Join us on Saturday, October 4, 12:30-6:30pm at the Center for the Arts Concert Hall on George Mason University's Fairfax Campus for a Symposium about Before the Americas, curated by Cheryl Edwards.

12:30pm - Light food/beverages
1:05 - Welcome and Opening Remarks Don Russell
1:15 - Artist Panels 
3:15pm - Intermission
3:30pm - Panel of Art Historians
4:15pm - Panel of Curators
5:30pm - Panel of Collectors
6:00pm - Performance of The Cleanse by Luis Vasquez LaRoche

RSVP: https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/2015541/1969818/

Before the Americas is an art historical survey featuring 45 works by Afro-Latino, Caribbean, and African American artists, many of whom have lived and worked in Greater Washington. These artists confront racial and colonial constructs and have often been invisible within common art historical narratives. Their works span painting, printmaking, sculpture, book art, performance, and video art.

The exhibit traces the significance of these artists through four themes: Genetic Memory, Migration, Invisibility, and Interconnectivity.