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GC CUNY at the Center of the Conversation
CHANGE: How Artists Lead the Way

October 12, 2020 by Jan Herman

A free online event in a continuing weekly series.

Hank Willis Thomas, Hồng-An Trương, Vijay Gupta, Sarah Lewis.
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m. Register on ZOOM.

Featuring Vijay Gupta, violinist, founder of Street Symphony, a MacArthur Award-winner, and popular TED speaker; Hồng-An Trương, an artist using photography, sound, video, and performance, whose work has been shown at venues including the International Center for Photography, The Kitchen, and the Museum of Modern Art; and Hank Willis Thomas, a conceptual artist whose work has been exhibited at the International Center of Photography; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain; and Hong Kong Arts Centre; and who collaborates on the artist-run initiatives for civic engagement For Freedoms and the Wide Awakes. This cross-disciplinary panel will be moderated by Sarah Lewis, associate professor at Harvard University; a leading commentator on race, contemporary art, and culture; and a much-viewed TED speaker.

Presented with the Center for the Humanities and the James Gallery. Part of CHANGE, an online event series, fall 2020.  CHANGE is produced by The Graduate Center’s Office of Public Programs as part of the Promise and Perils of Democracy project with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York..

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