Pan-African Aesthetics: Past, Present, Future

A Hybrid Pedagogical Model College Educators Faculty Teaching Students in Jane'a Johnson's wintersession course explore works in the collection related to Pan-Africanism through Instagram-based creative projects.

Rediscovering Diasporic

Celeste Jackson Student Voices A student in a RISD course on pan-African aesthetics, inspired by a photograph in the collection, explores Black youth occupying space in movements from La Sape to Noirwave.

Les Jeunes Mélomanes SIDE A + SIDE B

Quinn Benson Student Voices A student in a RISD course on pan-African aesthetics contemplates a vinyl record pictured in a Sanlé Sory photograph in the collection, and imagines the songs it contains.

Black Hair Future

Nailah Golden Student Voices A student in a RISD course on pan-African aesthetics, inspired by a photograph in the collection, envisions future possibilities of Black hairstyling.

Portrait of an Embroidered Purse

A Conversation with Christina Bevilacqua Ariel Wills Student Voices Artist The handmade object has a tendency to prompt memories from the craftsperson who made it. In this reflection on an embroidered purse from the 1970s, Ariel Wills and Kate Irvin are joined by maker Christina Bevilacqua for a dynamic conversation that demonstrates the narrative qualities embodied in material culture.

Brief Biography of Jane Ogden

David Wootton Drawing Artist Jane Ogden (British, ca. 1845–1928) painted flowers and other still-life subjects in oil and watercolor.

Redefining "Master Copies"

Caleb Getto College Student Voices Studio Notes A student dismantles the outdated terminology and practice of “master copies” by constructing a series of copies that works to bolster underrepresented artists and subvert the pervasive presence of white males in the Western art canon.