Conversation: Naima J. Keith & Cesar Garcia
Conversation | Feb. 17, 2016, 12:30pm
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TMR Director and Chief Curator Cesar Garcia sits with CAAM Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Programs Naima J. Keith to discuss TMR’s new Histories of a Vanishing Present initiative.
About the Conversation.
TMR Director and Chief Curator Cesar Garcia discusses TMR’s new multi-year research initiative about postmemory with CAAM Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Programs Naima J. Keith. The conversation also introduces audiences to TMR’s curatorial approach of thematic cycles as an organizing mechanism for its program.
About the Participants.
Naima J. Keith is the Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Programs at the California African American Museum (CAAM). Previously an associate curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem (2011–16), her notable exhibitions include: Rodney McMillian: Views of Main Street (2016), Artists in Residence 2014–2015 (2015), and The Shadows Took Shape (co-curated with Zoe Whitley, 2013). Her historical survey, Charles Gaines: Gridwork 1974–1989 (2014), traveled to the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and was nominated for a "Best Monographic Museum Show in New York" award by the International Association of Art Critics (AICA-USA). She has lectured at the Zoma Contemporary Art Center; Columbia University; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Brooklyn Museum. Her essays have been featured in publications for The Studio Museum in Harlem, Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, LAXART, MoMA PS1, and NKA: Journal of Contemporary African Art. Naima holds degrees from Spelman College and UCLA and is a proud native of Los Angeles.
Cesar Garcia is TMR’s Director and Chief Curator.
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Credits
Conversation: Naima J. Keith & Cesar Garcia is organized by TMR and presented in conjunction with Histories of Vanishing Present: A Prologue.
TMR's program is made possible with the support of its Board of Directors, Big Mistake Patron Group, International Council, and Contemporary Council.
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