A public discussion will be held that was generated from the exhibition, "Black Is, Black Ain’t," currently on view at the H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute. The exhibit confronts issues surrounding the concept of "race." The program seeks to create a dialog stemming from the exhibition and current events and will be facilitated by Janet Brown Moss, Lewis Diuguid and Artspace staff members.  

Taking its title from Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, "Black Is, Black Ain’t," explores a shift in the rhetoric of race from an earlier emphasis on inclusion to a present moment where racial identity is being simultaneously rejected and retained. The exhibition brings together works by artists whose work together examines a moment where the cultural production of so-called “blackness” is concurrent with efforts to make race socially and politically irrelevant. 

Seating is limited. Please RSVP by Thursday, Oct. 1 to mschonhoff@kcai.edu.