Now is the Time: Artists Go to Work Toni Morrison’s Atelier and the Importance of Artistic Convening and Collaboration

The Lewis Center for the Arts’ Princeton Atelier and The Collaboratorium for Radical Aesthetics joins The Toni Morrison Foundation and the Park Avenue Armory to present a panel discussion reflecting on the power of artistic convening and collaboration as part of the on-going legacy of the Atelier’s founder, Toni Morrison. While on faculty in Princeton’s Creative Writing and African American Studies programs (1989-2006), Professor Morrison created the Princeton Atelier in 1994 inspired by her own collaborations with artists in other disciplines. The Atelier remains committed to the mutually generative forms of inspiration that emerge out of vibrant artistic and intellectual exchanges. Moderated by Atelier Director Tina Campt and former Program Director for Arts and Culture at The Mellon Foundation Emil Kang, speakers include curator and choreographer Rashida Bumbray; Grammy Award-winning drummer, composer, producer, and educator Terri Lyne Carrington; founder of Kindred on the Rock, writer, and activist Staceyann Chin; MacArthur Fellow and movement artist Okwui Okpokwasili and her co-founder of Sweat Variant, director, composer and designer Peter Born; and Grammy Award-winning bassist, composer, and educator Esperanza Spalding.

The panel is free and open to the public. Tickets are required and will be available through University Ticketing