

23. Robert Gerhardt No Justice No Peace, Manhattan, New York City, March 10, 2019 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist

18. Robert Gerhardt Philando Castile Killed by Police, Penn Station, New York City, February 12, 2018 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 17

19. Robert Gerhardt The Police Are Trained to Kill Us, Columbus Circle, New York City, March 28, 2018 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist

24. Robert Gerhardt Protest for the 4th Anniversary of the Death of Sandra Bland, Brooklyn, New York City, July 13, 2019 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist

25. Robert Gerhardt Protestors Marching through Times Square on the 5th Anniversary of the Death of Michael Brown, Times Square, New York City, August 9, 2019 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 26. Robert Gerhardt Protestors Confront Police Officers on the 5th Anniversary of the Death of Michael Brown, Times Square, New York City, August 9, 2019 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 27. Robert Gerhardt Protest Leader Speaking to a Crowd Gathered in front of the Brooklyn Public Library, New York City, May 30, 2020 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 28. Robert Gerhardt Protestors Waving an Upside-Down American Flag, Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, May 31, 2020 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 29. Robert Gerhardt I Can’t Breathe, Fulton Street near the Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York City, May 31, 2020 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 30. Robert Gerhardt A Protestor Holds up a Self-drawn Portrait of George Floyd, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York City, June 6, 2020 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist

31. Robert Gerhardt Stop Killing Our Children, Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York City, June 19, 2020 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 32. Robert Gerhardt Listen to Black Women, Brooklyn, New York City, June 25, 2020 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 33. Robert Gerhardt Marching with Fist Raised in Protest, Brooklyn, New York City, June 25, 2020 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 34. Robert Gerhardt Protestors Raise Their Fists at the Start of a Protest for Jacob Blake, Times Square, New York City, August 24, 2020 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 35. Robert Gerhardt Justice for Breonna Taylor, Midtown, Manhattan, New York City, September 23, 2020 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 36. Robert Gerhardt Protestor Holds Aloft a Portrait of Breonna Taylor, Midtown, Manhattan, New York City, September 23, 2020 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist

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37. Robert Gerhardt She Deserved Better, Midtown, Manhattan, New York City, September 23, 2020 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 38. Robert Gerhardt Protestors Carry a Portrait of George Floyd During a March for the Conviction of Derek Chauvin for the Death of George Floyd, Brooklyn, New York City, April 20, 2021 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist

Brooklyn, New York City, April 20, 2021 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image) Courtesy of the artist 40. Robert Gerhardt ‘George Floyd Should Still be Alive’ Sign at a March for the Conviction of Derek Chauvin for the Death of George Floyd, Brooklyn, New York City, April 20, 2021 Silver gelatin print 10 x 15 inches (image)

39. Robert Gerhardt Protestors on the Streets near the Barclays Center for a March for the Conviction of Derek Chauvin for the Death of George Floyd,

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Fall 2021 Programs All programs will be live-streamed (unless indicated). Recordings will be available on our website and YouTube channel. All times are Eastern Standard. To register: fuam.eventbrite.com Friday, September 17, 6 p.m.

Opening Conversation: Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects* Courtney Taylor, Curator and Director of Public Programs, Louisiana State University Museum of Art, and Dalila Scruggs, PhD, Educator and Curator, Brooklyn Museum Tuesday, September 21, 5 p.m.

Gallery Talk: Roberto Lugo Wednesday, September 29, 5 p.m.

Lecture: Radical Vessels: History and the Pottery of Roberto Lugo Andrew Davenport, PhD candidate, Georgetown University, and Public Historian, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Monday, October 4, 7 p.m.

Film Screening: Black Art: In the Absence of Light (HBO, 2021)** BCC, Oak Room Thursday October 7, 5 p.m.

Gallery Talk: Robert Gerhardt Thursday, October 14, 11 a.m.

Art in Focus: Roberto Lugo, Vengo dal Ghetto, AOC, 2020, glazed ceramic Michelle DiMarzo, Curator of Education and Academic Engagement Tuesday, October 19, 5 p.m.

Virtual Tour: Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects Dalila Scruggs, PhD, Educator and Curator, Brooklyn Museum

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Thursday, October 28, 7 p.m.

Lecture: The Art of Perception: Look Closely to Save a Life** Amy Herman, founder, The Art of Perception® Kelley Theatre, Quick Center for the Arts Co-sponsored by #UNLOAD Foundation Wednesday, November 3, 5 p.m.

Lecture: An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States Kyle T. Mays, Assistant Professor, History, UCLA Co-sponsored by the American Studies and Black Studies programs Monday, November 8, 5 p.m.

Lecture: Oral History and the African-American Experience Tamara Lanier, activist Tuesday, November 9, 7:30 p.m.

24th Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lecture: Black Voters Matter: Our Obligation to Democracy and Equality LaTosha Brown, founder of Black Voters Matter Sponsored by the Bennett Center for Judaic Studies through the generosity of the Frank Jacoby Foundation (maintained by Debby and David Zieff), presented as part of the Open Visions Forum

* Part of the Edwin L. Weisl, Jr. Lectureships in Art History, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation ** This event will take place in person. University policies will apply.