Black Refractions: Artists in Conversation

The American Federation of Arts (AFA), in partnership with the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA), is pleased to invite you to a panel discussion with three artists featured in the AFA traveling exhibition, Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem.

Panelists:
Maren Hassinger | Artist
Adia Millett | Artist
Shinique Smith | Artist

Moderator:
Whitney Tassie | Senior Curator, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Artists Maren Hassinger, Adia Millett, and Shinique Smith embrace multifaceted approaches to making. Informed by the traditions of craft, dance, assemblage, public art, and more, they utilize innovative materials and processes to reflect on personal identify, shared experience, and the interconnectivity among living things. This panel discussion will focus on how these artists harness the resonance of materials, the power of abstraction, and the spirit of experimentation to explore relationships between the natural and industrial worlds and between private narratives and collective histories.