CALL & RESPONSE: A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY ARTS SYMPOSIUM

Saturday, April 20

1:00-5:30pm

Conwell Dance Theater, 5th floor Conwell Hall, 1801 N. Broad St.

Charles Searles, untitled 1981, Searles Spicer estate

Akwabo, Kariamu & Company: Traditions, photo by Bill Herbert

Call & Response, a cross-disciplinary arts symposium held in conjunction with the Tyler School of Art’s exhibition, Charles Searles: In Motion, brings together artists and scholars in an afternoon of performance and discussion to investigate intersections of visual art, music, dance, and theater.

Organized by Susanna Gold, Art History, Tyler School of Art

 

PROGRAM

1:00 – 3:00pm  |  Conwell Dance Theater, 5th floor Conwell Hall, 1801 N. Broad St.

Susanna Gold (Art History, Tyler School of Art), Welcome and Introduction

Michael D. Harris (African American Studies, Emory University)

Keynote address: “Rhythm-a-ning: Cultural Performance and Charles Searles”

Kariamu & Co.: Traditions, "Indigo Rhythms: A Tribute to Charles Searles"

Dance collaboration with:

- Kariamu Welsh (Boyer College of Music & Dance), Choreography

- Marie Anne Chiment (Division of Theater, Film & Media Arts), Costume Design

- Maya Freelon Asante, Independent Artist, Set Design

- Sophie Sanders (Tyler School of Art), Costume Patterning

- Chris Hetherington (Division of Theater, Film & Media Arts), Lighting Design

- Regina Lloyd-Spain (Division of Theater, Film & Media Arts), Asst. Costume Design

 

3:30 – 5:30 pm  |  Conwell Dance Theater, 5th floor Conwell Hall, 1801 N. Broad St.

Sophie Sanders (Art History Tyler School of Art)
“Spirited Patterns in African Diaspora Art”

Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon (Division of Theater, Film & Media Art)
“Black Artists Must Struggle,” performance poetry

John Dowell (Printmaking, Tyler School of Art, emeritus)

Robert Jason Jackson (Division of Theater, Film & Media Arts)
Script-in-hand reading of the play, “Triumphant: One of My Favorite Colors is Black,” by Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon

 

5:30 – 7:00pm | Tyler School of Art, 2001 N. 13th St.

Opening Reception

Charles Searles: In Motion

with The Impulse Trio (Boyer College of Music & Dance)

 

All events are free and open to the public

 

For more information, contact:

Susanna Gold  |  Art History, Tyler School of Art  |  gold@temple.edu

 

Generously supported by the Temple University Commission on the Arts; Department of Art History, Tyler School of Art; Tyler Student Life General Activities Fund ;Charles L. Blockson
Afro-American Collection; Department of Dance, Boyer College of Music & Dance;
Faculty Senate Lectures & Forums Committee; Tyler Alumni Association;
Department of African American Studies; and Honor’s Program.