Traoré Event 1: Main Lecture with Musical Interludes
Artist-in-Residence: Rokia Traoré
The Artist-in-Residence Program, first initiated by IAAA in 1996, has become one of the most respected and well attended programs at New York University with audiences particularly attracted to the interdisciplinary nature of the programs. This semester we welcome Malian musician superstar Rokia Traoré. Through three programs curated by her, she shares her work, ideas and philosophy as an international arts and culture advocate who promotes making a positive difference through the creation of venues dedicated to the community, and through critical thinking through the arts and culture. Programs moderated by Michael E. Veal Professor of Ethnomusicology at Yale University.
Traoré Event 1: Main lecture with musical interludes
Traoré discusses her professional artistic experience in Mali and how such experiences led her to understand how much the existence of cultural-artistic public spaces are needed in Mali and Africa to reinforce education and communication in the process of development and sociopolitical organization.
Sponsored by The Institute of African American Affairs + Center for Black Visual Culture. Co-sponsored by the Department of Photography & Imaging, Tisch School of the Arts.
Please RSVP: nyuiaaa-cbvc-events@nyu.edu or (212) 998-IAAA(4222)