Join us on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 6 pm to hear from four Stamps School alumni artists featured in the exhibition Story, Word, Sound, Sway, on view online and at Stamps Gallery January 18, 2021 – February 28, 2021.

Panelists include:

- Senghor Reid (BFA ’99)
- Yvette Rock (MFA ’99)
- Wes Taylor (BFA ’04)
- Elizabeth Youngblood (BFA ’73)

Reid, Rock, Taylor, and Youngblood will discuss the ways their creative work challenges the status quo and the role that artists play in breaking down the walls of oppression and injustice. The Stamps Gallery exhibition Story, Word, Sound, Sway explores subjects of alternative histories, Black identity, and storytelling; meshing performance and performativity, and the interplay of the oral and aural in one’s experience of the world.

This event is co-presented with Stamps Gallery, co-sponsored by the CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund.

Stamps events are free and open to the public, and we are committed to making them accessible to all attendees. This event will be online using the Zoom platform with an auto-generated Live Transcript available. If you anticipate needing any additional accommodations to participate, please email Melissa Herter at arnettm@umich.edu at least one week in advance of the scheduled event so we can arrange for your accommodation or an effective alternative. After receiving your request, our team will follow up with you directly.

Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJApcuCvrj8rGNJ6_P8Fme6jtYBQtCxCmwt2