# Exhibiting Art from the French- and Creole/Kreyol-Speaking Caribbean and Amazonia: Sociological, Historical, Art Historical, and Museological Perspectives ![decorative floral drawing](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_5_4__480x385/public/2026-04/aaaaa.jpeg?itok=Qltjy-5s) #### calendar\_today Date and Time **April 30, 2026** 01:00PM - 05:45PM EDT #### pin\_drop Location **Hiphop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center** [104 Mount Auburn Street Floor 2R Cambridge, MA 02138 United States ]() [ Program arrow\_circle\_right ](https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/2026-04/LockeSymposiumFINAL.pdf) ![Poster](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/2026-04/LockeSymposium.jpg) The symposium gathers an interdisciplinary group of scholars, thinkers, and museum professionals to investigate the history, status, and future of exhibiting art from the French- and Creole/Kreyol-speaking Caribbean and Amazonia from plural sociological, historical, art historical, and museological perspectives. It is organized by Audrey Célestine (NYU), Cécile Fromont (Harvard) and Claire Tancons (EXTEMPORA) in conjunction with the Alain Locke Gallery’s upcoming exhibition curated by Claire Tancons by invitation of Cécile Fromont *Van Lévé: Sovereign Visions of the Creole and Maroon Americas and Amazonia(September 2026-June 2027).* **Thursday Apr 30, 2026** **Welcome and Introduction** 1:00pm to 1:30pm ***A Vast Caribbean*** 1:30pm to 3:30pm ***France/Antilles:** **the Politics of Caribbean Art*** 3:45pm to 5:45pm **Friday May 1, 2026** ***Lost and Found: Histories of Caribbean art and artists***8:45am to 10:45am ***Poetics of Knowledge***11:00am to 12:15pm ***Public Facing***1:30pm to 3:30pm --- Attachments- [ picture\_as\_pdf LockeSymposiumFINAL.pdf ](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/2026-04/LockeSymposiumFINAL.pdf) --- Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/node/1639481/event-feed.ics) Copy link link