Event Archive

2017
Fall	Teaching: “Contemporary Caribbean, Curatorial Practices and the Politics of Visibility”	New York University Department of Art and Public Policy
Spring	Teaching: “Artists, Social Change, and the Role of Journalism”	New York University Department of Art and Public Policy
Spring	Teaching: “The Imprisoned: Artists Examine Mass Incarceration in the US”	City College of New York Department of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
March 1	“Women in Photography and Film” A discussion with Maria Burns, Nadia Hallgren, Mae Ryan and Grace Aneiza Ali.	International Center of Photography New York, NY

2016
Spring	Teaching: “Artists, Social Change, and the Role of Journalism”	New York University Department of Art and Public Policy
March 6	“The Art of the Burqa”	Pen and Brush New York, NY

2015
Oct. 14-17	“Reshaping (G)local Dynamics of the Caribbean”	Leibniz University of Hanover Hanover, Germany
June 25-28	“Exploring Resilience Through Media” IVOH Restorative Narrative Summit & Awards	Peace Village Haines Falls, NY
May 28-31	Panel: “Framing Black/Brown Bodies” Smoke and Mirrors: Restitution and the Temporal Black Body, Black Portraiture[s] II: Imaging the Black Body and Re-staging Histories	Villa La Pietra, NYU Florence, Italy
May 21	Aljira’s 30th Anniversary Celebration	Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art Newark, NJ
May 18	Podium Literary Journal: A Reading	Unterberg Poetry Center at the 92 \| Y New York, NY
May 1	Artist Roundtable (A.RT) World Policy Institute / Arts-Policy Nexus	New York University Tisch School of the Arts
April 28	A Conversation on Photography in Ethiopia and Guyana With Aida Muluneh and Grace Aneiza Ali	Independent Curators International New York, NY
April 23-25	“A Portrait of Migration in the Guyana Photographic Archive” Photography and Migration Conference	Colby College Waterville, ME
Feb. 1	Publication: “The Imprisoned Issue”	OF NOTE Magazine
Spring	Teaching: “The Literature of Immigration”	City College of New York Department of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences

2014
Dec. 2	Exhibition: A Worldview from Guyana: Four Guyanese Women Photographers	Addis Foto Fest Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Nov. 13	“Life in Prison: Artists Bear Witness”	Columbia University Institute for Research in African-American Studies
Oct. 11	“If You Build It, They Will Come” Out of the Binders: A Symposium on Women Writers Today	Bindercon NYC New York, NY
Sept. 30	“Guyana Modern” Curating Now: A Public Symposium	Independent Curators International New York, NY
Aug. 6	Georgetown Global Shapers	World Economic Forum Georgetown, Guyana
June 26	“Art, Activism, and Journalism” IVOH Restorative Narratives Summit	Catskills New York
June 12	“Guyana Family Photographs: Agents of Social Memory and Citizenship” Contemporary Caribbean Visual Culture: Artistic Visions of Global Citizenship	University of Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom
May 6	“The Global Caribbean Woman”	New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies
April 24	Visually Speaking: “A Worldview from Guyana”	The Schomburg Center New York, NY
April 12	“Cultural Identity: Mosaic or Melting Pot” My Culture, Your Culture	Lycée Français de New York New York, NY
Jan. 13	Visually Speaking: “Kamoinge at 50”	The Schomburg Center New York, NY

2013
Nov. 13	Visually Speaking: “The Image as Catalyst for Social Change”	The Schomburg Center New York, NY
Oct. 10	“How Art Impacts Public Policy”	New York University Department of Art and Public Policy
Oct. 5	“Transformative Arts & Humanities” 36th Annual Fulbright Association Conference	Washington, DC
April 29	Visually Speaking: “Women Image Makers”	The Schomburg Center New York, NY
April 19	“How Can Absence Be a Catalyst for Global Social Change?” Global Engagement Summit	Northwestern University Chicago, IL
Jan. 29	Visually Speaking: “Photographing a Culture through the Pages of Ebony Magazine”	The Schomburg Center New York, NY
Jan. 19	“Creative Resilience: Artists Meeting Adversity with Creativity”	World Economic Forum Davos, Switzerland