There Is No Harlem Renaissance without Black Women
Date: Friday, June 7, 2024
Time: 7–8:30pm
Location: The Wolfsonian–FIU @ 1001 Washington Avenue
Silhouettes: Image and Word in the Harlem Renaissance highlights a number of women artists and writers who were active in the "New Negro" movement, which continues to serve as a beacon of visionary art, culture, and life for Black communities today. In fact, women's contributions, often overlooked at the time, went far deeper than can be presented in the exhibition, and this talk by Jeffreen M. Hayes offers a chance to get the bigger story. Hayes will shed light on figures such as Augusta Savage, Zora Neale Hurston, Selma Burke, Pauline Hopkins, and others whose work carved out a space for women in the surge of African American creativity that happened in the early 20th century. Stay after for a screening of the director's cut of the film, Searching for Augusta Savage.
Co-presented with FIU's Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab, Center for Women's and Gender Studies, College of Arts, Sciences & Education, and Department of English.
Watch the recorded talk online.
Schedule
7:00pm–8:00pm | Talk with Jeffreen M. Hayes
8:00pm–8:30pm | Searching for Augusta Savage Screening
Need an accommodation or accessible materials? Contact the Office of Universal Access and Digital Compliance at accommodations@fiu.edu or 305.348.1576.
FIU is a State University System of Florida member, Equal Opportunity, Equal Access, and Affirmative Action Employer for individuals with disabilities and veterans. FIU provides equal opportunity in its programs, events, and activities and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, and any other legally protected basis. For inquiries regarding nondiscrimination, contact FIU's Office of Title IX and EEO Compliance (TITLEIX) at 305.348.2785 or email titleix@fiu.edu.