Join Black Portraiture conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Friday, October 3, 2025, for Black Portraiture: TULSA STORIES This conference aims to build upon the robust scholarship and art conversations of our Black Portraiture conferences by convening an intergenerational group of participating scholars, artists, activists, storytellers, educators, gallerists, and photographers to explore cultural memories and resistance. All-day programming will include panels with themes such as REIMAGINING TULSA, BLACK WALL STREET, THE ARCHIVE, and ART, WRITING & MUSIC, and will feature short presentations from a variety of speakers sharing their respective works/practice, moderated conversation, audience Q&A and final wrap-up. See the schedule and speaker list RSVP Date:  October 3, 2025 Time:  9:00am to 5:00pm Location: Conference Center, Ground Level700 North Greenwood Ave, Tulsa, OK 74106

From Mudbound to Freshwater: An Intimate Conversation About Film Scoring with dream hampton and Tamar-kali Presented by The Center for Black Visual Culture and Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, join us for From Mudbound to Freshwater: An Intimate Conversation About Film Scoring with dream hampton and Tamar-kali. This special evening pairs two visionary artists for an illuminating conversation on the film scoring process and the role of sound in shaping stories. From orchestras and found sounds, to Oscar-nominated features and intimate shorts, they will reflect on the intersections of film, music, and memory, how moments of success and failure shape an artist’s path, and why some of the most powerful scores begin with the sounds of everyday life. This program invites us to listen more closely to sound, cinema, and each other.This event is co-sponsored by The Hemispheric Institute at New York University. CBVC Fall Artist-Scholar in Residence and award-winning filmmaker...