Adrienne Elise Tarver: She who sits. With expectation, 2024. Photo: David Sampson, Courtesy of Public Art Fund, Chicago. Presented by Public Art Fund as a part of Adrienne Elise Tarver: She who sits, an exhibition on 300 JCDecaux bus shelters in New York, Chicago, and Boston, Aug 14, 2024 - Nov 24, 2024.

Join us for a panel discussion featuring artist Adrienne Elise Tarver, historian Adam Green, journalist Natalie Moore, and curator Jenée-Daria Strand, as they discuss representation, agency, and resistance in relation to Tarver’s Public Art Fund exhibition, She who sits. Reception to follow.

Tarver’s paintings aim to center an overlooked protagonist and invite audiences to reflect on the accepted roles of Black women in both public and private spaces. Highlighting overlapping areas of interest and research between the panelists, the conversation will address topics of race, gender, visibility, and agency in urban and public spaces. Learn more about the exhibition.

Presented by Arts + Public Life; the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, & Culture; Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity; Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts; Open Practice Committee in the Department of Visual Arts; Public Art Fund; and Smart Museum of Art.