We’re so excited for our newest exhibition We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–8

We’re so excited for our newest exhibition We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 that we’re celebrating its opening with four days of programming. Join us for the opening festivities as we celebrate these groundbreaking black women artists! Click through for details, schedules, and tickets, and join us for the revolution!THURSDAY, APRIL 20: DJ RECEPTION & MEMBERS PREVIEWMembers preview (3 -6 pm) is followed by a DJ reception with DJ Reborn open to the public as part of Thursday Nights (6-10pm) → Become a Member and see the show a day early. DJ Reception is free and open to the public.FRIDAY, APRIL 21: OPENING DAY & SYMPOSIUM (11-6pm)Artists and academics join forces in our daylong Symposium: We Wanted a Revolution, to deliver enlightening perspectives on black revolutionary art. Participants include Catherine Morris and Rujeko Hockley, co-curators of the exhibition; Aruna D’Souza, art historian and critic; Kellie Jones, Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology at the Institute for Research in African American Studies, Columbia University; and Uri McMillan, Associate Professor of English at UCLA; and artists Maren Hassinger, Jae Jarrell, Lisa Jones, Dindga McCannon, Lorraine O’Grady, Faith Ringgold, Alison Saar, Lorna Simpson, and more!→ Free with Museum admission. Due to high demand, RSVP is required.SATURDAY, APRIL 22: JULIE DASH FILM MARATHON (1-5pm)At the Julie Dash Film Marathon, experience a special screening of A Daughters of the Dust alongside the cast and crew of the acclaimed movie, followed by a discussion with Julie Dash herself. → Movie tickets are $16.SUNDAY, APRIL 23 – BLACK LUNCH TABLE (12pm)Participate in a special iteration of Heather Hart and Jina Valentine’s collaborative art and oral history project, Black Lunch Table, which brings the exhibition We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 into conversation with contemporary concerns.  → Free with Museum admission, but capacity is limited. Pre-registration is required and participants must self-identify as visual artists of the African diaspora who are women.  -- source link

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