For the past decade Dawoud Bey has been making photographs and video works that re-envision aspects of the African American past and bring that history into a contemporary conversation. The artist will share his recent Prospect.5 project, In This Here Place, which is currently on exhibit in the Scovern Gallery at The Historic New Orleans Collection, and join Brian Piper, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator of Photographs at the New Orleans Museum of Art, in a conversation about his ongoing history-based work. The program will open with a premier screening of Bron Moyi’s short film, “Dawoud Bey: The Landscape of Slavery.”

The Historic New Orleans Collection (HNOC) is hosting a reception immediately following the lecture in the Tricentennial Wing at 520 Royal Street in the French Quarter. Bey’s exhibition, In This Here Place, will be open for viewing. In the exhibit, Bey visits Louisiana plantation landscapes that were witness to slavery-era violence. The work includes large-format black-and- white photographs and Evergreen, a multimedia installation accompanied by music performed by Imani Uzari. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served.

Lecture at Toulouse Theater: 2–2:30 PM

Reception at the HNOC: 3:30–5 PM

Advance RSVP is required.