Join us for an evening of reflection, dialogue, and shared imagination as part of Black Futures in Art 2026, marking the fifth year of the exhibition. The event begins with a guided tour of the exhibition led by curator Adderly Grant-Lord, starting in the McMahon Gallery and moving throughout the exhibition spaces. The tour will be followed by a seated conversation in the Boedecker Theatre with Dr. Danielle Hodge and Adderly Grant-Lord, exploring the exhibition’s themes, its wider cultural impact, and the evolving legacy of Black Futures in Art over the past five years. The evening will conclude with audience Q&A.
Tickets are free but reservation is required due to limited capacity. Event duration is approximately two hours, tour will start precisely at 5PM!
About the Speakers:
Dr. Danielle Hodge is an Assistant Professor of Communication, a 2024-2025 Andrew W. Mellon Civic Engagement and Voting Rights Teacher Scholar, and the 2024-2025 Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) Faculty Fellow at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research employs a critical race theoretical approach to identity, culture, and language, and bridges Communication and African American Studies to examine how systems of oppression are discursively reproduced, maintained, and resisted. Her work can be found in the Journal of Multicultural Discourses, Critical Discourse Studies, Communication Teacher, Communication and Democracy, and the Journal of Applied Communication Research.
Adderly Grant-Lord is a visual artist and curator whose work centers joy, lineage, and the lived experiences of Black communities. A recipient of the Boulder Chamber’s 2024 Women Who Light the Community honor and the 2023 Best of the West Readers’ Choice Art Award, she is the founder and curator of Black Futures in Art, now in its fifth year. Grant-Lord has exhibited widely across Colorado, serves on the NoBo Art District board, and is currently an Afrofuturist curator and featured artist with the Museum of Boulder.
Participating Artists: Adderly Grant-Lord, Adri Norris, Clifton Henri, Gedion Nyanhongo, James Dixon, Lydia Carlis, Louise Cutler, SaToro Tafura, Sir James McArthur Cole, Thomas Lockhart, and Zin Maisiri.
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