Artist roundtable on experimental praxis

In conjunction with Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes, We Fly , an intergenerational group exhibition organized by curator Angela N. Carroll, the Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture presents an artist roundtable on experimental praxis moderated by Karin Oen-Lee in conversation with Lehna Huie and Ada Pinkston . Karin Oen-Lee is an Assistant Professor of Art History and Museum Studies at UMBC as well as a curator and museum educator whose work focuses on transmediatic and transcultural art practices that defy easy categorization. Her current area of focus is a book project that investigates new media experimental artistic practices in early Reform Era China (1978–1989). Previously Director of the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, head of NTU’s art history department, and a curator at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Oen-Lee foregrounds supporting artists’ research practices, transdisciplinary collaborations, and the historiography of art and its institutions as modes of curation and knowledge production. Lehna Huie is a multidisciplinary artist who draws inspiration from Caribbean oral histories and dream landscapes to create visual meditations on memory and lineage. Her practice combines diverse materials—such as paint, textiles, and found objects—to honor and personify the lands and waters of her roots. An M.F.A. graduate from MICA, Huie has participated in numerous international exhibitions and prestigious residencies, while also working as a Legacy Specialist preserving intergenerational artist archives. Ada Pinkston is a Baltimore-based multimedia artist, educator, and cultural organizer whose work investigates the erasures and mythologies surrounding Black life, memory, and public space. Using performance, digital media, and sculpture, she creates speculative monuments that challenge conventional collective memory and invite deeper inquiry into what is forgotten. Pinkston, who holds an M.F.A. from MICA and is currently a lecturer at Towson University, has exhibited internationally and serves on the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture. Visitor Information Admission is free. The CADVC is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 12 to 5 p.m., and Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please visit here for directions and parking information. Visitors who need specific accommodations to attend the exhibition or events should contact the CADVC at [email protected] or 410-455-3188. All events at CADVC are open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy.