Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence & the Mbari Club, NOMA invites you to a lecture titled “Lawrence’s Lessons: Workshops of Empowerment” on important modern artist Jacob Lawrence with art historians Leslie King-Hammond and Elizabeth Hutton Turner. Following the lecture, attendees will have access to explore the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence & the Mbari Club until 8:30 pm.

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This program is free with museum admission. Seating in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club was made possible in part by major funding from National Endowment for the Humanities, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Getty Foundation Paper Project, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the IFPDA Foundation. The Wyeth Foundation for American Art provided support for the exhibition catalogue.