Ademola Olugebefola, Untitled, 1971, Drawing. Courtesy of the artist and Manna777 Gallery. Photo by Donna Mason.

Artist Talk: Ademola Olugebefola in conversation with art historian Howard Singerman

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2022 6:30-8PM

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Join artist Ademola Olugebefola and art historian Howard Singerman on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 in conversation around the current exhibition, Ademola Olugebefola: Afrofuturist.

Ademola Olugebefola is an educator, activist, and multi-talented artist. The versatility of his practice encompasses graphic design, illustration, theater set design, printmaking, oil painting, drawing, sculpture, and murals, among other artistic forms. Howard Singerman is the Phyllis and Joseph Caroff Chair of the Department of Art and Art History at Hunter College.  He was co-curator of the exhibition Acts of Art and Rebuttal in 1971 at Hunter's Leubsdorf Gallery in 2018, and continues to research and write on Acts of Art Gallery, founded in Greenwich Village in 1969 to show the work of Black artists.

A recent portrait of artist Ademola Olugebefola with a few select books and museum catalogues that include his art and career achievements. Photo by Lisa DuBois circa 2020. Courtesy of New England Review.