35th Annual James A. Porter Colloquium (Apr 3-5, 2025)

The 35th Annual James A. Porter Colloquium

on African American Art and Art of the African Diaspora

Dates: April 3-5, 2025

Locations:

• April 3, 2025- The Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park (In-Person)
• April 4, 2025- The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC(In-Person and Live-streamed on Smithsonian American Art Museum's Youtube page)
• April 5, 2025- National Gallery of Art, Washington,DC (In-Person Only and Live-streamed on National Gallery of Art's Youtube page) & Howard University, Washington DC(In-Person Only and Live-streamed on the Porter Colloquium Youtube page)

Colloquium Theme Synopsis:

The Shape of Race

In partnership with the Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Association of Critical Race Art History, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Howard University Gallery of Art and the National Gallery of Art, the Department of Art in Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts invites the public to convene to examine new developments in the area of critical race art history.

Register for Driskell Center events on Thursday, April 3, 2024 by clicking the links below:

4:00PM Deity of the Circle Performance

6:00PM Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Kellie Jones

All additional registration can be completed through this eventbrite page.

Info: Private exhibition tour of Shape of Power by exhibition curators Karen Lemmey, Grace Yasumura and Tobias Wofford for Porter Colloquium participants (REGISTRATION REQUIRED)

Info: 10:30-11:00 Welcome
Jane Carpenter Rock, acting director, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gwendolyn Everett, Interim Dean, Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, Howard University

11-11:45 Floyd Coleman Distinguished Session- State of the Field Discussion
Camara Holloway, Wildenstein Plattner Institute
Jacqueline Francis, California College of the Arts

12-12:45 James A. Porter Distinguished Lecture
Charles L. Davis II, School of Architecture, University of Texas, Austin

Info: 2-3:15 Panel: Making Difference
Michelle Al-Ferzly, Beinecke Rare Books & Manuscript Library, Yale University
Thomas Dale, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Elena FitzPatrick Sifford, Muhlenberg College
3:30-4:45 Panel: Race in the Modern Imagination
Paul Chaat Smith, National Museum of the American Indian
Lily Cho, York University
Shawn Michelle Smith, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Moderator: Camara Holloway
5-6:15 Panel on The Shape of Power exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
6:30PM-8:00PM RECEPTION

Info: 10:30-11:30am: Private exhibition tour by Dalila Scruggs and Lynn Matheny for Porter Colloquium participants (REGISTRATION REQUIRED)

Info: Introduction by Dalila Scruggs. Catlett’s studio practice and workshop collaborations: David Mora Catlett + Susan J. Goldman. Moderated by J.V. Decemvirale.

Info: Catlett’s Life Story and the Role of Howard University: K.E. Coney-Ali, Melanie Herzog + Lowery Stokes Sims

Info: 4:00-6:00 Closing Session: Artists Rethinking Race
Derrick Adams (Brooklyn College)
Zoe Charlton (George Mason University)
Juana Valdes (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Moderator: Jacqueline Francis

Info: Awards Recognition Reception

Host or Publisher Department of Art, Howard University