American Visual Scholars Series Panel Will Focus On Art Of Hank Willis Thomas

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Moderated by Professor Curlee R. Holton, Executive Director of the David C. Driskell Center, this panel discussion will explore the artwork of Hank Willis Thomas, as well as contemporary African American art and issues of identity/ies. Hank Willis Thomas is a contemporary visual artist, photographer, and arts educator whose primary interests are race, advertising, and popular culture. He received a BFA in Photography and Africana Studies from New York University and his MFA/MA in Photography and Visual Criticism from the California College of Arts. He has exhibited throughout the U.S. and abroad including the International Center of Photography, Galerie Michel Rein in Paris, Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Baltimore Museum of Art, among others. Dr. Derek Conrad Murray is an interdisciplinary theorist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, specializing in the history, theory, and criticism of contemporary art, African-American/African Diaspora art and culture, Post-Black art and aesthetics, theoretical approaches to identity and representation, critical issues in art practice, and the methodologies and ethics of Art History and Visual Studies. Reception: 5:30-6PM Panel Discussion: starting at 6PM RSVP by October 14th, 2016 at driskellcenter@umd.edu or 301.314.2615. Please indicate the event's name and the name(s) of the attendee(s).