Race, Ethics, & the Arts
Friday, October 20 | 8:30 - 10:30am | Saint Anselm College
Please join us for a panel discussion about "Race, Ethics, and the Arts," hosted by the Richard L. Bready Chair in Ethics, Economics, and the Common Good and the Center for Ethics in Society. A broad spectrum of scholars, practitioners, and theorists will explore ethical questions related to the intersection of race and art.
For those attending in person, please join in the Roger and Francine Jean Student Center at 8:30am for breakfast. For those joining virtually, the Zoom Webinar will begin at 9am. For more information please visit our website.
Meet the Panelists:
Sean Parr (moderator) is a music historian in the Fine Arts Department at Saint Anselm College and is the current Richard L. Bready Chair in Ethics, Economics, and the Common Good.
Desirée Garcia is an Associate Professor in the Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies Department at Dartmouth. She has published two books, The Movie Musical(2021) and The Migration of Musical Film: From Ethnic Margins to American Mainstream (2014), both by Rutgers University Press, and worked as an actress.
Matthew D. Morrison is an Assistant Professor in the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music in the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Matthew has held fellowships at institutions such as Harvard, the Library of Congress, The University of Edinburgh, the Tanglewood Music Center, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame/Center for Popular Music Studies.
Laura Elizabeth Shea is an art historian who specializes in the history of photography and global and contemporary art. Her work analyzes the production and reception of images that engage with the intersections of race, gender, movement, and memory in American and global contexts. She is an Assistant Professor of Art History at Saint Anselm College.
Jaime A. Orrego is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Saint Anselm College whose research focuses on the question of violence in Colombian literature and the interactions between cultural space, individual desire and the events that unfold in the narratives. Orrego also writes fiction, which focuses on the Colombian reality from the last thirty years, which deeply marked his childhood and adolescence.
Angie Lane is Executive Director of Red River Theatres, where she is responsible for the overall management of NH's leading independent movie theater and oversees the development, growth, and implementation of the nonprofit’s mission, programs, and budget. She is an advocate for the arts in New Hampshire.
James McKim is President of Manchester’s NAACP branch and also the author of the bestseller The Diversity Factor: Igniting Superior Organizational Performance. James is leading the statewide Economic Vitality New Hampshire initiative bringing together public and private sector organizations across the state to encouraging diversity, equity, and inclusion across the state. He is also an active musician.
Jesse Saywell is Professor of Practice in Theatre at Saint Anselm College. Director of the Anselmian Abbey Players, Jesse brings a rich background as an actor, director, and playwright to his work. He has performed on high profile stages such as The Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, and The Arena Stage, and has directed productions in Washington D.C., Phoenix, and Los Angeles. His play, Dignity, debuted earlier this year at the ARTSpace Black Box Theater in Simi Valley.