Join us Friday, April 14, for the 33rd Annual James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art and Art of the African Diaspora, cosponsored with Howard University. Participants include Renée Ater, Sandy Bellamy, Camille Brown, Curtis Clay, Melvin Edwards, Doug Harris, Martha Jackson Jarvis, Njena Jarvis, Nea Maloo, Ronnie McGhee, Keith Morrison, Uzikee Nelson, Mabel O. Wilson, and Tobias Wofford.

In a 20th century during which modern art largely abandoned beauty as its imperative, a group of Black artists from Washington, DC, made beauty the center of their art making. Beauty Born of Struggle: The Art of Black Washington highlights these influential artists, including David C. Driskell, Sam Gilliam, Lois Mailou Jones, and Alma Thomas, in the context of what editor Jeffrey C. Stewart describes as the Washington Black Renaissance.

Stephen D. Houston explores the complex system of Maya writing from ancient Mexico and Central America in this six-part series, Vital Signs: The Visual Cultures of Maya Writing. The lectures will be held over six consecutive Sundays from April 16 to May 21, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. in the East Building Auditorium and streamed on YouTube Live.