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WHAT
FRESH TALK: Witness—Capturing Moments and Movements
Sunday, November 7, 4:30–6 p.m.
Since March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated critical issues of social injustice—including systemic racism, climate change, exploitative labor and police brutality—leading to widespread attention and new waves of activism. However, the movements behind these issues have been growing for decades, if not hundreds of years. Artists have long played a unique role by bearing witness, capturing specific moments in time as well as the spirit of collective movements for change. Join us for a conversation with artists Delphine Fawundu and Januwa Moja Nelson about the ways art can bear witness to social movements and our shared humanity.
WHERE:
Online; livestream on Zoom, Facebook, YouTube and nmwa.org
WHEN:
Sunday, November 7, 4:30–6 p.m.
PRICE:
Free. Reservations required. $10 donation encouraged.
ABOUT THE FRESH TALK SPEAKERS
Delphine Fawundu / @adamadelphine (Instagram)
Fawundu is a photographer and visual artist born in Brooklyn of Sierra Leonean descent. She co-founded the collective MFON and co-edited the book MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora. Fawundu’s works are in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Princeton University Art Museum, Norton Museum of Art and the David C. Driskell Art Collection, among other museums and collections. She is an assistant professor of visual arts at Columbia University.
Januwa Moja Nelson
Moja Nelson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and earned a BFA in design and fiber arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has worked with textiles and fiber for the past 50 years, and, over the last 20 years, has emerged as a glass assemblage and mosaic artist. Her work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Museum of Natural History in New York City and numerous other arts and educational institutions across the world, including in Brazil, Cuba, Senegal and England.
Through her work as an artist-activist, Moja has created art and programs that seek to affirm the intrinsic values of culture. It is her desire to continue to create inspiration and healing through the arts to affect social change.
WOMEN, ARTS, AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Women, Arts, and Social Change (WASC) is an acclaimed public programs initiative highlighting the power of women and the arts as catalysts for change. These programs convene speakers from a range of disciplines whose socially conscious ideas are reshaping lives and economies, engaging communities and empowering women. Fresh Talk, the initiative’s signature program series, champions women through the arts and advocates for social change. WASC also features Cultural Capital program partnerships, which build community connections with area organizations to increase the museum’s visibility and reach new audiences. #FreshTalk4Change
The Women, Arts, and Social Change public programs initiative is made possible through leadership gifts from Denise Littlefield Sobel, the Davis/Dauray Family Fund, the Revada Foundation of the Logan Family, and the Susan and Jim Swartz Public Programs Fund. Additional funding is provided by the Bernstein Family Foundation. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) is the only major museum in the world solely dedicated to championing women through the arts. With its collections, exhibitions, programs and online content, the museum inspires dynamic exchanges about art and ideas. NMWA advocates for better representation of women artists and serves as a vital center for thought leadership, community engagement and social change. NMWA addresses the gender imbalance in the presentation of art by bringing to light important women artists of the past while promoting great women artists working today. The collections highlight painting, sculpture, photography and video by artists including Louise Bourgeois, Mary Cassatt, Judy Chicago, Frida Kahlo, Shirin Neshat, Faith Ringgold, Pipilotti Rist, Amy Sherald and Élisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun.
The museum building is closed for a major renovation, with plans to reopen in fall 2023. Visit nmwa.org/renovation for more information. During the building closure, NMWA continues its mission-based work and engages supporters and friends through a dynamic slate of online programs and events, off-site and virtual exhibitions and digital content.
MEDIA CONTACT
Amy Mannarino, amannarino@nmwa.org
