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.

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