Opening Reception: Convergence: Jazz, Films, and the Visual Arts

David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora Thursday, February 14, 2013 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

This exhibition is a collaboration between the David C. Driskell Center and the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. It is curated by by Dr. Robert E. Steele and Dorit Yaron, the David C. Driskell Center’s Former Executive Director and current Acting Director, respectively, and Visiting Curator at the American Jazz Museum, Sonnie Joi Ruffin; the exhibition features 65 pieces of artwork by innovative artists whose works depict and/or are influenced by Jazz music and culture.The opening of the exhibition will feature keynote speaker Professor Robert O’Meally, PhD, Zora Neale Hurston, Professor of English, Columbia University

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Tue, 01/01/2013 - 00:00

Convergence: Jazz, Films, And The Visual Arts

The David C. Driskell Center co-curates exhbition focusing on Jazz music and culture

Thu, 02/14/2013 - 00:00

Convergence: Jazz, Films, and the Visual Arts

Explore artwork by innovative artists whose works depict and/or are influenced by Jazz music and culture.

Opening Reception: Convergence: Jazz, Films, and the Visual Arts