Kellie Jones to present the 2025 Gretchen Taylor Millson Lecture on May 5
May 5 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center,
425 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States + Google Map
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States + Google Map
The UCLA Department of Art History proudly presents the 2025 Gretchen Taylor Millson Distinguished Lecture, featuring Kellie Jones, Hans Hofmann Professor of Modern Art, Art History & Archeology, and Chair, African American & African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University.
Professor Kellie Jones’ lecture, “Suzanne Jackson: Ecologies of Abstraction,” considers the creative practice of painter, poet, and dancer Suzanne Jackson and its imbrication in ecocritical, feminist, and Black arts discourses from the 1960s to the present.
The Gretchen Taylor Millson Distinguished Lectureship was established in memory of UCLA alumna Gretchen Millson in December 2009 by her husband, Dr. John J. Millson. Gretchen graduated from UCLA with a B.A. from the Department of Art in 1961. This endowed fund provides much-needed resources to the department to allow us to grow and continue our longstanding tradition of excellence. For more information, click here.
The presentation, with a reception to follow, will be held on Monday, May 5, 2025 at 5 PM at the Luskin Conference Center.
Kindly RSVP by April 28 to CollegeEvents@support.ucla.edu or 310-825-0913.
