A recent virtual event featuring UMMA’s assistant curator of global contemporary art, Ozi Uduma, gives online museum visitors a chance to celebrate Black joy, hope, and healing. The virtual tour was part of the inaugural 2021 Juneteenth Symposium at U-M, the recording of which is now available for on-demand viewing. 

Uduma’s tour, entitled “Articulations of Blackness, Black Life, and Black History in University of Michigan Museum of Art’s Collections,” showcased the work of several artists, including sculptor Mary Sibande, painter Titus Kaphar, and photographer Carrie Mae Weems. 

The talk is sandwiched between other streaming events of the symposium, but you can watch Uduma’s portion by clicking play below or opening the video in a separate window by clicking here.

The U-M Juneteenth Symposium was organized by Rackham’s Strategic Action Lead Team, the NAACP Ann Arbor Branch, Association of Black Social Work Students, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, and the Center for Social Solutions, in collaboration with Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the CEW+ Women of Color Task Force.