Saturday, April 27, 2024
10:30 am–6 pm

Join us for dynamic conversations, presentations, and performances by leading scholars and artists to engage with themes found in the exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism. Explore the comprehensive and far-reaching ways Black artists portrayed modern everyday life in Harlem and beyond in the 1920s–40s.

Schedule of Events

Opening Performance
10 am
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem House Band led by Christopher McBride

Welcome and Introduction
10:35 am
Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director and Chief Executive Officer, The Met
Heidi Holder, Frederick P. and Sandra P. Rose Chair of Education, The Met
Denise Murrell, Merryl H. and James S. Tisch Curator at Large, Director’s Office, The Met

Keynote
10:45 am
Isabel Wilkerson, author

Session I

11:30 am
Presentations—Harlem as Nexus
Emilie Boone, Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Rhea L. Combs, Director of Curatorial Affairs, National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski, archivist and author
Richard J. Powell, John Spencer Bassett Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History, Duke University Professor of Art and Art History, Duke University

1 pm Break

Session II

2 pm
Conversation—Legacies of Harlem on My Mind
Bridget R. Cooks, Chancellor’s Fellow and Professor of Art History and African American Studies, University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine
Lowery Stokes Sims (participating virtually), independent curator, art historian, and former curator at The Met
Moderated by Denise Murrell, The Met

3 pm
Conversation—Visioning the Future: The Collections of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Kathryn E. Coney, Co-Executive Director, Gallery of Art, Howard University
Jamaal Sheats, Associate Provost of Art and Culture, Director and Curator of Galleries, Fisk University
Danille Taylor, Director, Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
Vanessa Thaxton-Ward, Director, Hampton University Museum
Moderated by Joy Bivins, Director, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

4 pm Break

Session III

4:30 pm
Conversation—New Renaissance: Harlem Today
Jordan Casteel, artist, Trustee, The Met
Anna Glass, Executive Director, Dance Theatre of Harlem
Sade Lythcott, Chief Executive Officer, National Black Theatre
Moderated by Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator, Studio Museum in Harlem

5:30 pm
Reading
NSangou Njikam, actor, playwright

5:45 pm
Closing Remarks
Denise Murrell, The Met


Presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism.

This program is made possible by the Jerome Levy Foundation, in honor of Marvin Schwartz.

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