This January, the Spelman College Department of Art & Visual Culture and the Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective are collaborating with the Art & Antiquities Blockchain Consortium, ConsenSys and Blockchain for Social Impact on an innovative initiative to explore how blockchain can:

• Open pathways between art and technology and encourage innovation in education
• Shape global efforts to repatriate and track objects of cultural heritage
• Revolutionize collections management at museums and cultural institutions

Blockchain Weekly Session Descriptions

January 6th: Blockchain Beyond the Hype: Real Use Cases / Moderator: Vanessa Grellet, Executive Director, ConsenSys & Co-Founder of Blockchain for Social Impact

• Learn about real business use-cases and how blockchain is disrupting the status quo.

January 13th: The Tokenized Future / Moderator: Yorke Rhodes, Co-Founder Blockchain, Microsoft & Co-Founder of Blockchain for Social Impact

• Learn about how blockchain creates digital identities for any kind of asset, not just money, and what this means for our future.

January 20th: What is a Crypto Wallet? / Moderator: ConsenSys

• How are digital assets stored and accessed? Learn about how digital wallets work and why they’re important.

January 27th: The Future of Museums & Cultural Heritage / Moderator: Lauren Tate Baeza, Fred and Rita Richman Curator of African Art, High Museum of Art, Atlanta

• What is the next generation of the internet? Apply your learnings to consider the future of museums and cultural heritage