Loïs Mailou Jones, Negro Musician (Composer) (detail), 1934. Charcoal on paper. Gift of the Loïs Mailou Jones Pierre-Noël Trust. © Loïs Mailou Jones Pierre-Noël Trust.
Loïs Mailou Jones, Negro Musician (Composer) (detail), 1934. Charcoal on paper. Gift of the Loïs Mailou Jones Pierre-Noël Trust. © Loïs Mailou Jones Pierre-Noël Trust.
Loïs Mailou Jones’s Mastery of the “Black Atlantic”
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
Tickets (Member / Nonmember)
In-Person $28 / $35
Livestream $16 / $20
Discover the ways that Boston-born artist Loïs Mailou Jones (1906–1998) produced a vision of what the literary theorist Paul Gilroy terms the “Black Atlantic” in her artistic output. Consider the aesthetics and politics of Jones’s demonstrations of artistic mastery and her diverse selection of subject matter, which in many ways parallel those observable in the oeuvre of John Wilson.
John Tyson, assistant professor, University of Massachusetts Boston
Course Packages
Purchase a ticket package for the full four-session “Witnessing Humanity: John Wilson and Black Art in Boston” course. Please note that this option is not available after the date of the first session.
Assistive listening system
Wheelchair accessible
Ticket Information
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Livestream Tickets
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Livestream ticket holders must watch the event live; there is no recording of the event available for viewing at a later time.
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