Location
RISD Auditorium, Canal Walk, Providence, RI 02903
Event Website
https://www.risd.edu/news/annual-events/mlk-series
Start Date
17-1-2024 6:00 PM
End Date
17-1-2024 8:00 PM
Description
The signature event of our 2024 MLK Series celebration was held on Wednesday, January 17 at the RISD Auditorium from 6–7:30 pm. An Evening of “Art and Justice” included a panel discussion featuring architect Gabrielle Bullock, multidisciplinary creative Walter Cruz and scholar/activist Salamishah Tillet, and a performance by the Prism of Praise Community Gospel Choir. Panelists were introduced by Vice President of Social Equity and Inclusion David T. Carreon Bradley. The panel co-moderators were Naimah Petigny, a Schiller family assistant professor in race in art and design, and Njari Anderson BRDD 24 SC, a fifth-year student in the Brown|RISD Dual Degree Program.
This event was open to RISD community members and the general public. Also on Jan 17, we hosted our first-ever MLK CommuniTea, a refreshment hour open to all RISD students, faculty and staff.
Read more about the 2024 event.
File Type
.mp4
2024 MLK Celebration: An Evening of Art & Justice
RISD Auditorium, Canal Walk, Providence, RI 02903
The signature event of our 2024 MLK Series celebration was held on Wednesday, January 17 at the RISD Auditorium from 6–7:30 pm. An Evening of “Art and Justice” included a panel discussion featuring architect Gabrielle Bullock, multidisciplinary creative Walter Cruz and scholar/activist Salamishah Tillet, and a performance by the Prism of Praise Community Gospel Choir. Panelists were introduced by Vice President of Social Equity and Inclusion David T. Carreon Bradley. The panel co-moderators were Naimah Petigny, a Schiller family assistant professor in race in art and design, and Njari Anderson BRDD 24 SC, a fifth-year student in the Brown|RISD Dual Degree Program.
This event was open to RISD community members and the general public. Also on Jan 17, we hosted our first-ever MLK CommuniTea, a refreshment hour open to all RISD students, faculty and staff.
Read more about the 2024 event.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/studentaffairs_MLK/Keynotes/Presentations/19
