This event is designed by guest co-curators Ringo Lisko and Elijah Ramos, students in the Exhibition Development Seminar (EDS) at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), as part of No Stone Left Unturned: The Elizabeth Talford Scott Initiative. 

Program

5:00-5:30 pm Exhibition viewing and community feedback wall

5:30-7:00 pm Performance activations and remarks:

• Procession and monologue by Mama Sallah Jenkins
• Remarks by Elijah Ramos
• Spoken word and music by Unique Robinson
• Remarks by Ringo Lisko

7:00-8:00 pm Reception, exhibition viewing, and community feedback wall

The event includes after-hours access to the exhibition Ethel's Place: Celebrating Ethel Ennis, Baltimore's First Lady of Jazz.

Speakers

Elijah Ramos

Elijah Ramos is a dynamic multidisciplinary artist and passionate educator from West Palm Beach, Florida, and a fine and studio arts BFA student at MICA. Elijah's artistic practice is deeply rooted in exploring themes of communication, information, and diverse learning modalities. He is planning to pursue an master's degree in teaching.

Ringo Lasko 

Ringo Lisko is an artist and curator from Gallup, New Mexico, and a Rinehart School of Sculpture second-year MFA candidate at MICA. Ringo holds a BFA in sculpture and drawing from the University of Alabama and is the founding director and curator of spare room gallery in Baltimore.

Performers

Mama Sallah Jenkins

Mama Sallah Jenkins (she/her) is an artist, educator, and lifelong Baltimorean. Herinterdisciplinary practice, which bridges material culture and movement, is rooted in spirituality and ancestral histories. She has been an active member of the Baltimore art scene for decades, acting as mother and mentor to countless young creatives. Since earning her MFA in sculpture from MICA in 2023, Mama Sallah has returned to her passion of teaching art in Baltimore City

Unique Robinson

Unique Robinson is a poet, emcee, writer, and artist, and director of the MFA in Community Arts Program at MICA. A lifelong activist, Unique works within communities to promote change through creativity, engaging the power of language to confront systemic harm. Unique has released a variety of books, zines, and musical projects, including, most recently, the poetry and Baltimore photo archival collection (not) in service.

No Stone Left Unturned: The Elizabeth Talford Scott Initiative

This initiative brings together five museums and four university sites across Baltimore City for a reunion of artist Elizabeth Talford Scott’s work from February through May 2024. Students from the participating colleges—Coppin State University, Johns Hopkins University, MICA, and Morgan State University—worked on a presentation of Talford Scott’s work for their gallery spaces and organized a free public program. Under the guidance of 2023-24 EDS Instructor Deyane Moses, the students determined the curatorial direction of their presentation, drawing out connections to each organization’s collection, space, history, and/or audience.

EDS (Exhibition Development Seminar)

Exhibition Development Seminar (EDS) is the capstone course for MICA’s undergraduate Curatorial Studies Concentration. The course examines the curatorial process through the research, planning, and production of a major exhibition. Students serve as curators, designers, and educators as they develop and implement proposals for the exhibit’s graphic and exhibit designs, interpretive texts, public programs, community outreach, website, publications, and public relations strategy. Fall semester is devoted to the conceptualization and development of the artistic, design, and educational components for the exhibition in the spring semester.