MICA Monday Artist at Noon: Kellie Jones in Baltimore Mar 19, 2012 12:00 PM

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Brought To You By: Maryland Institute College of ArtPhone: 410-225-2300Event Website: Click hereCost: FREE! Dates & Times:03/19/2012 :: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM Dr. Kellie Jones, PHD, is an associate professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University, where her research interests include African-American and African diaspora artists; Latin American and Latino/a artists; and issues in contemporary art and museum theory. She has worked as a curator for more than two decades, with more than 25 major national and international exhibitions to her credit. She was named an Alphonse Fletcher, Sr. Fellow in 2008 for her lifetime of writing on the visual arts, which has appeared in numerous publications including NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art, Artforum, Flash Art, Atlantica, and Third Text, among others. Her book, EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art, has been named one of the top art books of 2011 by Publishers Weekly, and her book on African-American artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s is forthcoming from MIT Press. Jones’ residency is sponsored by MFA in Curatorial Practice and Rinehart School of Sculpture.