EP #53 | Sunday, September 29th featuring Jamele Wright Sr. in conversation with Halima Taha.
ADAMA Arts Salon is a series of conversations featuring contemporary artists, curators, scholars, and more from across the African Diaspora.
Join us for ADAMA's upcoming in-person Arts Salon. Halima Taha to moderate a conversation with artist Jamele Wright Sr. The conversation will dive into Jamele's artisitc practice and center the American South and African artistic relations.
About Moderator: Halima Taha is best known for her groundbreaking bestseller, Collecting African American Art: Works on Paper and Canvas, the first book to validate the collection of fine art, printmaking, and photography by Americans of African descent as viable assets and commodities within the art market. In addition, her extensive expertise laid the groundwork for building and educating worldwide markets in conjunction with the historic National Black Fine Art Show (1997-2009). Her work catalyzed prominent museums to pursue African-American art collections for exhibition and acquisition within the first two decades of this century. Taha is an art professional and tireless advocate for artists and Black visual culture; her curatorial, art advisory, and strategic planning develop corporate and not-for-profit programs and audiences. Halima is committed to nurturing the development, documentation, and acquisition of contemporary visual culture as a professional speaker, curator, and arts writer. Currently she is the artistic chair of the Hammonds House Museum and a content specialist for the Getty Research Institute's Oral History Project in conjunction with UC Berkeley. Halima currently serves on the boards of the Brandywine Workshop & Archive and the Clara Elizabeth Jackson Carter Foundation. She is an Advisor for the Calabar Artist Residences at Colab Arts, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (EFA Studios), and the Ntozake Shange Trust.
Jamele Wright Sr: Born and raised in Ohio, at the age of 22 Jamele Wright, Sr. moved with his family to Atlanta, Georgia. While raising a family Jamele produced art, jazz, and poetry events throughout Atlanta. Realizing that there were many young artists not being represented he started a gallery called Neo Renaissance Art House. After curating the gallery for over a year Jamele was inspired to pursue his own artistic career. After a few solo and group exhibitions Mr. Wright graduated from Georgia State University with a B.A. in Art History. He concentrated on African and African American Contemporary Art. Jamele graduated with Master of Fine Art from School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, New York. He completed a residency at MASS MoCA, Golden Foundation, and Vermont Studio Center as well as artist in resident at Gibbes Museum, Charleston, SC. He currently maintains his practice in Atlanta, Georgia.