In conjunction with the Arkansas Arts Center’s 30 Americans exhibit, tonight at 6:30, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center will host a panel on the topic of Art as Activism.

As part of the “501 to 501 Partnership Program”, Dr. Ila Sheren, author of “Art as Activism” and professor at Washington University in St. Louis will host a discussion with Thomas Allen Harris, filmmaker of “Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People,” Dr. Deborah Willis, Tisch School of the Arts Photography and Imaging Department Chair, Charley Palmer, mixed media artist, and Delita Martin, artist, Black Box Press studios.

This event will be held at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, 501 W. 9th Street (9th and Broadway).

The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center is an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage.

The event is free and open to the public.