Art, Power, Politics: Bridging Divides in Baltimore City

Description

This panel discussion features Lady Brion (independent artist-activist), Margaret Huey (independent artist), and Cori Dioquino (Asian Pasifika Arts Collective), moderated by Alessandro Angelini (Anthropology).

What is anti-racist art? How can artistic expression embody a force of resistance? What is the importance of aesthetics to power, politics, and social change? This panel discussion brings together Baltimore-based artists, activists, and educators whose work traverses the fields of arts practice and aesthetic theory, engaging issues of social and racial justice. This panel will explore the power of the arts to enact transformative social change, specifically asking how art might be leveraged to bridge divides among racialized groups, especially across the unequal terrain of Baltimore City. The discussion further develops the Program in Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship's programmatic focus for the fall semester of anti-racist alliances and Black-Asian solidarities.

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