Multimedia photographic artist and recipient of the 2020 Robert Gardner Fellowship in Photography at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography Joana Choumali will speak about her practice, her inspirations, and her artistic exploration of her hometown, the city of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast. Please join us for this lively conversation moderated by Ilisa Barbash and Mitra Abbaspour, co-curators of the exhibition Joana Choumali: Languages of West African Marketplaces, on view from January 25 to May 11, 2025.

Speakers:
Joana Choumali, Artist and 2020 Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography, Harvard University
Ilisa Barbash, Curator of Visual Anthropology, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
Mitra Abbaspour, Houghton Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums

Following the discussion, guests are invited to visit the exhibition on Level 3.

Free admission, but seating is limited and registration is encouraged. You can register by clicking on the event on this form beginning Monday, March 31, after 10am.

The lecture will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level. Doors to the hall will open for seating at 5:30pm. Please enter at Broadway.

This lecture will be recorded and made available for online viewing; check back shortly after the event for the link to view.

Limited complimentary parking is available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge.

The Harvard Art Museums offer free admission every day, Tuesday through Sunday. Please see the museum visit page to learn about our general policies for visiting the museums.

Joana Choumali: Languages of West African Marketplaces was co-organized by the Harvard Art Museums and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. The creation of the works in this exhibition was funded by the Robert Gardner Fellowship in Photography at the Peabody Museum. For more information, visit the Gardner Fellowship website.

Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund at the Harvard Art Museums. Modern and contemporary art programs at the Harvard Art Museums are made possible in part by generous support from the Emily Rauh Pulitzer and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art.

This event does not require registration.