Presented by RISD's Office of Public Engagement, Division of Fine Arts, and Office of Multicultural Affairs
Saturday, Jan. 29th, 3:00 PM
AS220, 115 Empire Street
Nayland Blake, keynote
Nayland Blake; artist, writer, educator and curator, was born in 1960 in New York City, where he currently lives and works. Over the past twenty four years he has exhibited widely throughout the world. His works are in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, the Brooklyn Museum, The Studio Museum in Harlem, and many others. In 1995 he was the co-curator, with Larry Rinder, of In A Different Light, the first museum exhibition to examine the impact of Lesbian, Gay and Queer artists on contemporary art.
Sunday, Jan. 30th, 12:30 PM
AS220, 115 Empire Street
"Identity, Place, & Practice"
Panel w/ Matthew Lawrence, Laurencia Strauss, Ian Cozzens, and Mickey Zacchilli
Sometimes artists make work from personal experience, sometimes their work engages ideas outside their daily life. Both modes of art making require tools of self-awareness and an understanding of social context, calling upon artists to bring the totality of their being into the making process. This panel will explore the ways that queer identity intersects with creative practice. Panelists will share how being queer has served to inform their creative practice and work.
Sunday, Jan. 30th, 2:00 PM
AS220, 115 Empire Street
"Institutional Silenc(es)"
Panel w/ Deborah Bright, Rob Brinkerhoff, Liz Collins, and Michael Kurt
Queer people and Queer artists have endured a long history of censorship, as well as the more insidious dynamics of silencing and invisibility within cultural institutions. While much has been done in past decades to expose and engage these dynamics, we've recently experienced a new wave of institutional attempts to silence ideas, forcing us to challenge traditional power structures. This panel will discuss the ways that artists, cultural institutions and higher education can provide leadership for free expression and social justice.
These events are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC / / for more info visit www.risdpublicengagement.net