Kwame S. Brathwaite. Courtesy photo.
SANTA BARBARA — The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present “Kwame S. Brathwaite in Conversation (via Zoom)” at 11 a.m Sunday, Dec. 13.
Kwame Samori Brathwaite speaks with Charles Wylie, SBMA Curator of Photography and New Media, about the groundbreaking art of his father, the renowned photographer Kwame Brathwaite. With family and friends, Kwame Brathwaite created a multi-faceted cultural movement in 1950s and 60s Harlem from which the affirmative personal and political statement “Black is Beautiful” arose. Inspired by Pan-Africanism and attuned to the central role of mass media in contemporary society, Brathwaite forged a new visual and cultural identity for African Americans via photography, fashion, and performance whose influence is still being felt.
Kwame Samori Brathwaite is the Director of the Kwame Brathwaite Archive who has lectured and published extensively on his father’s work and curated the current traveling exhibition Black is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite with Aperture Foundation.
Free
Reserve tickets online at tickets.sbma.net.