The Mapping Arts Project is publicly launching Mapping Arts Project-Providence on Thursday, December 12 in the Digital Scholarship Lab.
This project—a collaborative effort by Brown University graduate students and faculty—digitally mapped the lives, influence, and work of black artists in Providence from the 1860s through the 1960s.
This undertaking is part of the larger Mapping Arts Project run by Blackbird Arts and Research, which has so far mapped the lives and work of artists in Miami during the 1920s through the 1950s.
This current project engages the university and larger Providence community via a publicly accessible, digital map with historical information and images about black artistic influence on Providence. Furthermore, it situates Providence as an important site of black Atlantic cultural production. Artists including painter Edward Bannister, singer Sarah Vaughan, and jazz musician James Berry spent time in the city and shaped its cultural landscape.
Date: December 12
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Digital Scholarship Lab, Rockefeller Library
Contact: Lara Stein Pardo