Wednesday, October 19th from 7 – 9pm Locust Projects + Oolite Arts present ‘Talks‘ at the Little Haiti Cultural Center for a conversation with Larry Ossei-Mensah, Curator and Co-founder of ARTNOIR. This event is Free and Open to the Public / RSVP HERE.
About the Speaker:
Larry Ossei-Mensah uses contemporary art as a vehicle to redefine how we see ourselves and the world around us. The Ghanaian American curator and cultural critic has organized exhibitions and programs globally featuring artists such as Firelei Baez, Ebony G. Patterson, Judy Chicago, Yinka Illori, Steve McQueen, and Stanley Whitney, to name a few.
A native of The Bronx, Ossei-Mensah is the co-founder of ARTNOIR, a global collective designed to engage this generation’s dynamic and diverse creative class and celebrate the artistry and creativity of Black and Brown artists worldwide. Ossei-Mensah contributed to the first-ever Ghanaian Pavilion at the 2019 Venice Biennale with an essay on the work of visual artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.