Invitation of the artist Dread Scott to Hampshire and to the Five College consortium to give a public lecture and a series of student workshops, co-organized with Eric Gottesman.
February 21-22, 2017
Dread Scott: On the Impossibility of Freedom in a Country Founded on Slavery and Genocide
Dread Scott is an acclaimed American artist whose work has garnered significant public and scholarly attention and been widely exhibited in the US and abroad. Scott describes his work— which powerfully addresses such topics as American imperialism, symbols of nationalism, police brutality and police murders of African Americans, the history and legacies of slavery, and anti- Black racism in the US—as “revolutionary art to propel history forward.” Scott’s visit to Hampshire and the Five Colleges is part of a series, taking place on various campuses of the Five Colleges, of lectures, exhibitions, and other programming by artists, writers, performers, and activists whose work creatively addresses questions of free speech, freedom of expression, democracy, art, and dissent.
Feb 21, 2017 l 7pm, Herter Hall 231 @UMass Amherst l Free and open to the public