Contemporary Artists on A.E. Backus and Florida’s Highwaymen
Continuing Lecture Series at the Ritter Art Gallery
Installation view, Ritter Art Gallery with late 1930s A.E. Backus painting in foreground and numerous Highwaymen paintings in background.
Thursday, November 3 at 7:00pm
Panel Discussion
Speakers: Mallory O’Connor (lecturer/moderator), Onajide Shabaka (discussant), Adler Guerrier (discussant), Khaulah Nuruddin (discussant)
Introduction on history of Florida landscape painting by moderator followed by 3 visual artists
as panel discussants critically examining the content, stylistic renderings, and aesthetics of
the Backus versus Highwaymen paintings from the perspective of African-American studies.
Funding for this program was provided through a grant from the Florida Humanities Council with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the Florida Humanities Council or the National Endowment for the Humanities. This project was also funded, in part, by Florida Atlantic University’s Departments of Visual Arts & Art History, Anthropology, and History; The Division of Student Affairs Diversity Fund; and private contributors: The Ritter Foundation, the Kelly Foundation, and HaitianArt.com.
University Galleries
School of the Arts, Dorothy F. Schmidt College
of Arts and Letters
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33431
(561) 297-2661 www.fau.edu/galleries
University Galleries programs supported by Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs and Florida Council on the Arts; Cultural Council of Palm Beach County; R.A. Ritter Foundation; Beatrice Cummings Mayer; Kaye Arts integration Endowment and Community Foundation
of Palm Beach and Martin Counties.