Author: Camara Dia Holloway

I am the Project Manager for the Romare Bearden Digital Catalogue Raisonné at the Wildenstein Plattner Institute. I earned my PhD at Yale University in the History of Art Department and specialize in twentieth century American art with a particular focus on the history of photography, race and representation, and transatlantic modernist networks. I also serve as a Founding Co-Director of the Association for Critical Race Art History (ACRAH).

Forthcoming Symposium: “Puerto Rican Studies for a New Century”

EXH: Artists for Haiti: Zwirner Gallery Raises Funds for Haiti Earthquake Relief

Smithsonian accepts costumes from pioneering performer Diosa Costello

INT: ‘The African Diva Project’

Interview with Margaret Vendryes about the exhibition of “The African Diva Project” on the blog divaMissioN:
http://www.divamission.com/2011/09/divafeature-african-diva-project.html#more

also check out Vendryes’ website http://www.margaretrosevendryes.com

 

Asco, Firsthand (via Unframed The LACMA Blog)

Asco, Firsthand Recently, we talked to members of Asco, subject of the exhibition opening at LACMA on September 4. Harry Gamboa Jr., Patssi Valdez, Willie Herrón and Gronk all stopped by during the installation of the show to share memories of the early years of the conceptual art group from East Los Angeles. One of the events we talked about was the performance recorded in the photograph below. Pattsi, Humberto Sandoval, Willie, and Gronk appear in the midst of … Read More

via Unframed The LACMA Blog

LEC: Transdisciplinary Seminar on Afrofuturism Lecture Series @ Parsons

The Transdisciplinary Seminar on Afrofuturism will explore how representations of science, technology and social engineering intersect with visual cultural expressions of the African diaspora. Science fiction is the organizing trope that will unite all the guest presentations and works under consideration. Visiting artists and cultural theorists will lecture on the role of futuristic projection in African diasporic art, liteature, film and music. The expediency of science fiction as both a fractured mirror of historical experience and a projection of the collective desires of a displaced people will be discussed throughout the semester.

The Transdisciplinary Seminar on Afrofuturism features seven public lectures by guest artists and cultural theorists in the fall of 2011. These lectures are open to the public and will take place on Tuesdays at 6pm. The public lectures that are part of this seminar are produced with support from The Robert Lehman Foundation.
http://amt.parsons.edu/2011/08/26/transdisciplinary-seminar-on-afrofuturism-lecture-series/