In Living Memory: A conversation on African American Archives

Description

Join us for an intimate conversation with Lindsay Adams, Jason Reynolds, and Savannah Wood, to coincide with the current Irene and Richard Frary Gallery exhibition, Ceremony: New Works by Lindsay Adams in Conversation with Objects from Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries. Moderated by Ceremony's guest curator, Claudia M. Watts, the discussion will address each panelist's relationship with archival materials, exploring the similarities and differences while underscoring the importance of archives and their afterlives.

For Adams, archives are sites of collective memory that inform her compositions and mark-making. To Reynolds, they are tangible moments from which he draws inspiration and feels called to preserve. Wood is also a steward, managing over 130 years of the AFRO American Newspapers publications as she creates meaningful opportunities for community engagement.

Together, artist, collector, and steward will illuminate their spiritual connections to ephemera, the ways in which they navigate archival inconsistencies and biases, and the long-term impact they hope to create.