Carnegie Mellon University

Blackness, Citizenship, and the Arts

March 22, 2018

Blackness, Citizenship, and the Arts

A Transatlantic Dialogue

Thursday, March 22

5:30pm – 8:30pm
Kelly Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA (map)

The event will include:
  • Opening of a photo exhibit “Black, Muslim and French” (5:30-6:30 pm)
  • Screening of the documentary Mariannes Noires: Afropean Mosaics (2016)+ Q/A. (6:30-8:30pm)
  • A "vernissage" of the photo exhibit "Black and Muslim in France" by Mame-Fatou Niang and a screening of "Mariannes Noires" followed by a QA + reception
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Friday March 23

9:00am – 4:30pm

Mellon Institute Auditorium, 4400 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (map)

This event is a one-day symposium with 12 activists, artists and scholars from Pittsburgh and Paris on Race and Citizenship in Europe. (9-4:30pm)

Participating Artists Include: