Speakers
- Mora Beauchamp-Byrd
- Oklahoma State University, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History
Mora J. Beauchamp-Byrd, Ph.D. is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History at Oklahoma State University. She has also taught at Duke University, Spelman College and Xavier University of Louisiana. An art historian, curator, and arts administrator, she specializes in the art of the African Diaspora; 18th-century British art (with an emphasis on William Hogarth’s graphic narratives), and contemporary British art with a focus on the work of Lubaina Himid and other British artists of African, Asian and/or Caribbean descent; race and gender in American comics; and curatorial studies. She has organized numerous exhibitions including “Transforming the Crown: African, Asian and Caribbean Artists in Britain, 1966-1996” and the upcoming “Little Nemo’s Progress: Animation and Contemporary Art.” She is currently completing a manuscript that examines the photography of Arthur P. Bedou.