Reading Jacob Lawrence’s Struggle Series
Panel Discussion
This panel explores the significance of Lawrence’s narrative invention in his reunited Struggle series within the context of his creative practice and in connection with the exhibition Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle.
Panelists include:
- Joy Bivins, director, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Elizabeth Hutton Turner, exhibition co-curator and professor, University of Virginia
- Steven Locke, artist and professor, Pratt Institute
Joy Bivins
Elizabeth Hutton Turner
Steven Locke
IMAGE: Jacob Lawrence, Panel 21, Listen, Father! The Americans have not yet defeated us by land; neither are we sure they have done so by water—we therefore wish to remain here and fight our enemy…—Tecumseh to the British, Tippecanoe, 1811, Egg tempera on hardboard, 16 x 12 in., Collection of Harvey and Harvey-Ann Ross, from Struggle: From the History of the American People, 1954–56 © 2021 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York