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Join us for a one-day virtual seminar, offered in English and Portuguese, showcasing new research on Madalena Santos Reinbolt\u2019s artistic practice.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch a recording of this program in English<\/span> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Assista<\/span> aqui<\/a> \u00e0 grava\u00e7\u00e3o deste programa em portugu\u00eas.<\/span><\/p>\n","start_time":"11:00 am","end_time":"4:30 pm","admission":"Virtual; free with registration","main_content":"

I work everything out in my head. I can see it all even with my eyes closed. I think of something, and if it has to be tacked then I start tacking, and then on top of that I stitch all the things that I have in my head. Really, it\u2019s the needles that are doing the drawing.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u2013 Madalena Santos Reinbolt, c. 1974\u20131975\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I Can See It All Even With My Eyes Closed\u2013A Virtual Seminar on the Life and Art of Madalena Santos Reinbolt, <\/span><\/i>a day of talks and presentations held in both English and Portuguese, is the first large-scale program exploring the life, art, influences, and creative processes of Madalena Santos Reinbolt (Vit\u00f3ria da Conquista, Brazil, 1912\u20131976, Petr\u00f3polis, Brazil).<\/span><\/p>\n

The program will focus on the trajectory of Santos Reinbolt, an Afro-Brazilian painter and embroiderer who migrated in search of employment from rural Northeastern Brazil, where she grew up, to the larger cities of Salvador, S\u00e3o Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Petr\u00f3polis in the second half of the 20th century. She chronicled local landscapes, people, and rituals from both her past and present while witnessing the rapid industrialization of her country in the second half of the 20th century. Looking at Santos Reinbolt\u2019s\u00a0 vibrant depictions of her social, natural, and spiritual environment, speakers will contextualize her practice as an expression of creative freedom and resistance within the complex climate of post-war Brazil.<\/span><\/p>\n

Organized in conjunction with the exhibition <\/span>Madalena Santos Reinbolt: A Head Full of Planets<\/span><\/i><\/a>, the first retrospective of the artist’s work\u2013first on view at the Museu de Arte de S\u00e3o Paulo Assis Chateaubriand in 2022, and currently at the American Folk Art Museum), <\/span>I Can See It All Even With My Eyes Closed <\/span><\/i>will present new research on this overlooked but important figure of twentieth-century Brazilian art. The virtual seminar will bring together leading scholars, curators, and artists from Brazil and the US to explore modernisms, Latin American arts, textiles, craft, self-taught practices, and the Black diaspora. It will offer a rare opportunity for the audience to situate Santos Reinbolt\u2019s artistic process in a broader historical, geographical, gendered, racial, and socio-economic context while examining the extent of the artist\u2019s practice and singular vision.<\/span><\/p>\n

The virtual seminar will be divided into two sessions. The first will begin with an introduction by exhibition curator Val\u00e9rie Rousseau, followed by a panel discussion with Brazilian and American curators and scholars\u2014Amanda Carneiro, Andr\u00e9 Mesquita, Amanda Reis Tavares Pereira, Mariana Arantes, and Dylan Blau Edelstein\u2014who will present new scholarship on Santos Reinbolt. The second session will feature a conversation between American artist Kesiena Onosigho and American art historian Julia Bryan-Wilson on the politics and aesthetics of textiles, followed by closing remarks from Brazilian historian and anthropologist Lilia Moritz Schwarcz.<\/span><\/p>\n

This seminar is organized by Mathilde Walker-Billaud, AFAM Curator of Programs and Engagement<\/span><\/p>\n

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Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Madalena Santos Reinbolt at the American Folk Art Museum in New York<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduction by <\/span>Val\u00e9rie Rousseau<\/strong>, PhD Curatorial Chair and Senior Curator of 20th-Century & Contemporary Art, AFAM and <\/span>Mathilde Walker-Billaud<\/strong>, Curator of Programs and Engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n

11:30 AM – 1:30 PM ET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Madalena Santos Reinbolt: A Public Secret No More?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panel presentation and conversation featuring:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

– Amanda Carneiro<\/b> & <\/span>Andr\u00e9 Mesquita<\/b>, <\/span><\/strong>co-curators of Madalena dos Santos Reinbolt: A Head Full of Planets<\/i> presented at MASP, from November 25, 2022 to February 26, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n

