Afrofuturism with Kevin Straits; NMAAHC Curator (ONLINE)

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Teens, Adults, Everyone
Registration for this event will be open from February 6, 2025 @ 6:00pm to February 20, 2025 @ 6:00pm.

Program Description

Event Details

 

All ages | Register with an email address for the Zoom link. 

Want to watch with others?  Join the in-person WATCH PARTY at Miller Branch.


What is Afrofuturism? 

Museum curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, Kevin Strait, discusses his past exhibit "Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures", shares the history of Afrofuturism, and how it "has evolved as a concept, philosophy, multimedia genre, aesthetic, and cultural movement. It explores Black identity, agency, and freedom through art and creative works that envision liberated futures for Black life." - NMAAHC


This event is part of Miller's Afrofuturism Series for Black History Month, see other events HERE.  Visit Miller between February 10-28, to view the Afrofuturism Student Art Exhibit.

This session is part of HCLS' Black History Month series. Please click here for the complete schedule of classes and events. 


About the presenter:

Kevin Strait is a museum curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Since 2010, he has worked in the museum’s Office of Curatorial Affairs and was part of the core team that acquired objects and developed content for several of the museum’s permanent exhibitions and interpretive spaces. He currently stewards the NMAAHC's collections related to 20th century political and social history and African American popular culture.  He curated the temporary exhibition, Afrofuturism - A History of Black Futures, the 2023 winner of the Smithsonian's Excellence in Exhibitions Award and is the co-editor of the exhibition's award-winning companion publication. Strait is a graduate of Wesleyan University and received his Ph.D. in American Studies from the George Washington University.