Nasher Prize Dialogues: Graduate Symposium

Virtual Event - Roundtable & Keynote Address
January 20, 2023 1 - 3 p.m. 1/20/2023 1:00 PM 1/20/2023 3:00 PM

Held virtually, graduate students discuss the work of Senga Nengudi in a roundtable discussion followed by a keynote address.

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The Nasher Prize Graduate Symposium will take place virtually from January 17–20, 2023. The multi-day event will address a broad audience of art historians and museum professionals, allowing symposium participants to receive feedback from fellow presenters, the moderator, the keynote speaker, and audience members. This year’s symposium will be moderated by Dr. Lauren Cross, Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Art and Design Studies, College of Visual Arts & Design, University of North Texas. Students selected to participate will have their papers published in the annual Nasher Prize Graduate Symposium Compendium, together with a paper delivered by the keynote speaker, Kellie Jones, Hans Hofmann Professor of Modern Art at Columbia University.

The Nasher Prize Graduate Symposium, started in 2017, provides graduate students from around the world with the opportunity to present new scholarship on the work of each year’s laureate. A weeklong virtual event, the symposium is one of the key ways that the Nasher Sculpture Center encourages the creation of new research on the practice of contemporary sculpture. 

Participants

Fabiola Carranza, University of California, San Diego 
"Elasticity and Swirling Schemes: Plasticity in the work of Buddy Gillespie and Senga Nengudi" 

Abril Cisneros Ramírez, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands 
"Resilient Pursuits in Senga Nengudi’s R.S.V.P." 

Lidia Ferrara, University of California, Los Angeles 
"Senga Nengudi and the Matter of Remaking" 

Macaella Gray and Zoe Roden, Texas Tech University 
"We, Us, I: Senga Nengudi and Maren Hassinger’s Side by Side (2006)"

Schedule

Friday, January 20, 1-3 p.m.: 
Welcome back by Dr. Lauren Cross
1:00 p.m.: Roundtable discussion with moderator and participants
2:00 p.m.: Keynote Kellie Jones, Hans Hofmann Professor of Modern Art at Columbia University
3:00 p.m.: Closing by Nasher Associate Curator, Dr. Leigh Arnold

Register for the entire Graduate Symposium (Tuesday - Friday) here.


About Nasher Prize 

The Nasher Prize is awarded annually to an artist whose body of work has had an extraordinary impact on our understanding of sculpture. Each year’s Nasher Prize laureate is selected by an international jury of esteemed museum directors, curators, scholars, and artists. A full season of diverse programming inspired by the laureate – discussions and lectures, family and student programs, community partnerships, and more – engage thousands of art lovers in Dallas and far beyond, both in-person and virtually. Then, the celebration culminates with the Nasher Prize Award Gala, held at the Nasher Sculpture Center each April. 

Support the Nasher Prize 

Proceeds from the Nasher Prize not only benefit Nasher Prize programming but also help sustain the year-round work undertaken by the Nasher Sculpture Center itself, including thought-provoking exhibitions, impactful education and community initiatives, and more.

Underwriting packages for the Nasher Prize 2023 Award Gala are now available. For more information on how to get involved, please contact the Nasher’s Development Team at 214.242.5151 or at [email protected]

 


Celebrada virtualmente, seis estudiantes de posgrado discuten el trabajo de Senga Nengudi en una mesa redonda seguida de un discurso de apertura.

El Simposio de Graduados del Premio Nasher tendrá lugar virtualmente del 17 al 20 de Enero de 2023. El evento, de varios días de duración, se dirigirá a una amplia audiencia de historiadores del arte y profesionales de los museos, lo que permitirá a los participantes en el simposio recibir comentarios de sus compañeros presentadores, del moderador, del orador principal y de los miembros del público. Los estudiantes seleccionados para presentar ponencias también verán su trabajo publicado en el compendio anual del simposio, junto con la presentación presentada por el ponente principal.

El Simposio de Graduados del Premio Nasher, iniciado en 2017, ofrece a los estudiantes de postgrado de todo el mundo la oportunidad de presentar nuevos estudios acerca de la obra del galardonado de cada año. El simposio, un evento virtual de una semana de duración, es una de las principales formas en que el Nasher Sculpture Center fomenta la creación de nuevas investigaciones acerca de la práctica de la escultura contemporánea.


Acerca del Premio Nasher

El Premio Nasher se concede anualmente a un artista cuya obra haya tenido un impacto extraordinario en nuestra comprensión de la escultura. Cada año, el galardonado con el Premio Nasher es seleccionado por un jurado internacional compuesto por estimados directores de museos, curadores, académicos y artistas. Una temporada completa de programación diversa inspirada en el galardonado -debates y conferencias, programas para familias y estudiantes, colaboraciones con la comunidad, etc.- atrae a miles de amantes del arte en Dallas y en otros lugares, tanto en persona como virtualmente. La celebración culmina con la Gala del Premio Nasher, que se celebra cada abril en el Nasher Sculpture Center.

Apoye al Premio Nasher

Los fondos recaudados por el Premio Nasher no sólo benefician a la programación del Premio Nasher, sino que también contribuyen a sostener el trabajo que realiza durante todo el año el propio Nasher Sculpture Center, incluyendo exposiciones que provocan la reflexión, iniciativas educativas y comunitarias de gran impacto, y mucho más.

Ya están disponibles los paquetes de suscripción para la Gala del Premio Nasher 2023. Para obtener más información acerca de cómo participar, póngase en contacto con el equipo de desarrollo del Nasher llamando al teléfono 214.242.5151 o a través del correo electrónico [email protected]


The 2023 Nasher Prize is presented by The Eugene McDermott Foundation and Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger.

Nasher Prize Education and Community Programs are sponsored by The Donna Wilhelm Family Fund, Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo / The Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation, and Patricia J. Villareal and Thomas S. Leatherbury.

Nasher Prize Dialogues are sponsored by the Bowdon Family Foundation, Michael Corman and Kevin Fink, Gagosian, Janelle and Alden Pinnell / The Pinnell Foundation.

The Nasher Prize Dialogues: Graduate Symposium is sponsored by Lisa Dawson and Thomas Maurstad / Lucilo Peña and Lee Cobb and Greenberg Traurig, LLP.


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