Past Exhibitions and Events

Isaac Julien Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow (The Three Graces), 2020 Wet-plate collodion tintype mounted on tulipwood frame Courtesy of the artist, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, and Victoria Miro, London/Venice

Online Event

Isaac Julien and Deborah Willis in Conversation

The history of photography and its potential as a tool for racial justice guides this scholarly conversation between Deborah Willis and Isaac Julien.

Morgan Quaintance South (still), 2020 16mm transferred to HD video Black-and-white, color, sound 28min. Courtesy of Morgan Quaintance and LUX, London

Online Event

New Labor Movements: Movements I and II

Selections from New Labor Movements, a program of short films exploring concepts of transnational Blackness, are available for online viewing during the

Workshops

Erica Deeman: In Our Likeness

An at-home educational art project about photography, portraiture and representation, inspired by Frederick Douglass.

Isaac Julien. Photo: Jang Dukwha. Courtesy the artist; Robin D.G. Kelley. Photo: Madelene Cronjé

Online Event

Abolition Then and Now: Robin D. G. Kelley and Isaac Julien in Conversation

Artist Isaac Julien and historian Robin D.G. Kelley discuss Julien’s 'Lessons of the Hour' as part of UC Santa Cruz’s ‘Visualizing Abolition’ event series.

Isaac Julien. Photo by Thierry Bal. Courtesy the artist; Angela Davis. Photo by KK Ottesen.

Online Event

Angela Davis and Isaac Julien in Conversation, Moderated by Sarah Lewis

Activist and scholar Angela Davis joins artist Isaac Julien for a conversation about the influence of Frederick Douglass on contemporary movements for racial

Isaac Julien Lessons of the Hour, 2019 (installation view, detail) Ten-screen installation 35mm film and 4k digital, color, 7.1 surround sound. 28'46'' Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York

Online Event

B. Ruby Rich, Kass Banning, Warren Crichlow, and Isaac Julien in Conversation

Isaac Julien is joined by editors and contributors to Film Quarterly for a discussion about sensorial immersion and human rights in the artist’s moving-image

Isaac Julien. Photo by Thierry Bal. Courtesy the artist; Leila Weefur (she/they/he), Artist, Writer, & Curator. Visiting Lecturer – Art Practice, UC Berkeley. Courtesy the artist.

Online Event

Isaac Julien and Leila Weefur in Conversation

Artist Isaac Julien and curator Leila Weefur appear in conversation to discuss their exhibitions concurrently on view at McEvoy Arts.

Charlene Tan Researching and Remembering, Salvaged Post-consumer plastics, 2020 Post-consumer plastic, shade tarp, wood 168 x 60 x 108 inches Courtesy the artist

Exhibition

In This Light

In This Light, a virtual and offsite exhibition, celebrates the resiliency of artists from The Minnesota Street Project Studio Program in times of uncertainty.