Diversity, Perception, and Responsibility in Illustration with Robyn Phillips-Pendleton

July 7, 2016 @ 5:30 pm EDT - 6:30 pm EDT

Blatant, subtle, or perceived racial stereotypes created by illustrators, and sanctioned by art directors and publishers, have been woven into the fabric of the relationship between imagery and text, and shaped American’s perception of race for over four centuries. Robyn Phillips-Pendleton, Associate Professor of Visual Communication at the University of Delaware, is an artist for the United States Air Force Art Program, and has created illustrations for magazines, books, and educational institutions.

THURSDAY EVENING LECTURE AND PERFORMANCE SERIES
Real or Imagined? Adventures in Visual Culture
Thursdays July 7, 14, 21, 28; August 4, 11, 18, 25
5:30 p.m.

Enjoy this engaging series of talks and performances inspired by Rockwell and Realism in an Abstract World, and the persuasive power of visual imagery in its many forms. Free for Museum members, or included with Museum admission. Reservations are suggested.

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Land Acknowledgement

It is with gratitude and humility that we acknowledge that we are learning, speaking and gathering on the ancestral homelands of the Mohican people, who are the indigenous peoples of this land on which the Norman Rockwell Museum was built. Despite tremendous hardship in being forced from here, today their community resides in Wisconsin and is known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. We pay honor and respect to their ancestors past and present as we commit to building a more inclusive and equitable space for all.

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