2018 Bulletin

2018 BLANTON BULLETIN
2018 BLANTON BULLETIN
Facing Racism Symposium
This full-day symposium brought together scholars from UT and Blanton staff with artists, curators, and scholars from across
the country and attracted almost 300 attendees. The following topics and panelists were featured.
REPRESENTING RACE IN THE HISTORY OF ART
Moderated by CHERISE SMITH, Department of Black Studies, UT, with panelists JANET DEES, Block Museum of Art,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; ASHLEY FARMER, Departments of History and African & African Diaspora Studies, UT;
ROSE SALSEDA, Department of Art & Art History, Stanford University, CA
MUSEUM EXPERIENCE
Facilitated by LYNNE MAPHIES, Blanton; ALLISON MYERS, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; SABRINA
PHILLIPS, Blanton; VERONICA ROBERTS, Blanton; RAY WILLIAMS, Blanton
POETRY READING
ROGER REEVES, Department of English, UT
ARTISTS’ ROUNDTABLE: BODIES AND VISUALIZING RACISM
Moderated by MÓNICA A. JIMÉNEZ, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, UT, with artists JENNIFER LING
DATCHUK, San Antonio, TX; Paul Rucker, Richmond, VA; VINCENT VALDEZ, Houston, TX
SCREENING OF BLACK GHOST BLUES REDUX, 2008, BY CHARLES GAINES, FROM THE BLANTON COLLECTION
Introduction by CHARLES CARSON, Butler School of Music, UT
MUSEUMS, CURATORIAL PRACTICE, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Moderated by VERONICA ROBERTS, Blanton, with panelists VALERIE CASSEL OLIVER, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,
Richmond, VA; ASTRIA SUPARAK, Independent curator, Oakland, CA; LATANYA S. AUTRY, Independent curator and cultural
organizer, Jackson, MS
RECLAIMING HISTORIES, RECLAIMING SPACES
Moderated by STEVEN HOELSCHER, Department of American Studies, and Faculty Curator of Photography, Harry Ransom
Center, UT, with panelists CARY CORDOVA, Departments of American Studies and Mexican American and Latina/o Studies,
UT; LEONARD N. MOORE, Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement and professor of American History, UT;
ERIC TANG, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, and director of the Center for Asian American Studies, UT
MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Artists PAUL RUCKER (cello) and VINCENT VALDEZ (trumpet)
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY ARUNA D’SOUZA: “HOW INSTITUTIONS LISTEN (AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
THEY DON’T)”
Introduction by SIMONE JAMILLE WICHA, Director, Blanton Museum of Art
Support for Facing Racism: Art & Action was provided by David and Ellen Berman and the Carolyn Harris Hynson Centennial Endowment.
▴ Janet Dees, Steven and Lisa Munster Tananbaum curator of modern and contemporary art, Block Museum of Art, and Rose Salseda, assistant professor, Department
of Art and Art History, Stanford University, participating in “Representing Race in the History of Art” panel, Facing Racism Symposium, September 27, 2018
◂ Artists Paul Rucker and Vincent Valdez performing during Facing Racism Symposium, Blanton Museum of Art, September 27, 2018
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