Dr. Emily Bernard: What is at Stake When We Talk About Black Art? Why the Harlem Renaissance Still Matters

November 8, 2018
6:00 PM


Join CMA and Denison University for a lecture by Dr. Emily Bernard offering perspectives and context to our exhibition, I, Too, Sing America. Dr. Bernard is Professor of English and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, University of Vermont and editor of the 2001 New York Times Notable Book of the Year Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten. The evening also features readings by Rachel Scott, Naki Akrobettoe, Mathias Jackson, and Tyiesha Radford Shorts. Dr. Bernard will be doing a book signing following the talk. Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten will be available for purchase in the Museum Store. Admission to the talk is $5 for nonmembers and free for members and college students and professors. Presented by PNC Arts Alive.

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