Staff Spotlight

Dr. Raul Moaquech Ferrera-Balanquet concludes this year’s Black History Month program with a talk on Decolonizing Curatorial Practices at Howard University Gallery of Art on March 18th followed by the multimedia project Mariposa Ancestral Memory on March 20th. Centered on Africana Kairibe Malungaje: Futurist Reversed Memories, a curatorial research and exhibition development project, the lecture reclaims the East as a sacred space for Indigenous and African Caribbean peoples. It explores how to approach the white cube from a decolonized perspective and examines the connections between West African collections to contemporary artistic practices in diaspora territories across the Americas, the Greater Caribbean, and Europe. 

ACADEMY IN ROME- BLACK HISTORY MONTH- THERE'S ALWAYS MORE

Denise Saunders Thompson, associate dean of administration in the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, was presented with the 2021 National Medal of Arts by President Biden during an East Room ceremony at the White House held Tuesday. Thompson received the award on behalf of the International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD).

Tony Starnes serves on staff at Howard University's Department of Theatre Arts.  His professional career allows him to bring real-world experience and knowledge to our students and departmental season.

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