Discussion: Post Now and Post New: Afrofuturist Themes in Contemporary Art Practice

From The Museum of Contemporary Photography:

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Jennifer Scott will lead a discussion with D.Denenge Duyst-Akpem and Ingrid LaFleur on Afrofuturist themes in contemporary art and how they inform artistic practice in photography and other mediums. Jennifer Scott is director and chief curator of the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at the University of Illinois at Chicago. D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem is an Afrofuturist space sculptor, performance artist, designer, writer, and educator. Artist and curator Ingrid LaFleur founded the Afrofuturist film and art program Afrotopia and was notably a former candidate for mayor of Detroit.

Date: May 3, 2018 @ 6 PM

Location: Columbia College Chicago, 600 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605

Admission: Free to the Public

More Information Here: http://www.mocp.org/index.php

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