Kevin Tervala's guest appearances

Kevin Tervala

The Not Old - Better Show

CAA Conversations

Andy Miller

Jordan Goodman

Craig Wright

David Smith

Rich Karlgaard

Alan Alda

David Young

Lidia Bastianich

John Edward

John McEnroe

David Letterman

Ben Folds

George Harrison

Marc Miller

Richard Bell

OwlTail

Jennifer Kingsley

On this week's podcast, a medievalist stumbles into an Africanist and they decide to invite undergraduates to curate a feminist show.Correction: Ashton Cooper’s article first appeared as part of a Barnard College exhibition, not Bryn Mawr. For more information:https://hyperallergic.com/173963/the-problem-of-the-overlooked-female-artist-an-argument-for-enlivening-a-stale-model-of-discussion/Kevin Tervala is Associate Curator of African Art and Department Head for the Arts of Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific Islands at The Baltimore Museum of Art.Jennifer Kingsley is the Director of the interdisciplinary undergraduate Programs in Museums and Society at the Johns Hopkins University.

On this week's podcast, a medievalist stumbles into an Africanist and they decide to invite undergraduates to curate a feminist show. Correction: Ashton Cooper’s article first appeared as part of a Barnard College exhibition, not Bryn Mawr. For more information: <a href="https://hyperallergic.com/173963/the-problem-of-the-overlooked-female-artist-an-argument-for-enlivening-a-stale-model-of-discussion/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://hyperallergic.com/173963/the-problem-of-the-overlooked-female-artist-an-argument-for-enlivening-a-stale-model-of-discussion/</a> Kevin Tervala is Associate Curator of African Art and Department Head for the Arts of Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific Islands at The Baltimore Museum of Art. Jennifer Kingsley is the Director of the interdisciplinary undergraduate Programs in Museums and Society at the Johns Hopkins University.

Kevin Tervala // Jennifer Kingsley // A Medievalist Stumbles into an Africanist

Kevin Tervala: African Art &amp; The Struggle for Independence Smithsonian Associates, Interview Series Our interview today is with Harvard's Kevin Tervala.  Kevin Tervala studies creativity in sub-Saharan Africa. Trained as an art and architectural historian, he is broadly interested in how environmental conditions shape creativity and artistic form. In the mid-20th century, revolution was sweeping across the world’s second largest continent. From Morocco to Mozambique, Africans of all identities and experiences had begun to stand up and demand their right to self-determination in greater and greater numbers. Since the Berlin Conference of 1884, European colonial powers had brutalized and exploited the continent and its hundreds of millions of residents. And now, speaking almost as one, they had decided enough was enough. In the span of just a few decades, independence movements formed in nearly every colony on the continent. Some were peaceful. Some were not. But all were successful. By 1977, European colonialism had been broken. The story of African liberation, however, is as much about painters and sculptors as it is about politicians and soldiers. In every region, artists played a critical role in mobilizing populations, organizing international support, and developing national pride and identity. Art historian Kevin Tervala examines the role that artists and artworks played in the struggle for African independence. Drawing on examples from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Nigeria, Mozambique, and Senegal, he introduces participants to the visual art of the time and explores the ways in which art and politics are inextricably connected. Tickets and more details are available at Smithsonian Associates for Kevin Tervala, April 9, 2018 HERE&gt;  https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/african-art-and-the-struggle-for-independence

Kevin Tervala: African Art &amp; The Struggle for Independence Smithsonian Associates, Interview Series Our interview today is with Harvard's Kevin Tervala.  Kevin Tervala studies creativity in sub-Saharan Africa. Trained as an art and architectural historian, he is broadly interested in how environmental conditions shape creativity and artistic form. In the mid-20th century, revolution was sweeping across the world’s second largest continent. From Morocco to Mozambique, Africans of all identities and experiences had begun to stand up and demand their right to self-determination in greater and greater numbers. Since the Berlin Conference of 1884, European colonial powers had brutalized and exploited the continent and its hundreds of millions of residents. And now, speaking almost as one, they had decided enough was enough. In the span of just a few decades, independence movements formed in nearly every colony on the continent. Some were peaceful. Some were not. But all were successful. By 1977, European colonialism had been broken. The story of African liberation, however, is as much about painters and sculptors as it is about politicians and soldiers. In every region, artists played a critical role in mobilizing populations, organizing international support, and developing national pride and identity. Art historian Kevin Tervala examines the role that artists and artworks played in the struggle for African independence. Drawing on examples from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Nigeria, Mozambique, and Senegal, he introduces participants to the visual art of the time and explores the ways in which art and politics are inextricably connected. Tickets and more details are available at Smithsonian Associates for Kevin Tervala, April 9, 2018 <a href="https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/african-art-and-the-struggle-for-independence" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">HERE&gt;</a> <a href="https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/african-art-and-the-struggle-for-independence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/african-art-and-the-struggle-for-independence</a>

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