May 3rd 2018

Post Now and Post New: Afrofuturist Themes in Contemporary Art

@ Museum of Contemporary Photography

600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL60605

Opening Thursday, May 3rd, from 6PM - 8PM

Jennifer Scott will lead a discussion with D.Denenge Duyst-Akpem and Ingrid LaFleur on Afrofuturist themes in contemporary art and how they inform artistic practice in photography and other mediums.

Jennifer Scott is director and chief curator of the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem is an Afrofuturist space sculptor, performance artist, designer, writer, and educator. Artist and curator

Ingrid LaFleur founded the Afrofuturist film and art program Afrotopia and was notably a former candidate for mayor of Detroit.

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