“We need to document this…creative energy we have bestowed on the world.”

Recorded June 25, 2017 Archived June 25, 2017 38:12 minutes
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Description

Recorded on Saturday, June 24, 2017. Visual artist, Beau McCall and Sandy Baker (jewelry icon, entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist) discuss beauty standards, natural hair, the power of creativity, and more. [Editor’s note: The correct film title mentioned in the recording is “Hidden Figures,” not “Hidden Treasures.”] About "The Conversation" Who gets to have a seat at the table in America? It’s a question Langston Hughes addressed in his poem, “I, Too.” Now 50 years later since the transition of Hughes, visual artist, Beau McCall presents, "The Conversation." Join McCall, at his button embellished dining room table, in The Langston Hughes House, for an oral history recording of what it means to be an American. In partnership with StoryCorps, the recordings will be archived at the Library of Congress and/or the Smithsonian's National Museum of African-American History and Culture. Curated by Souleo, and presented in in conjunction with "Uptown," a new triennial surveying the work of artists who live or practice north of 99th Street, an initiative of the Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University’s new Lenfest Center for the Arts.

Participants

  • Beau McCall
  • Sandy Baker