Artist Talks
Derrick Adams. Photo: Schaun Champion
Artist Talks provide a rare opportunity for art lovers to meet living artists and get the inside story on their artistic process and what inspires them.
Artist Talk / Derrick Adams
Friday, January 24 / 6PM-7PM
Derrick Adams will present on his body of work as a multidisciplinary artist, followed by a Q & A with Arden Sherman, Glenn W. and Cornelia T. Bailey Senior Curator of Contemporary Art. Based in New York City, with roots in Baltimore, Maryland, Derrick expands on his artistic practice, career, and notions of expressing cultural iconography and the expansiveness of Black identity through figurative painting.
Derrick Adams is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Adams' work celebrates and expands the dialogue around contemporary Black life and culture through scenes of normalcy and perseverance. He received his BFA from Pratt Institute, New York, in 1996 and graduated with an MFA from Columbia University, New York, in 2003. In addition to his critically acclaimed art practice, Adams has held numerous teaching positions and is currently a tenured assistant professor in the School of Visual, Media and Performing Arts at CUNY Brooklyn College. He also holds an honorary doctorate from Maryland Institute College of Art.
Space is limited; online registration required.
Cost: Museum Admission / Members FREE
Support for this program was provided by the Gayle and Paul Gross Education Endowment Fund.