A series of events in Spring 2021 focused on Black and Indigenous Futures, including discussions about solidarity, Futurisms, and dismantling white supremacy in academic institutions.
“Red and Black Alchemies of Flesh: Off the Shores of Work”
Dr. Tiffany King
Feb 11 – 4 pm EST on Zoom. Register in advance..
Hosted by Pitt’s World History Center
Roundtable: “Indigenous Sovereignty + Black Liberation”
Moderator: Alaina E. Roberts
Speakers: Sunshine Adam, Zainab Amadahy, Erica Violet Lee
Feb 25 – 4:30 pm EST on Zoom
Hosted by the Center for the Arts in Society
Photo credit: NorthEndWaterfront.com
Afro/Black and Indigenous Futurisms (April 2021 newsletter)
Four new works by Black/Indigenous artists:
- “Sun Goddess” by Morgan Overton
- “To fill the silence, sing softly” by Tanaya Winder
- “We belong to the land” by Aria Evans
- “The Keepers of the Land” by Lisa J. Ellwood
Image credit: still from Evans’ “We belong to the land”
Re-Sound/Re-Vision Festival: Indigenous Pittsburgh and Otherwise Worlds
April 9-11 online
Concert with Audiopharmacy
Roundtable on Black/Afro and Indigenous Futurisms
“Futures” concert with music by Sadie Buck, Melody McKiver, Tanya Tagaq, and Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, and video by Mobey Irizarry Lambright
Indigenous Pittsburgh Soundwalk
Hosted by the Center for the Arts in Society and the Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry. Additional funding from the College of Fine Arts Fund for Research and Creativity
Image credit: “Sun Goddess” by Morgan Overton
Decolonizing Pittsburgh (April 2021 newsletter)
Questions of decolonization and growing just, liberatory futures are discussed in relation to Pittsburgh.
Image: screenshot of conversation between three Pittsburghs on social justice, solidarity, and decolonization in Pittsburgh
In Conversation: Dylan Robinson
Tuesday, April 27 – 12 pm EST on Zoom
Hosted by the Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry and the Center for the Arts in Society
