Black Curators Matter A Book Talk & Signing with Kellie Jones and Deborah Willis The Center for Black Visual Culture welcomes Dr. Kellie Jones for a talk and signing of she and Tumelo Mosaka's publication, Black Curators Matter. Dr. Jones will be joined in conversation by CBVC Founding Director Dr. Deborah Willis as they reexamine the curatorial field and discuss the transformative strategies that reshaped American art museums toward greater inclusivity and experimentation. The relationship between Black Americans and U.S. art museums has historically been fraught and hard-won. In the late 1960s, the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition and other groups organized protests at major art museums, calling for the inclusion of Black artists and curators. Such advocacy led to acquisitions and exhibitions by Black artists at important institutions and spurred the establishment of museums and cultural organizations promoting Black art and culture. Today, Black curators hold significant positions at institutions nationwide. Black...