PHOENIX FLIES 2023 | Emory University’s Arts and Social Justice Program

540 Asbury Circle,Atlanta GA 30322

23 March, 2023

Description

Join Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library and Michael C. Carlos Museum for a conversation with celebrated Atlanta Black photographers Jim Alexander and Tom Dorsey, moderated by Carlton Mackey, assistant director, community dialogue and engagement, at the High Museum of Art and co-creator/co-director of Emory University’s Arts and Social Justice Fellows Program. Please come between 4pm and 7pm to view the two exhibitions that inspired this program: Creative Justice: A Celebration of Emory’s Arts and Social Justice Fellows Program On view March 17 – May 13, 2023, in Schatten Gallery, Woodruff Library, Level 3 Amid a groundswell of national attention to racial and social injustice, in the fall of 2020 Emory professors and students joined with Atlanta artists to explore how creative thinking and artistic expression can inspire change. The Arts and Social Justice Fellowship was envisioned as an opportunity for faculty members to work alongside partnered ASJ Fellows to embed creative projects that reflect on social inequities into existing courses. This exhibit provides a survey of the work the ASJ fellows and faculty did to help students translate their learning into creative activism in the name of racial justice. One component of the exhibit features the works of renowned Atlanta photographer Jim Alexander. A Very Incomplete Self-Portrait: Tom Dorsey’s Chicago Portfolio On view February 18 – July 16, 2023, in the Michael C. Carlos Museum’s Works on Paper Gallery, Level One The exhibit presents never-before-exhibited works by celebrated photographer Thomas Dorsey. Widely known for his intimate portraits of African American families in their homes in Chicago and Atlanta, Dorsey also photographed the streets, houses, and buildings of his childhood neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side. This portfolio of black-and-white photographs, taken while Dorsey was enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago, reveals the barren infrastructure of an underserved community and the resilience and stark beauty that can be discovered amidst bleak circumstances. The capacity for the in-person event is 100 people. If the event is full, please sign up for the waiting list. You will be notified if a spot becomes available. If you register to attend virtually, a link to stream the program will be shared a few days prior to the event.