Kitchen Talk

Visual Art Tools for Grappling with Faith, Race, and Social Justice

Artist Steve Prince took participants on a visual arts journey through history utilizing the cathartic nature of the New Orleans jazz Funerary tradition as a philosophy for grappling with issues circulating around faith, race, and social justice. Prince revealed ways in which we can use the visual arts as a tool within our communities to foster healing, understanding, and the creation of spaces to openly address deep societal scars. As a part of the presentation, and a signifier of art in action, choreographer and dancer, Professor Leah Glenn, performed her original work The Youngest of Nine.