Discover the connection between art and activism with artists Judy Baca, Ed Bereal, and Peter B. Jones in conversation. Thursday, January 23, 7 p.m. ET

Exploring The Shape of Power

Virtual The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture Artist Conversation
Thursday, January 23, 7 p.m. ET

Online via Zoom
Free | Registration required

Artists Judy Baca, Ed Bereal, and Peter B. Jones were deeply influenced by the social and cultural shifts of the 1960s and their work channeled the period’s social activism into assertive aesthetic statements. Join the Smithsonian American Art Museum for a lively discussion about their artistic practices and their work featured in The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture. The conversation is moderated by one of the exhibition’s curators, Tobias Wofford, associate professor of art history at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Upcoming In-Person Gallery Talk

The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture Gallery Talk
Wednesday, January 29, 5:30 p.m.

Smithsonian American Art Museum
Meet in the G Street Lobby
Free | Registration required

Explore SAAM’s groundbreaking exhibition, The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture with curators Karen Lemmey, Grace Yasumura, and Tobias Wofford. Learn more about the ways in which sculpture has shaped and reflected attitudes and understandings about race in the United States. Space is limited.

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Image Credits:
Peter B. Jones, Joy Bottle, 1968, pottery, paint, and glaze, National Museum of the American Indian

Fred Wilson, I Saw Othello’s Visage in His Mind, 2013, Murano glass and wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2019.8, © 2013, Fred Wilson