Out of Easy Reach Symposium Schedule, August 23-24
"Abstraction as a Strategy of Refusal"
The symposium (comprised of a keynote, curator-led tour of the exhibition, two-part panel discussion, and lunchtime roundtable) is meant to galvanize an interdisciplinary conversation hinging upon questions of abstraction and legibility for artists and scholars whose work engages with institutionalized notions of belonging, race, sexuality, and gender. In addition, the program aims to contribute to the growing interest on IU's campus in the politics and ethics of curating.
Visiting Participants: Allison Glenn (Curator), Bridget Cooks (Scholar), Steffani Jemison (Artist), Caroline Kent (Artist), Edra Soto (Artist), Ayanah Moor (Artist), Kellie Romany (Artist), Julie Rodrigues Widholm (Curator/DePaul Art Museum Director), Lorelei Stewart (Curator/Director Gallery 400).
IU Participants: Malcolm Mobutu Smith, Vivian Halloran, Faye Gleisser, Betsy Stirratt.
Below is the official Symposium schedule.
Thursday, August 23, 2018
6-7pm, FA 102 | Keynote Lecture: Bridget Cooks (UC Irvine, Associate Professor, African American Studies/Art History; author of Exhibiting Blackness: African Americans and the American Art Museum) Title: "Making a Way Out of No Way" |
7-8pm | Welcome reception: Grunwald Gallery |
Friday, August 24, 2018
10:30-11:30 am | Public gallery tour with Curator Allison Glenn |
12:00-1:30pm, Gallery | Lunch roundtable Title: "Curating a New Canon" Participants: Allison Glenn, Julie Rodrigues Widholm, Kellie Romany, Lorelei Stewart |
| 3:00-4:30pm, FA 102 | Abstraction as a Strategy of Refusal Part I: The Circulation of Images Participants: Edra Soto, Ayanah Moor, Malcolm Mobutu Smith, Vivian Halloran Moderated by Faye Gleisser. |
| 5:00-6:00pm, FA 015 | Part II: The Language of Abstraction Participants: Steffani Jemison and Caroline Kent Moderated by Allison Glenn |
6:00-8:00pm | Opening Reception: Grunwald Gallery |