Press Release: Jacqueline E. Lawton to present on panel at Howard University's James A. Porter Colloquium
The 23rd Annual James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art hosted by Howard University presents State of the Art: Addressing the Role of Stewardship and Scholarship in Public and Private Collections of African American Art and Art of the African Diaspora
During the three-day program, art historians, artists, critics, and interdisciplinary scholars will examine issues related to preservation, conservation, and publication initiatives from public and private institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Papers and presentations will focus on collaborative partnerships, research and restoration efforts, and survival strategies developed to sustain these important collections of African American art and art of the African Diaspora.
On Friday, April 20th at 4:00pm, playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton will discuss her play,The Hampton Years, on a panel entitled, To Publish or Peril. Additional panelist include: Scott Baker (Assistant Director Howard University Gallery of Art), Tina Dunkley (Director/Curator of Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries), and Nashid Madyun (Director of Museum and Archives at Hampton University).
This year's colloquium is being presented in conjunction with the 90th Anniversary Celebration of the Department of Art. To learn more, follow this link: www.art.howard.edu/portercolloquium
During the three-day program, art historians, artists, critics, and interdisciplinary scholars will examine issues related to preservation, conservation, and publication initiatives from public and private institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Papers and presentations will focus on collaborative partnerships, research and restoration efforts, and survival strategies developed to sustain these important collections of African American art and art of the African Diaspora.
On Friday, April 20th at 4:00pm, playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton will discuss her play,The Hampton Years, on a panel entitled, To Publish or Peril. Additional panelist include: Scott Baker (Assistant Director Howard University Gallery of Art), Tina Dunkley (Director/Curator of Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries), and Nashid Madyun (Director of Museum and Archives at Hampton University).
This year's colloquium is being presented in conjunction with the 90th Anniversary Celebration of the Department of Art. To learn more, follow this link: www.art.howard.edu/portercolloquium
JACQUELINE E. LAWTON was named one of 30 of the nation's leading black playwrights by Arena Stage’s American Voices New Play Institute. Her plays include: Anna K; Blood-bound and Tongue-tied; Deep Belly Beautiful;The Devil’s Sweet Water; The Hampton Years; Ira Aldridge: the African Roscius; Lions of Industry, Mothers of Invention; Love Brothers Serenade (2013 semi-finalist for the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference), Mad Breed, and Our Man Beverly Snow. Ms. Lawton’s work has been developed and presented at the following venues: Active Cultures, Classical Theater of Harlem, Folger Shakespeare Library, theHegira, Howard University, Kennedy Center’s Page to Stage Festival, Rorschach Theater Company, Savannah Black Heritage Festival (Armstrong Atlantic State University), Shakespeare Theatre Company, Source Theatre Festival, Theater J, and Woolly Mammoth Theater Company. She is published in Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic: Art, Activism, Academia, and the Austin Project (University of Texas Press). Ms. Lawton received her MFA in Playwriting from the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a James A. Michener Fellow. She participated in the Kennedy Center’s Playwrights’ Intensive (2002) and World Interplay (2003). She is a 2012 TCG Young Leaders of Color award recipient and a National New Play Network (NNPN) Playwright Alumna. She has been recognized as a semi-finalist for the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference and the Playwright's Center PlayLabs, and as a SheWrites Festival finalist. Ms. Lawton is a proud member of Arena Stage's Playwright's Arena and the Dramatist Guild of America.