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SUMMARY:DIVERSE DISCOURSE: LARRY OSSEI-MENSAH
DESCRIPTION:Join DiverseWorks live and online for the Spring 2021 Diverse Discourse Lecture with Larry Ossei-Mensah\, Curator-at-Large\, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and Co-Founder of ARTNOIR. \nThis online lecture will be presented via Zoom; registration is required to receive the Zoom link. Please register only once per email address. The lecture will also be live-streamed to the DiverseWorks YouTube channel. \nDiverse Discourse brings national curators\, artistic directors\, and critics to Houston to present a free public lecture and conduct studio visits with  Houston-area artists\, performers\, and writers. Diverse Discourse provides a significant opportunity for area artists in all disciplines to have their work reviewed by a variety of distinguished arts professionals\, fostering a cultural exchange across the nation between artists and cultural producers. \nSTUDIO VISITS\nArtists living in Harris County may apply for a virtual studio visit with Larry Ossei-Mensah.\nApplication Deadline: April 6\, 11:59 pm\nOnline Application Portal \nABOUT LARRY OSSEI-MENSAH\nLarry Ossei-Mensah uses contemporary art as a vehicle to redefine how we see ourselves and the world around us. The Ghanaian-American curator and cultural critic has organized exhibitions and programs at commercial and nonprofit spaces around the globe from New York City to Rome featuring artists such as Firelei Baez\, Allison Janae Hamilton\, Brendan Fernandes\, Ebony G. Patterson\, Modou Dieng\, Glenn Kaino\, Joiri Minaya and Stanley Whitney to name a few. Moreover\, Ossei-Mensah has actively documented cultural happenings featuring the most dynamic visual artists working today such as Derrick Adams\, Mickalene Thomas\, Njideka Akunyili Crosby\, Federico Solmi\, and Kehinde Wiley. \nA native of The Bronx\, Ossei-Mensah is also the co-founder of ARTNOIR\, a 501(c)(3) and global collective of culturalists who design multimodal experiences aimed to engage this generation’s dynamic and diverse creative class.  ARTNOIR  endeavors to celebrate the artistry and creativity of Black and Brown artists around the world via virtual and in-person experiences.  Ossei-Mensah is a contributor to the first-ever Ghanaian Pavilion for the 2019 Venice Biennial with an essay on the work of visual artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. \nOssei-Mensah is the former Susanne Feld Hilberry Senior Curator at MOCAD in Detroit. Ossei-Mensah currently serves as Curator-at-Large at BAM\, where he curated the NY Times heralded exhibition\, Let Freedom Ring in January 2021. \nOssei-Mensah has had recent profiles in such publications as the NY Times\, Artsy\, and Cultured Magazine\, and was recently named to Artnet’s 2020 Innovator List. Follow him on Instagram at @larryosseimensah  and Twitter at @youngglobal. \nPhoto credit: Andy Boyle
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