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Visual & Studio Arts Lecture Series: Tyler Mitchell

Wed, Oct 27

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Barbara Walters Campus Center, room B

The Visual Arts Program, is pleased to invite members of the College Community and the public(with proof of vaccination) to a talk by Tyler Mitchell, one of the most exciting, young artists working today.

Visual & Studio Arts Lecture Series: Tyler Mitchell
Visual & Studio Arts Lecture Series: Tyler Mitchell

Time & Location

Oct 27, 2021, 7:00 PM

Barbara Walters Campus Center, room B, 1 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY 10708, USA

About the Event

The Visual Arts Program, is pleased to invite members of the College Community and the public(with proof of vaccination) to a talk by Tyler Mitchell, one of the most exciting, young artists working today. On Wednesday, October 27th, at 7:00pm, in room B of the Barbara Walters Campus Center, Mr. Mitchell will discuss his work, and his vision, that encompasses a lovingly remembered past, and a utopian future for Black people in America.  Using still photographs, video, and installation art, Tyler Mitchell creates sweeping spectacles that implicitly acknowledge the unspeakable injustices that have occurred and occur everyday, and yet finds great beauty in love and family life that has and does occur despite all.  In doing so, Tyler Mitchell communicates a narratives of rest, repose, belonging, leisure and joy for Black people, an important distinction when compared to traditional portrayals of the community. His art compels us to remember the love and the…

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