A Look at Art's Potential to Reflect Society and Influence Progress

This discussion includes a variety of perspectives on what art’s potential can be to effect new frameworks in an ever changing society. By expanding the conversation more fully across spheres geographically, guests also define certain frameworks around the practice of making art, exhibiting and collecting, and arguably redefines notions of art’s potential for societal change. Moderator: Larry Ossei-Mensah: Curator, New York, co-founder ARTNOIR, co-curator of 2021 Athens Biennial.Guests:Pedro Barbosa: Collector, Sao Paulo, Founder of Mores-Barbosa Foundation.LaTiesha Fazakas: Founder, Fazakas Gallery, Vancouver specializing in Indigenous artists.Nate Young: Artist, Chicago, exhibiting at moniquemeloche.