Munroe Center for the Arts’ panAFRICAproject Gallery Talk & Community Reception

Munroe Center for the Arts’ panAFRICAproject Gallery Talk & Community Reception Features an Up Close Look at Contemporary Africa Though Photographs and History

Join award-winning photographer Lou Jones in conversation about his photographic journey through contemporary Africa, with Historian and Prof. Robert Bellinger, moderated by Regie Gibson, Massachusetts Poet Laureate, at The Munroe Center for the Arts Gallery on Monday, March 2 @ 6:30pm. 

The community is invited to a free gallery reception and talk with photographer Lou Jones, about the vibrant works in his panAFRICAproject exhibit, (panafricaproject.org) on display now in the Gallery at Munroe Center for the Arts, curated by Zoe Perry-Wood (munroecenter.org/in-the-galleryl). Jones will share his decade-long experience traveling to 18 African countries to create a contemporary, visual portrait of modern Africa. Historian Robert Bellinger, PH.D., the Director of The Géwël Tradition Project in Dakar, Senegal, will talk with Jones about the common factors in their work centering on people, community, and family tradition in contemporary Africa (https://rightinghistories.com/gewel-tradition-project). Regie Gibson, Literary Performer, Poet, Educator, and Inaugural Massachusetts Poet Laureate will serve as moderator of the evening.

Jones will also be signing his latest book, panAFRICAproject: Volume 2, and copies will be available to purchase at the event. The gallery reception is free and open to all ages. Sign-ups are encouraged for planning purposes at munroecenter.org/in-the-gallery.  The Munroe Center for the Arts is located at 1403 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington.

For more info, visit munroe center.org.