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05/27/2022

Dear BAC friends and colleagues,

Due to unforeseen circumstances, today's event with Skyla S. Hearn is canceled. We apologize for the inconvenience.

We hope to reschedule at a later date. Please stay tuned for more information.

05/16/2022

FRIDAY, MAY 20th, 12:30-1:30 PM on Zoom:

"Black Bodies, Displayed and Displaced: A Postbellum Archive."

Join BAC's upcoming event with guest speaker Dr. Anthony S. Foy, Associate Professor of English Literature and core faculty member of Black Studies at Swarthmore College.

Zoom Registration and RSVP link: https://northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T6zQ9j5SQG2jpEqa7-HB6Q

05/11/2022

Join The Block Museum on Wednesday, May 11th, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM, for a live in-person workshop on racial trauma and healing with Prentis Hemphill.

The event is free and open to the public!

For more details, please visit:
https://mailchi.mp/northwestern/onhealing

05/06/2022

Friday, May 13th from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m CST!

Join the Black Arts Consortium hybrid event where Vilna Bashi talks about art and science in the contemporary moment. Treitler is the Osborn Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University with a practice as a visual artist.

Registration and RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3vNqZox

04/13/2022

[APR 13, 20, 27]: Join us for "On Collaboration, Context, and Counterpoints: A Conversation Series on Museum Practice," a 3-part series in conjunction with the Block Museum’s exhibition A Site of Struggle: American Art against Anti-Black Violence. For more details on the series, please visit https://mailchi.mp/northwestern/asossymposium

Webinar RSVP: https://bit.ly/3vfeDEq

03/03/2022

UPDATE: Tomorrow's event is no longer in person and will streamed via Zoom. We look forward to you joining us.

02/25/2022

We are thrilled to invite you to our next event on Friday, March 4th. Join us live or over zoom for a conversation with Chicago-based music director and DJ Ayana Contreras on her new book "Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago"

Friday, March 4th, 12:30-1:30 p.m. CST
Abbott Hall 206
710 N. DuSable Lake Shore Drive
Zoom: https://bit.ly/32PzgNk

02/22/2022

Join us for our upcoming panel discussion with the Black Arts Consortium and Hyde Park Arts Center Artists-In-Residence: Devin T. Mays, Dorothy Burge, and Jory Drew will talk about art-making as civil protest and engage their artistic practice and experience in the times of COVID.

This talk will take place both on Zoom and in-person. Please find below more details and the Zoom registration link.

Friday, February 25th, 12:30-1:30 p.m. CST
Abbott Hall 206
710 N. DuSable Lake Shore Drive
Zoom Link and Registration: https://bit.ly/3KF8aJI

02/11/2022

Due to racist Zoom bombing we’ve had to reschedule Professor Fleming’s talk to next Friday, February 18th at 12:30 p.m. CST. We are grateful for Professor Fleming’s generosity and send our support to those traumatized by the assault.

Please register here:
https://bit.ly/3LvSE36

01/28/2022

Join us tomorrow!

RSVP and more details: https://bit.ly/3tT7877

01/26/2022

The Black Arts Consortium is thrilled to announce its Winter Quarter 2022 events. Join us for engaging and stimulating conversations, panels, and presentations featuring interdisciplinary artists, scholars, and curators. While in person events at Abbott Hall require proof of vaccination, we will also stream via Zoom for your convenience. Please find more details below, and stay tuned to more events!

01/21/2022

The Black Arts Consortium and The Block Museum at Northwestern are thrilled to invite you to mark the opening of “A Site of Struggle,” an exhibition showcasing and engaging how art has been used to protest, process, mourn, and memorialize anti-Black violence within the United States. Join us for an online conversation between curators, scholars, and participating artists engaging the exhibition and the challenges of representing anti-Black violence in American Art over a 100+ year period.

Saturday, January 29, 2022
2 PM-3:30 PM CT
RSVP: https://bit.ly/3tT7877

The exhibition is open for in-person visitations at the Block Museum starting Wednesday January 26th, from 12 PM to 5 PM CT (masks and proof of vaccination required for entry). For more info, please visit https://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/exhibitions/2022/a-site-of-struggle.html

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