Eleventh International Conference on The Inclusive Museum

Abstract

This research documents the historical exclusions of black artists from institutions such as museums and galleries in the United States and South Africa. My research proposes that a potential method to rectify/progress forward from these historic (and arguably contemporary) transgressions is to implement artist-in-residence programs that are framed around a concept known as the Black Radical Imagination; thereby encouraging a more inclusive and diverse art world. Using the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa as case studies, I provide a juxtaposition and possible blueprint to how fusing the Black Radical Imagination and artist residency programs can allow contemporary black artists an opportunity to write the art history of the future.