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Exhibition Detail Mark Steven Greenfield, Vorris Nunley, Shane Shukis Film Screening and Discussion Sweeney Art Gallery University of California, Riverside 3800 Main Street Riverside, CA 92501 March 6th 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM   > QUICK FACTS EVENT TYPE:   Screening WEBSITE:   http://sweeney.ucr.edu/exh_topic.lasso NEIGHBORHOOD:   inland empire PHONE:   951-827-3755 OPEN HOURS:   Tues-Sat 12-5 First Sunday of every month 12-5 > DESCRIPTION The Sweeney Art Gallery hosts a panel discussion on the history of artists who have appropriated traumatic imagery from stereotyped images of African-Americans in their work and the conflicted responses their work has received from the public. Panelists include artist Mark Steven Greenfield, UCR Assistant Professor of English Vorris Nunley, Ph.D., and Sweeney Assistant Director Shane Shukis, Ph.D. in American and African-American literature. At 7:00 PM The Sweeney Art Gallery will screen Spike Lee’s 2000 film Bamboozled about a modern televised minstrel show featuring black actors donning blackface makeup that unintentionally becomes a national hit. > REVIEWS AND PICKS     [write a review] > COMMENTS     [add a new comment]