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The Robert P. Madison Family Distinguished Lecture in African and African American Art

The Robert P. Madison Family in Memory of Leatrice B. Madison Endowment Fund supports an annual public lecture that educates the community about the importance of the museum’s African and African American collections and may explore themes for future exhibitions and scholarship.

Past Lectures

  • Ethiopian Christianity through the Looking Glass

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    Date
    Feb 24, 2024, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
    Location

    Gartner Auditorium | Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center

  • Beauford Delaney in Paris

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    Date
    Mar 11, 2023, 2:00 p.m.
    Location

    Gartner Auditorium | Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center

  • African Art: Old Idioms / New Forms in Our Fashion

    Totem 01/01–18 (Baga-Batcham-Alunga-Kota)
    Date
    Nov 17, 2018, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
    Location

    Recital Hall | Carolyn and Jack Lampl Jr. Family Recital Hall

  • Visualizing a Blues Aesthetic: De-Racializing African American Art

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    Date
    Apr 10, 2015, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
    Location

    Gartner Auditorium | Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center

  • Blueprint Roundtables

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    Date
    Feb 2, 2014, 2:00 p.m., Feb 26, 2014, 11:30 a.m., and Mar 6, 2014, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
    Location

    Gartner Auditorium | Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center