19th ANNUAL JAMES A. PORTER COLLOQUIUM ON AFRICAN AMERICAN ART

Honoring

Richard A. Long & Leslie King Hammond

Armour J. Blackburn Center • Howard University • Washington DC

During the three-day program art historians, artists, and interdisciplinary scholars will examine the theme, noting the multiple meanings and histories of international exhibitions and their impact on artistic production and reception of the art of African Americans and the art of the African Diaspora. Since its founding in 1990, the Colloquium has dealt with issues in the historiography of African American art and will continue this tradition this year by focusing on developing new strategies of analysis and interpretation that are anti-hegemonic, that reveal the changing realities and the efficacy of new narratives. The colloquium presenters will interrogate and recontextualize historical and contemporary developments in art and visual culture production by considering the dynamic process of change in ideas, cultures, values and technologies within the context of major international venues.

This year's colloquium continues last year's discussion of globalization by examining the impact of exhibition, presentation and critical exchange in international forums. What are the expanded meanings of migration and globalization? What strategies might be used to explore traditional concepts of identity, continuity and change, context and chronology? These and many other issues will be examined during the Colloquium.

This year we are proud to honor the pioneering achievements of interdisciplinary scholar Richard A. Long, Professor Emeritus, Emory University and art historian Leslie King-Hammond, Graduate Dean, Maryland Institute College of Art.

The Porter Colloquium sessions will benefit art historians, interdisciplinary scholars, artists, educators, collectors, students, museum professionals, and the general public.