[Sfts-students] possible discussion topic: Afrofuturist Art

[Cathy Thomas]

Thanks!
I am likely going to focus on gender representations and “rebuilding" the Black woman in A/F through atonement and adornment in art so maybe if folk haven’t read it: "Princess Steel.”  This feels a bit foundational, almost ekphrastic.
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b236-i001 <https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b236-i001>


> On Jul 24, 2020, at 7:53 AM, John Jennings <johnj at ucr.edu> wrote:
> 
> I am definitely interested.
> 
> J
> 
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 6:22 PM Sherryl Vint <sherrylv at ucr.edu <mailto:sherrylv at ucr.edu>> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Cathy Thomas, a post-doc current at UCR working with Professor Hopkinson, was wondering if there is interest to schedule a time to have a zoom conversation about Afrofuturist art. Right now on our every two weeks schedule we are booked through August 25, but I could set this up for September 8th if people would like.
> 
> I attach here a couple of documents shared by Cathy that will give you some context.
> 
> thanks everyone,
> Sherryl
> 
> Sherryl Vint
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Dr. Cathy Thomas
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UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow
UC Riverside, Creative Writing
cathy.thomas at ucr.edu 


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