Panel: 'Anecdotal Evidence: Remembering Jacob Lawrence'

Join us for a panel that delves into the enduring legacy of Jacob Lawrence from the perspective of three exhibiting artists, Derrick Adams, Aaron Fowler and Barbara Earl Thomas. The panel explores the importance of Lawrence’s legacy as a teacher and art historical figure, from three generational perspectives. This discussion is moderated by Storm Janse Van Rensburg, head curator of SCAD exhibitions.

Derrick Adams is a multifaceted New York-based artist working in performance, video, sound, and 2-D and 3-D realms. His practice focuses on the fragmentation and manipulation of structure and surface, exploring self-image and forward projection. A recipient of a 2009 Louis Comfort Tiffany Award and 2014 S.J. Weiler Award, Adams earned an M.F.A. degree from Columbia University, New York, New York, and a B.F.A. degree from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. He is an alumnus of Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine, and his work can be seen in at Tilton Gallery, New York; Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris; and Vigo Gallery, London.

Aaron Fowler is a New York-based visual artist who was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Time Out Magazine named him one of “New York’s Most Important New Artists” in 2015, and his work focuses on creating art objects that empower the people he loves. Fowler was recently included in the group exhibition "A Constellation" at The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, and his work can be found in notable collections including The Saatchi Gallery Collection in London, and in the Rubell Family Collection in Miami, Florida. Fowler earned an M.F.A. degree from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, in 2014, and a B.F.A. degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, in 2011. He was an artist in residence at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine.

Barbara Earl Thomas is a Seattle, Washington-based artist who has exhibited professionally since the early 1980s. Her far-ranging work has been shown at the Seattle and Tacoma Art Museums, with solo national exhibitions at the Meadows Museum in Shreveport, Louisiana, and in the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science in Indiana. Her work is included regional public collections and in such corporate collections as Microsoft and Safeco. She earned an M.A. degree from the School of Art, University of Washington in 1977.

This panel is a part of the "Jacob Lawrence: Lines of Influence" symposium, Oct. 19–20. The symposium is free and open to the public.

"Jacob Lawrence: Lines of Influence" is on view through Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018. For more information about the exhibition and featured artists, visit scadmoa.org. The exhibition and symposium are made possible by the generous support of the Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation and the Ford Foundation.