The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism: A Creative Convening

Saturday, April 27, 2024 10:30 am–6 pm Join us for dynamic conversations, presentations, and performances by leading scholars and artists to engage with themes found in the exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism. Explore the comprehensive and far-reaching ways Black artists portrayed modern everyday life in Harlem and beyond in the 1920s–40s. Schedule of Events Opening Performance 10 am The National Jazz Museum in Harlem House Band led by Christopher McBride Welcome and Introduction 10:35 am Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director and Chief Executive Officer, The Met Heidi Holder, Frederick P. and Sandra P. Rose Chair of Education, The Met Denise Murrell, Merryl H. and James S. Tisch Curator at Large, Director’s Office, The Met Keynote 10:45 am Isabel Wilkerson, author Session I 11:30 am Presentations—Harlem as Nexus Emilie Boone, Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Rhea L. Combs, Director of Curatorial Affairs, National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C. Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski, archivist and author Richard J. Powell, John Spencer Bassett Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History, Duke University Professor of Art and Art History, Duke University 1 pm Break Session II 2 pm Conversation—Legacies of Harlem on My Mind Bridget R. Cooks, Chancellor’s Fellow and Professor of Art History and African American Studies, University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine Lowery Stokes Sims (participating virtually), independent curator, art historian, and former curator at The Met Moderated by Denise Murrell, The Met 3 pm Conversation—Visioning the Future: The Collections of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Kathryn E. Coney, Co-Executive Director, Gallery of Art, Howard University Jamaal Sheats, Associate Provost of Art and Culture, Director and Curator of Galleries, Fisk University Danille Taylor, Director, Clark Atlanta University Art Museum Vanessa Thaxton-Ward, Director, Hampton University Museum Moderated by Joy Bivins, Director, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 4 pm Break Session III 4:30 pm Conversation—New Renaissance: Harlem Today Jordan Casteel, artist, Trustee, The Met Anna Glass, Executive Director, Dance Theatre of Harlem Sade Lythcott, Chief Executive Officer, National Black Theatre Moderated by Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator, Studio Museum in Harlem 5:30 pm Reading NSangou Njikam, actor, playwright 5:45 pm Closing Remarks Denise Murrell, The Met Presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism. This program is made possible by the Jerome Levy Foundation, in honor of Marvin Schwartz. Subscribe for new content from The Met: #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum © 2024 The Metropolitan Museum of Art