Conversation with Derrick Adams

Southwest
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When
Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024
4 p.m.
Free
Where
Smith Memorial Student Union
1825 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97201

The following description was submitted by the event organizer.

Known for his bright palette and playful themes, Derrick Adams presents joyful depictions of contemporary Black culture. His paintings, prints, sculpture, and installations attract viewers with elements of nostalgia, humor, and leisure. 

JSMA at PSU is excited to present a talk with contemporary artist Derrick Adams moderated by Brennan Scarlett, Founder and President of the Big Yard Foundation, and Maryanna Ramirez, JSMA at PSU Director. The talk will be followed by a reception at the museum where Adams’s installation Eye Candy is on view in Color Outside the Lines from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation.

Derrick Adams is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Adams' work celebrates and expands the dialogue around contemporary Black life and culture through scenes of normalcy and perseverance. He received his BFA from Pratt Institute, New York, in 1996 and graduated with an MFA from Columbia University, New York, in 2003. In addition to his critically acclaimed art practice, Adams has held numerous teaching positions and is currently a tenured assistant professor in the School of Visual, Media and Performing Arts at CUNY Brooklyn College. He also holds an honorary doctorate from Maryland Institute College of Art.

Please contact jsma@pdx.edu or (503) 725-6238 two weeks before the program to request accommodations for a disability or ask questions about physical access.

Color Outside the Lines is curated by Maryanna G. Ramirez. Support for this exhibition is provided by Jordan Schnitzer and the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation, JSMA Exhibition Circle, Richard and Helen Phillips Charitable Fund, and Elements Roofing.

Image Credit: Derrick Adams, Eye Candy, 2022, Six screenprints with relief and collage, with custom wallpaper, Edition 1/24, 45 x 30 inches each; 144 x 288 inches installed, Published by Tandem Press, Madison, WI, Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, Courtesy of the artist and Tandem Press, Madison, WI, Image Mario Gallucci