– Amanda Reis Tavares Pereira<\/strong>, art scholar\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

– <\/span>Mariana Arantes<\/strong>, art scholar\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Introduced and moderated by <\/span>Dylan Blau Edelstein<\/strong>, PhD Candidate, Princeton University’s Spanish and Portuguese Department, and Curatorial Assistant of AFAM\u2019s Madalena Santos Reinbolt: A Head Full of Planets<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET<\/strong>
\nBREAK<\/strong><\/p>\n

2:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Embellishing the Threads: Madalena Santos Reinbolt and Afro-Diasporic Textile Traditions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Conversation with <\/span>Kesiena Onosigho<\/strong>, artist<\/span><\/p>\n

and <\/span>Julia Bryan-Wilson<\/strong>, Professor of LGBTQ+ Art at Columbia and Curator-at-Large at MASP<\/span><\/p>\n

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM ET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Madalena Santos Reinbolt: Art As a Form of Saturation and Anachronistic Time\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Closing remarks by <\/span>Lilia Moritz Schwarcz<\/strong>, Full Professor in Anthropology at the University of S\u00e3o Paulo and Visiting Professor at Princeton University.<\/span><\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for a full schedule and speaker biographies.<\/p>\n

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Credits<\/strong><\/p>\n

I Can See It All Even With My Eyes Closed\u2013A Virtual Seminar on the Life and Art of Madalena Santos Reinbolt<\/span><\/i> is co-presented with the<\/span> Museu de Arte de S\u00e3o Paulo Assis Chateaubriand<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Brazil LAB at Princeton University<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Museu de Arte de S\u00e3o Paulo Assis Chateaubriand – MASP, the first modern museum in Brazil, is a private, non-profit institution founded in 1947 by Brazilian businessman Assis Chateaubriand. Its building, designed by Lina Bo Bardi, is a landmark of 20th-century architecture. This year, MASP is expanding, transforming into a cultural complex with the most important collection of European art in the Southern Hemisphere. Its curatorial program is diverse, inclusive, and plural, celebrating the history of art.<\/p>\n

The Brazil LAB is an original initiative at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, gathering Princeton faculty and students working in and on Brazil and on subjects Brazil is helpful to think with. The LAB | <\/span>Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies<\/span><\/i> | is a multi-disciplinary research and teaching hub for exploring the country\u2019s history, politics and culture, along with its regional significance and international connections.<\/span><\/p>\n

Accessibility:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This virtual program is free for all to attend. It will be recorded and shared at a later date on our website, Vimeo and YouTube pages.<\/span><\/p>\n

All sessions feature closed captioning in English, and live interpretation in Portuguese.<\/span><\/p>\n

For specific accommodation questions or needs, please contact us at least 10 days prior to the program at publicprograms@folkartmuseum.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Support<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lead Support for this program is provided by Dorothea and <\/span>Leo Rabkin Foundation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Additional support is provided by <\/span>The Coby Foundation, the Madalena Santos Reinbolt Advisory Committee (Vilma Eid, <\/span>Luciana Solano, <\/span>Maria Fernanda Mazzuco), the <\/span>Consulate-General of Brazil in New York \/ Instituto Guimar\u00e3es Rosa, Citi, <\/span>the <\/span>Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation, and the <\/span>New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the <\/span>New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature<\/span>, and the David Davies and Jack Weeden Fund for Exhibitions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Images<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Left: Attributed to Pedro Oswaldo Cruz and Cristina Oswaldo Cruz (Brazil), <\/span>Madalena Santos Reinbolt<\/b><\/p>\n

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  1. 1974\u20131975, digital photograph \u00a9 L\u00e9lia Coelho Frota, <\/span>Mitopo\u00e9tica de 9 artistas brasileiros<\/span><\/i> (Rio de Janeiro: Funarte, 1978)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Right: Madalena Santos Reinbolt<\/span>, Untitled, <\/b>1965\u20131976, acrylic wool on burlap, 35 x 43 1\/4 in. Collection Edmar Pinto Costa, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil<\/span><\/p>\n

    Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Space is limited; advance registration is required. Please consider making a donation when you register to support ongoing virtual programming.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Instructions for joining with a Zoom link and password will be provided by email upon registration confirmation under \u201cAdditional Information.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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