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In Conversation: MacArthur Fellows

  • Global Center for Academic and Spiritual Life-NYU, Grand Hall-5th Floor 238 Thompson Street (between West 3rd Street & Washington Square South) New York, NY, 10012 United States (map)

Icons in the fields of art history, documentary filmmaking and journalism discuss and explore their visionary work and its intersections with art making, social justice, and history. Addressing current issues of the past and today New York Times investigative reporter, Nikole Hannah-Jones will discuss how her voice is reshaping conversations on education; Columbia University art history professor Kellie Jones, PhD, will present on artist “Charles White, Feminist at Mid-Century,” and Louis Massiah, founder and director of Scribe Video, will discuss the role of video as an artistic tool for change and self-determination in his talk “The Documentary of Utility - A Creative Practice.”

Please RSVP: nyuiaaa-cbvc-events@nyu.edu or (212) 998-IAAA(4222)