AAAS Professor Tracy Smith in Conversation with Artist Deana Lawson

November 17, 2021
Tracy K Smith

On Wednesday, November 17, 2021, Artforum posted a video from their “Artists On Writers | Writers On Artists” video series featuring a conversation between poet AAAS Professor Tracy K. Smith and artist Deana Lawson.  The conversation includes discussion of their creative processes, how their parents have influenced, resisted, and embraced their work, and the holy spaces that Black artists occupy.  The hour long conversation can be viewed on Artforum's YouTube page.