Kevin is part of a PANEL "The New City: Urbanization and the Arts," a collaborative panel discussion,

Noelle Lorraine Williams, All Things Considered… Please Stay (detail), 2011, West African tourist masks, vinyl, Japanese glass beads, feathers, wood.

MARCH 23, 4-7PM, 2011: ''THE NEWARK SCHOOL'' PANEL

"The New City: Urbanization and the Arts," a collaborative panel discussion, award ceremony, and reception of City Without Walls (cWOW) and William Paterson University takes place March 23, 2011, 4-7pm at the Ben Shahn Center, 300 Pompton Road, Wayne, NJ 07470. Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker will receive an award for his leadership in the arts and education. The panel celebrates "The Cross-Cultural Arts Festival: Africa and the African Diaspora" and "The Newark School: A Multi-Site Exhibition,” and is moderated by Dr. Clement A. Price. Free and open to the public. More information: (973) 720-2000 or www.cwow.org.

Panelists include: Dr. Clement A. Price (Rutgers University), Moderator, Dr. Alejandro Anreus (Co-Curator, “The Newark School”), Petrushka Bazin (Co-Curator, “The Newark School”), James Andrew Brown (artist), Victor Davson (Executive Director, Aljira), Kevin Blythe Sampson (artist), Dr. Lowery Stokes Sims (invited) (Curator, Museum of Arts and Design), and Noelle Lorraine Williams (artist).

More information about "The Newark School: A Multi-Site Exhibition” can be found here.