CONF: Sustainable Art Communities: Creativity and Policy in the Transnational Caribbean @ INIVA, London, Dec. 3 & 4, 2013

‘Sustainable Art Communities: Creativity and Policy in the Transnational Caribbean’ is a two-year international research project that explores how the understanding and formation of sustainable community for the Caribbean and its global diaspora may be supported by art practice, curating and museums. The project fosters networks of exchange and collaboration among academics, artists, curators and policymakers from the UK and the Netherlands, as well as various countries in the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean and their diasporas.

We are pleased to announce the details of our second conference, to take place at the Institute for International Visual Arts (Iniva, London) on 3rd and 4th December, 2013. Speakers include: Alessio Antoniolli (UK), Marielle Barrow (Trinidad), Charles Campbell (Jamaica/UK), Annalee Davis (Barbados), Joy Gregory (UK), Therese Hadchity (Barbados), Glenda Heyliger (Aruba), Rosemarijn Hoefte (Netherlands), Yudhishthir Raj Isar (France/India), Nancy Jouwe (Netherlands), Charl Landvreugd (Netherlands), Wayne Modest (Netherlands), Petrona Morrison (Jamaica), Jynell Osborne (Guyana), Marcel Pinas (Suriname), Dhiradj Ramsamoedj (Suriname), Leon Wainwright (UK), and Kitty Zijlmans (Netherlands). http://www.iniva.org/events/what_s_on/sustainable_art_communities_conference

Book your place online. https://sustainableartcommunities.eventbrite.co.uk/
If you have any queries please call 020 7749 1240 or email bookings@rivingtonplace.org

Conference 1:
Our first conference took place at the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam on 5th and 6th February 2013.
View video footage of the conference on the Open Arts Archive: http://www.openartsarchive.org/oaa/archive/818
 
About us
‘Sustainable Art Communities: Creativity and Policy in the Transnational Caribbean’ is a two-year international research project led by Dr Leon Wainwright (The Open University, UK) and Professor Dr Kitty Zijlmans (Leiden University), funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC, UK), in partnership with the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam; Iniva, the Institute of International Visual Arts, London; and Rivington Place.

Visit the project web pages at: http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/sac/

Author: Camara Dia Holloway

I am an art historian specializing in early twentieth century American art with particular focus on the history of photography, race and representation, and transatlantic modernist networks. I earned my PhD at Yale University in the History of Art Department. Besides my leadership role as the Founding Co-Director of the Association for Critical Race Art History (ACRAH), I am recognized for my expertise on African American Art, particularly African American Photography, and as a seasoned consultant for exhibitions, museum collections, and symposia/lectures planning. View all posts by Camara Dia Holloway