Saturday, May 7th, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Pearlstein Gallery. Join us for a day of discussion about how artists and cultural organizers are responding to this moment that we are calling "Lastgaspism". Through individual and group presentations the speakers will bring into mutual proximity the ecological, political, public health, and spiritual crises of our time, to consider the compounding nature of these events and their impact upon one another.

Presenters:

Ayako Maruyama of the Design Studio for Social Intervention

Kelli Morgan

Pato Hebert

Damon Locks

The event will be hosted by Lastgaspism co-curators Anthony Romero and Daniel Tucker.

The event is taking place in conjunction with the exhibit "Lastgaspism: Art and Survival in the Age of Pandemic" on view until May 25th at Pearlstein Gallery.

https://drexel.edu/pearlsteingallery/exhibitions-events/Exhibitions/

Bios:

Pato Hebert is an artist, teacher, organizer, and long haul survivor of COVID. He lives and works in New York where he teaches at NYU and makes work that explores the aesthetics, ethics, and poetics of interconnectedness.

Damon Locks is a Chicago-based visual artist, educator, and vocalist/musician. A member of the post-punk groups Trenchmouth and The Eternals, he is the founder of Black Monument Ensemble.

Ayako Maruyama is the Creative Engagement Consultant of the Design Studio for Social Intervention where she assisted in the creation of Action Pab which was the Design Studio's first pop-up inside a national conference. She studied Industrial Design at Rhode Island School of Design and received a Master of City Planning degree from Boston University.

Dr. Kelli Morgan is a Professor of the Practice and the inaugural Director of Curatorial Studies. A curator, educator, and social justice activist who specializes in American art and visual culture, her scholarly commitment to the investigation of anti-blackness within those fields has demonstrated how traditional art history and museum practice work specifically to uphold white supremacy.

Anthony Romero is a Boston-based artist, writer, and organizer committed to documenting and supporting artists and communities of color. Romero is currently a Professor of the Practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Art at Tufts University.

Daniel Tucker (Associate Professor & Director of Socially-Engaged Art at Moore College of Art and Design) makes projects inspired by social movements and the people and places from which they emerge.