Conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and artists b. Robert Moore and Jordan Weber – SOLD OUT

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Iowa’s 2023 census data cites that of the 3,207,004 people in the state, 84.4% or 2,702,598 of the population are white. Growing up in a state with such low rates of racial diversity is an experience shared by artist b. Robert Moore and Jordan Weber (Des Moines, IA) and investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones (Waterloo, IA) and has been a catalytic factor in their pursuits to bring wider and more nuanced stories of our American history to the fore. Join these two speakers and the Des Moines Art Center for a conversation surrounding these dynamics and their impact.

Nikole Hannah-Jones is the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of “The 1619 Project” and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. Her books, “The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story,” and the children’s book, “The 1619 Project: Born on the Water,” have topped The New York Times best seller list. Her “1619 Project” is now a six-part docuseries on Hulu and won the Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. She has spent her career investigating racial inequality and injustice, and her reporting has earned her the MacArthur Fellowship, known as the Genius grant, a Peabody Award, two George Polk Awards, and the National Magazine Award three times.

b. Robert Moore has the current Iowa Artist exhibition, In Loving Memory on view through October 20, 2024. He is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist who is heavily influenced by socio-political events, cultural criticism, and collective identity related to the African American experience.

Jordan Weber is a regenerative land sculptor and activist who works at the intersection of social justice and environmental-apartheid through grass roots collaboration in industrial polluted neighborhoods such as St. Louis, Minneapolis, Detroit, Red Hook, Boston, and Des Moines. His work was featured in “Iowa Artists 2016” at the Des Moines Art Center. Weber’s honors include the 2023 Guggenheim Award, the 2022 United States Artist Award, the 2021 inaugural Harvard LOEB/Artlab Fellowship, and the 2020 Joan Mitchell Award.

For those who are unable to join us in person, the event will be recorded and shared online. Sign up for the Des Moines Art Center’s email newsletter to be notified when it is available.

This event is free; registration is required. Image, left to right: Nikole Hannah-Jones. Photo by Jason Hill. – b. Robert Moore. Photo by Andrew Sans. – Jordan Weber. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All programs.