Part of UMMA's Re-opening Celebration Weekend!

Join us for a discussion with artist Rick Lowe on the occasion of the opening of his largest solo museum exhibition in the United States—Black Wall Street Journey: Re and De Imagining Black Progress. Inspired by the rebuilding of Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood following the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, Lowe started Black Wall Street Journey in 2018 and has since produced numerous public art presentations, installations, research, and other projects. At UMMA, Re and De Imagining Black Progress includes new paintings, sculpture, and public installations that turn eight years of research into bold visual form that together examine how Black prosperity, resilience, and self-determination are represented, measured, and understood.

A significant amount of Lowe’s research took place during his three-year residency at U-M’s Institute for Social Research (ISR) and included deep engagement with researchers, data scientists and dozens of students. To mark the opening, Lowe will be joined by key collaborators Director of ISR Kathleen Cagney, U-M Political Science Professor Christian Davenport, and exhibition curator Abigail Winograd. Together they will reflect on the research that informed the exhibition and this innovative collaboration where social science and artistic vision & practice come together.

Free and open to the public. No registration required.