Black Portraiture[s]: TULSA STORIES
Friday, October 3, 2025 — Tulsa, Oklahoma
| 8:30–3:00 | REGISTRATION |
| 9:30–9:45 | LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Amanda Swope (Director of Tribal Policy and Partnerships for the City of Tulsa) WELCOME Deborah Willis, PhD (University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging, Director of the Center for Black Visual Culture, NYU), Cheryl Finley (AUC Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective, Spelman College), Joan Morgan (Center for Black Visual Culture, NYU), Georgina Dopico (Provost, NYU), Charlton McIlwain (Vice Provost for Faculty Development, Pathways & Public Interest Technology, NYU), Lindsey Claire Smith (Director, NYU Tulsa), |
| 9:45–11:00 | PANEL 1: REIMAGINING TULSA Allison Glenn & Ashanti Chaplin, M. Florine Démosthène, Destinee Filmore, Noura Finley, Asha Salim Moderator: Cheryl Finley |
| 11:00–11:15 | BREAK |
| 11:15–12:30 | PANEL 2: BLACK WALL STREET AND BEYOND Adriane Jefferson, Bayete-Ross Smith, Jennifer Harley, Wendel A. White Moderator: Kessie Alexandre |
| 12:30–1:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1:30–2:45 | PANEL 3: ARCHIVE & MEANING Barbara Krauthamer, Akeem Flavors, Quraysh Ali Lansana Moderator: Rose DeSiano |
| 2:45–3:00 | BREAK |
| 3:00–4:15 | PANEL 4: ART, WRITING & MUSIC Kalup Linzy, Ron Tarver, Katharen Wiese, Le’Andra LeSeur, Yancey Red Corn Moderator: Kalia Brooks |
| 5:00 | CLOSING RECEPTION @ NYU Tulsa |