In The Farrell Auditorium

Welcome guest lecturer Dennis Carr, the Virginia Steele Scott Chief Curator of American Art at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California.  

Sargent Claude Johnson was a pioneering Black modernist artist, working in a broad range of media during a period spanning the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and ’30s to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ’60s. Johnson’s career was devoted to creating sensitive and ennobling portrayals of people of color, drawing from a range of international influences. Join Carr for an exploration into the significance of Johnson’s work, his varied influences, and his active participation in the Federal Art Project of the WPA.