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Determined to Be | John Rhoden Catalogue Symposium
The John Rhoden Catalogue Symposium launches Determined To Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden (2023, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts), a generous publication that accompanies the first comprehensive retrospective of twentieth century African American sculptor, John Rhoden (1916-2001), curated by Dr. Brittany Webb, the Evelyn and Will Kaplan Curator of Twentieth Century Art and the John Rhoden Collection.
The John Rhoden Catalogue Symposium is free and open to the public.
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The afternoon sessions offer expertise and context for both the exhibition and catalogue. Learn about the challenges and rewards of photographing sculpture. Experience a deeply considered gallery talk about John Rhoden's bronze sculpture, The Slave Ship (1989). Learn about the fruitful scholarship contributing to John Rhoden's artistic legacy in a roundtable conversation with the catalogue authors.
In the evening celebrate the remarkable exhibition catalogue with a party and a keynote address by Imani Perry, an American interdisciplinary scholar, winner of a 2023 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and the 2022 National Book Prize for Nonfiction for her book, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation (2022).
The John Rhoden exhibition and PAFA's gift shop will remain open through 6:30 PM.
