Black Portraiture[s]: The Black Built Environment will examine the historicity and rich panoply encompassing the Black built environment, both physical and imagined. Exploring the concept and its relationship to photography, architecture, urban planning, and visual culture, artists have reconceived and reconstructed visions of our built environment while exploring themes conversant with the spiritual and ritualistic continuities of the African diaspora.
Moreover, this convening will explore the artistic contributions to forms of memory, visual legacies of Black townships, and the charges of conceived spaces therein.
Deadline for submissions: September 1, 2025
Opening Reception: May 4, 2026, Getty Museum
Conference: May 5-6, 2026, UCLA Luskin Conference Center