Event
Race, Ethics, and the Arts
October 20, 2023
8:30 am EDT - 10:30 am EDT
Please join us for a panel discussion about "Race, Ethics, and the Arts," hosted by the Center for Ethics and Society and the Richard L. Bready Chair in Ethics, Economics, and the Common Good.
In this discussion, a broad spectrum of scholars, practitioners, and theorists will explore the stakes of racial justice and artistic production. The panel will ask questions, such as “What do we do with “great” art by “bad” people?” and, “who is missing from our conversations about art and why?” Questions like these can be uncomfortable, precisely because they hint at the fact that the arts provoke us to confront ethical challenges, sometimes in startling ways.
Bringing a broad range of perspectives to this topic, our panelists will develop their thoughts on the ethical responsibility of art as we grapple with racial justice issues in the twenty-first century.
Moderated by Dr. Sean Parr of the Fine Arts department.
Schedule:
8:30am Arrival and Breakfast
9-10:30am Panel Discussion and Q&A
Panel:
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. Her third, forthcoming book is The Dressing Room: Backstage Lives and American Film (tba). She has a PhD in American Studies from Boston University and BA in History from Wellesley College. Garcia has also worked as an Associate Producer for American Experience/PBS and as an actress in the first feature by director Damien Chazelle (La La Land), the musical film Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009).
Matthew D. Morrison is a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, and is an Assistant Professor in the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music in the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Matthew received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in musicology, has held the Susan McClary and Robert Walser American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, as well as 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. His book, Blacksound: Making Race and Popular Music in the United States, is forthcoming in March 2024 with the University of California Press. His work has appeared in numerous publications, such as the Journal of the American Musicological Society, the Oxford Handbook of Music and Philosophy, American Music, and he contributes creatively as a dramaturg and artistic consultant within the arts.
Laura Elizabeth Shea, PhD, 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, PhD, is in his 15th year at Saint Anselm College, serving the community as an Associate Professor of Spanish with research on the question of violence in Colombian literature. He uses a semiotic approach that focuses on the interactions between cultural space, individual desire and the events that unfold in the narratives. Through this approach he developed a typology of narrative demonstrating how the view of the city, countryside, class system, and modernization constantly shifted perspectives while remaining profoundly engaged with the local realities in Colombia. 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 New Hampshire's leading independent movie theater and oversees the development, growth, and implementation of the nonprofit’s mission, programs, and budget. She also serves as the organization's key spokesperson and as an advocate for the arts in New Hampshire. Actively engaged in community efforts, Angie has served as a director for the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce and Intown Concord. She likewise serves on advisory boards for the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, the Currier Museum of Art, and the Concord Coalition. In 2016, Angie was named Concord Young Professional of the Year and in 2018 was honored as part of the New Hampshire Union Leader's Forty Under 40 initiative.
James McKim is President of Manchester’s NAACP branch and also the author of the bestseller The Diversity Factor: Igniting Superior Organizational Performance. A graduate of Dartmouth College with degrees in Computer Science and Philosophy, 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. And he has worked with many organizations, including the NH Center for Nonprofits, on DEI strategy. 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 many high profile stages such as The Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, and The Arena Stage. He has also 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.
