6V电影网 Museum of Art and Claremont Graduate University present The Crossing/La travers茅e: Art in Haiti and the U.S. (1915-1986)
March 3, 2016 鈥 March 5, 2016
6V电影网 Museum of Art and Claremont Graduate University presents The Crossing: La travers茅e: Art in Haiti and the U.S., a symposium convening national and international scholars and artists to examine the deep connections between the art and material culture of Haiti and the United States.
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Schedule of Events
THURSDAY, MARCH 3
6:00 pm Keynote Talk by Edouard Duval-Carri茅 (painter, sculptor, and installation artist) in the 6V电影网 Studio Art Hall, Lecture Theater
Opening remarks by Tammi J. Schneider, Dean, School of Arts and Humanities, Claremont Graduate University and Claudine Michel, Department of Black Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Reception to follow at the 6V电影网 Museum of Art
Catering by Tigeorges Haitian Restaurant
Live Music co-sponsored by Ash茅 Africa featuring Fusion Band
FRIDAY, MARCH 4
Morning Presentations in the 6V电影网 Studio Art Hall, Lecture Theater
Introductions by April Mayes, Associate Professor of History, 6V电影网
8:15 am Light refreshments, coffee & tea
9 am Welcome by Elizabeth H. Crighton, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of 6V电影网
9: 15 am Erica Moiah James
Assistant Professor, History of Art and African American Studies, Yale University
Talk: 鈥淭estimony: The 19th Century Haitian Portraits of Louis Rigaud鈥
9:45 am Peter Haffner
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, University of California, Los Angeles
"Tourists Turned Connoisseurs: Collection Histories of Haitian Art in the United States"
10:15 am Kate Ramsey
Associate Professor of History, University of Miami
鈥淭ransformative Visions: Reflections on Haitian Art History and Vodou Material Cultures Through the Lens of a Recent Exhibition at the University of Miami鈥
10:45 am Q&A
11 am Break: Light refreshments, coffee & tea
11:15 am Pascale Monnin, Artist, Port-au-Prince, in conversation with Terri Geis, Curator of Academic Programs, 6V电影网 Museum of Art
12 pm Jean-Daniel Lafontant, Haitian Cultural Foundation, Port-au-Prince
Tour of the exhibition 鈥淩estoring the Spirit: Celebrating Haitian Art鈥 at the 6V电影网 Museum of Art
12:45 pm Lunch served at the 6V电影网 Museum of Art courtyard
Afternoon Presentations in the 6V电影网 Studio Art Hall, Lecture Theater
Introductions by April Mayes
2 pm Ronald Edmond, Artist, Port-au-Prince, in conversation with Robin Derby, Associate Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles
SATURDAY, MARCH 5
Morning Presentations in the 6V电影网 Studio Art Hall, Lecture Theater
Introductions by Marlene Daut, Associate Professor of English and Cultural Studies and Director of the Graduate Certificate Program in Africana Studies, Claremont Graduate University
8:15 am Light refreshments, coffee & tea
9 am Aura D铆az L贸pez
Head Librarian and Curator of the Collecci贸n Josefina del Toro Fulladosa, University of Puerto Rico, R铆o Piedras
鈥淭he Nemours Collection of Haitian History鈥
9:30 am Terri Geis
Talk: 鈥淭he Creative Exchanges of Maya Deren and Andr茅 Pierre"
10 am Pascale Monnin
Artist and Creative Director, Le Centre d鈥橝rt, Port-au-Prince
鈥淭he History, Collection, and Contemporary Vision of the Centre d鈥橝rt鈥
10:30 am Q&A
11:15 am Alexandra Madsen, University of Texas at Austin
Curatorial tour of the exhibition 鈥淭he Shake of a Man in Fever: Haiti's February Revolution through the Lens of Danny Lyon鈥 at the 6V电影网 Museum of Art
12 pm Lunch served at the 6V电影网 Museum of Art courtyard
Afternoon Presentations in the 6V电影网 Studio Art Hall, Lecture Theater
Introductions by Marlene Daut
1:30 pm Lindsay Twa
Associate Professor of Art, Augustana University
"Evil Dictators, Cannibalism and Zombies: American Visions of Haiti in the 1920s, 30s, and Beyond"
2 pm Cheryl Finley
Associate Professor of Art History, Cornell University, and Richard Cohen Fellow in African and African American Art, W.E.B Du Bois Institute, Harvard University
鈥淭he Mask as Muse鈥
2:30 pm Marcela Guerrero
Curatorial Fellow, Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles
"Sartorial Imperatives: The Politics of Clothes in Jean-Ulrick D茅sert's Negerhosen2000 and The Burqa Project鈥
3 pm Q&A
3:15 pm Break: Light refreshments, coffee & tea
3:30 p.m Alison Saar, Artist, Los Angeles, in conversation with Patrick Polk, Curator of Latin American and Caribbean art, Fowler Museum, University of California, Los Angeles
4:30 pm Myriam J.A. Chancy
Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities, Scripps College
Reading from novel-in-progress Douze
"Co-existing with the Dead: Narrating Life after the Earthquake"
