BLACK ARTISTS OF OREGON & OREGON BLACK PIONEERS: IN CONVERSATION WITH JEREMY OKAI DAVIS

FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2024
DOORS: 5:30
PANEL DISCUSSION: 5:45-6:45
Q&A: 6:45-7:00

PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, MARK BUILDING, SOUTHWEST PARK AVENUE, PORTLAND, OREGON, USA
1119 SW PARK AVE, PORTLAND, OR 97205

Space for this free event is limited. A RSVP is kindly requested to reserve your seat.

Please join us for a panel discussion with artist Jeremy Okai Davis who has spent the last two years working on portraits of Oregon Black Pioneers. Commissioned by the Salem Art Association, six out of ten have been completed so far. The conversation will explore Okai Davis’s own research and process and discuss how the project came to be realized. The panel conversation participants are:

Jeremy Okai Davis, Artist

Tammy Jo Wilson, Director of Bush House Museum Exhibits and Programming

Zachary Stocks, Executive Director of Oregon Black Pioneers

Intisar Abioto, exhibition curator of Black Artists of Oregon and panel moderator

Following the panel, attendees are welcome to view the exhibition Black Artists of Oregon with free admission. We invite you to view one of the commissioned portraits in person featured in Black Artists of Oregon, on loan from the Salem Art Association, The Advocate, depicts a portrait of Beatrice Morrow Cannady (1889-1974).

*Guests may simply mention this program at the museum admissions desk to receive their complimentary ticket.

*We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals to engage fully. Please contact laura@salemart.org if you would benefit from an accommodation.