HERE & NOW: African and African American Art & Film Conference, November 15-18, 2007

This four day conference focuses on contemporary art, film and media studies. At this time, pre-registration is closed but you are able to register the days of the conference. Hope to see you there. I will be updating each day of the conference.

Thursday, 15 November 2007, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

OPENING SESSION
Location: Cantor Film Center – Room 200

6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Registration/Check-in

6:30 – 7:45 p.m. Welcome by Deborah Willis, Manthia Diawara, and Sheril Antonio
Panel: How Do We See Ourselves in Art and Film
Moderator: Sheril Antonio
Panelists: Danny Glover, Manthia Diawara, Zola Maseko,
Jihan El Tahri, Moussa Sene Absa, and Ed Guerrero.
8:00 – 9:00 p.m. Film: The Foreigner by Zola Maseko 1997, 17 min.



Friday, 16 November 2007, 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.

ART SESSIONS
Location: Kimmel Center, 10th Floor, Rosenthal Pavilion

8:45 – 9:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Registration
Welcome by Romi Crawford and Deborah Willis
9:15 – 11:00 a.m. Panel: Black Artists and American Museums
Moderator: Bridget Cooks.
Panelists: Jonathan Binstock, Valerie Cassel Oliver, Howardena Pindell

11:15 – 1:00 p.m. Panel: Artists and Educators I: Trends in Art
Moderator: Nancy Barton
Panelists: Sandra Jackson Dumont, Sarah Lewis, Myra Greene,
Arturo Lindsay, C. Daniel Dawson

1:00 – 2:00 p.m Lunch Break



Location: Skirball Center for the Performing Arts Theater

2:00 – 3:45 p.m Panel: Word and Image
Moderator: Franklin Sirmans
Panelists: Quincy Troupe, halley k. harrisburg, Carla Williams,
Richard Powell, David C. Driskell

4:00 – 5:45 p.m. Panel: Image and Exchange: Strategies at Home and Abroad
Moderator: Isolde Brielmaier
Panelists: Terry Adkins, Huey Copeland, Naomi Beckwith, Krista Thompson



6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Keynote Conversation: Connections and Collaborations
Carrie Mae Weems in conversation with Kori Newkirk
Introduction by Deborah Willis



FILM SESSIONS
Location: King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center

11:30 – 5:30 p.m. Registration

12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Screening: Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper, documentary by St. Clair Bourne, 60 min.
Introduction by Clyde Taylor.

1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Lunch

2:30 – 5:00 p.m. Screening: Cuba, An African Odyssey, documentary by Jihan El Tahri, 2007, 120 min.
Introduction by Manthia Diawara with filmmaker.

NEW TIME AND LOCATION: Cantor Film Center, Room 200

6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Screening: Juju Factory, fiction by Balufu Bakupa Kanyinda, 2007, 90 min.
Introduction by Yemane Demissie with filmmaker.

RECEPTION
Location: Tisch School of the Arts - Riese Family Lounge, lst floor

8:00 – 9:30 p.m. Performance: Music by KAISSA
Welcome by Associate Dean Sheril Antonio, Manthia Diawara, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Danny Glover



Saturday 17 November 2007, 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.



ART SESSIONS
Location: The Lecture Hall at 19 West 4th Street, Room 101

9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Registration

9:30 – 11:15 a.m. Panel:Curators and Critics
Moderator: Kellie Jones.
Panelists: Salah M. Hassan, Alvia Wardlaw, Christine Y. Kim, Trevor Schoonmaker, Cheryl Finley

11:15 – 12:30 p.m. Lunch Break

12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Panel:Contemporary Artists in Conversation
Moderator: Sarah Lewis.
Panelists: Leslie Hewitt, Wangechi Mutu, Hank Willis Thomas, Kehinde Wiley



2:30 – 3:45 p.m. Panel:Artists and Educators II: On Particularism
Moderator: Romi Crawford.
Panelists: Whitfield Lovell, Emma Amos, Leslie King-Hammond, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Melvin Edwards

4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Panel:The Artist and the Art Market
Moderator: Nancy Lane.
Panelists: June Kelly, Jack Shainman, Charles Guice, Alvin Hall, CCH Pounder



FILM SESSIONS
Location: Cantor Film Center – Room 200

10:30 – 12:00 p.m. Screening: Handsworth Songs, documentary by John Akomfrah, 1986, 58 min.
Introduction by Awam Amkpa with filmmaker.

12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Screening: The 12 Disciples of Nelson Mandela, documentary by Thomas Allen Harris, 2005, 73 min.
Introduction by Awam Amkpa with filmmaker.

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Lunch

3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Screening: Teranga Blues, fiction by Moussa Sene Absa, 2007, 95min.
Introduction by Clyde Taylor with fimmaker.

5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Screening: “Homage to Ousmane Sembène” Ousmane Sembène, the Making of African Cinema by Manthia Diawara, 1993, 56 min.
Introduction by Clyde Taylor and Manthia Diawara with filmmaker.

RECEPTION AND EXHIBITION PREVIEW
Location: Studio Museum in Harlem

7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Exhibition: Kori Newkirk: 1997-2007




Sunday 18 November, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND EXHIBITION PREVIEW
Location: Whitney Museum of American Art

9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Exhibition: Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love
Welcome by Margie Weinstein

EXHIBITION PREVIEW AND RECEPTION

Location: Institute of African American Affairs

12:00 - 1:30 P.M. Exhibition: Memory and Place



FILM SESSIONS
Location: Cantor Film Center - Room 200

2:00 – 4:30 p.m. Panel: Contemporary Filmmakers in Conversation
Moderator: Manthia Diawara.
Panelists: Jacquie Jones, Mahen Bonetti, CCH Pounder and the filmmakers, John Akomfrah,
Balufu Bakupa Kanyinda, Jihan El Tahri, Zola Maseko, Thomas Allen Harris,
Moussa Sene Absa. Clyde Taylor.

4:30 - 4:45 p.m. Closing Remarks by Manthia Diawara.

5:00 – 7:30 p.m. Screening: Drum, fiction by Zola Maseko, 2004, 94 min.
Introduction with Ed Guerrero.

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