Advertisement
On the occasion of the exhibition Dear Mazie,, associate curator Amber Esseiva invites experts from the field to discuss the legacy and future of Black architecture. Featuring architects Mario Gooden, the AD–WO collective, Columbia University architectural historian Mabel Wilson, Marland Buckner of the Shockoe Project, and artist Abigail Lucien.Doors open at 5 PM with panel discussion starting at 6 PM.
About the Panelists:
Mabel O. Wilson works across multiple disciplines of architecture, cultural history, curation, and visual arts with her practice Studio&. At Columbia University, she serves as the Chair of the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies and is a Professor in Architecture.
Abigail Lucien is a Haitian-American interdisciplinary artist working across sculpture, literature, and time-based media. Their work addresses themes of (be)longing, futurity, myth, and place by considering our relationship to inherited colonial structures and systems of care. Lucien is currently based in Queens, NY and teaches as an Assistant Professor of Sculpture at Hunter College in NYC.
AD-WO (Emanuel Admassu and Jen Wood) is an art and architecture practice that aims to establish an operational terrain between architecture’s content and container. They are equally committed to designing buildings and reimagining their dynamic sociopolitical contexts.
Marland Buckner is President & CEO of the Shockoe Institute, a national organization headquartered in Richmond dedicated to revealing the enduring impact of American slavery on our ongoing shared American experience.
Advertisement
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
601 W Broad St, Richmond, VA, United States, Virginia 23220
Tickets
