Creating Between Two Worlds: Contemporary Artistic Diasporas

Contemporary diasporic experiences remain defined by myriad transnational crossings, including social, political, economic, and aesthetic. What are the various ways artists are addressing questions of transnational identity in their work? What is the relationship between identity formation and visual culture? Join us for a panel discussion with artists Jasmine Chen, Saberah Malik, and Stephen Marc moderated by FSU Professor Alexander Hartwiger as they discuss the relationship between their respective artistic practices and the diasporic experience in the United States. The values in these artists’ work –a courageous synthesis of memory and the unsettling nature of diasporic existence– find their roots in bi-cultural experience. Their accounting for one’s origins and ancestry display a strong sense of resiliency to and an acknowledgment of a complex relationship with mainstream society.

The artist panel discussion is a joint program between The Danforth and FSU’s Arts & Ideas programs series. The event will occur on the Framingham State University campus in the Alumni Room at the D. Justin McCarthy Center.

This event is free.

This program is sponsored by Arts & Ideas, the Division of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement, and Paul R. Rosenberg Fund for Museum Education.

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