SUMMARY

During her pathbreaking career, Loïs Mailou Jones traversed diverse cultural landscapes and artistic styles. Her engagement with the arts of Africa and the Caribbean began in 1930s Paris, which is highlighted in the current exhibition “Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939.” Jones’s art and legacy will be the focus of a conversation moderated by Robyn Asleson, the exhibition curator, with guest speakers Carol Rhodes Dyson from Howard University and curator at Busboys and Poets; Alicia Knock, curator in the contemporary creation and prospective department at the Centre Pompidou; and Kelly-Christina Grant, former Smithsonian American Art Museum fellow and Villa Albertine resident. This event is a joint program of the National Portrait Gallery and the Embassy of France.