A symposium held in conjunction with the exhibition “Vincent Valdez: The City”

Thursday, September 27, 2018
Blanton Auditorium, Smith Building

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We anticipate that a limited number of tickets will be available at the door on a first come, first served basis. The line for walk-up tickets will form when the first person arrives.

9:30 – 10:45am Panel I: Representing Race in the History of Art

11am – 12pm Museum Experience

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1:15 – 1:45pm Poetry Reading

1:50 – 2:50pm Panel II: Artists’ Roundtable: Bodies and Visualizing Racism

2:50 – 3:20pm Screening from the Blanton Collection

3:30 – 4:40pm Panel III: Museums, Curatorial Practice, and Social Justice

4:45 – 5:45pm Concluding Conversation:  Reclaiming Histories, Reclaiming Spaces

5:50 – 6:05pm Music Performance

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6:30 – 8pm Keynote Address: Aruna D’Souza

Support for “Facing Racism: Art & Action” is provided by David and Ellen Berman and the Carolyn Harris Hynson Centennial Endowment.

“Facing Racism: Art & Action” is co-sponsored by Central Texas Regional office of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Humanities Institute at The University of Texas at Austin.