ICA Forum: A Caribbean Boston
When:
Wednesday, Jan 25, 2023 7:00p -
8:00p
Wednesday, Jan 25, 2023 7:00p -
8:00p
Where:
Institute of Contemporary Art
25 Harbor Shore Drive
Boston, MA 02210
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Art, Classes, Shows, University
Event website:
https://www.icaboston.org/events/ica-forum-a-caribbean-boston/
Tickets for the panel discussion are FREE and available online at 10 AM, January 23. Limit 2 per person. Please check in on the day of event by 6:45 PM. Unclaimed tickets will be released 15 mins before event.
Local artists and creative leaders reflect on the Caribbean’s history and impact on the city of Boston in this one-night discussion co-hosted with ICA Artist Advisor and former Poet Laureate for the City of Boston, Danielle Legros Georges. The panelists will explore what the Caribbean means to them and how “Caribbean-ness” manifests in Boston, particularly in the creative sector. Guest speakers include spoken word artist and educator Anthony Febo; Gabriel Sosa of Massachusetts College of Art and Design; and Althea Blackford the founder of Boston Caribbean Fashion Week.
About the Moderator
Danielle Legros Georges is poet, literary translator, and editor whose work sits in the areas of contemporary U.S. poetry, Black and African-diasporic poetry and literature, and Caribbean and Haitian studies. The author of several books of poetry including Maroon, The Dear Remote Nearness of You, and Island Heart, translations of the poems of 20th-century Haitian-French poet Ida Faubert, her poems have been widely published, anthologized, and commissioned. She has received fellowships and grants from institutions including The Massachusetts Cultural Council, MASS MoCA, the PEN/Heim Translation Fund, the Black Metropolis Research Consortium, and the Boston Foundation. In 2014, Legros Georges was named Boston’s Poet Laureate. Her four-year term included collaborations with area artists, literary organizations, museums, libraries, and schools; and representing Boston at international literary events.
