Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

The John Rhoden Catalogue Symposium launches Determined To Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden (2023, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts), the catalogue that accompanies the first comprehensive retrospective of twentieth century African American sculptor, John Rhoden (1916-2001), curated by Dr. Brittany Webb, the Evelyn and Will Kaplan Curator of Twentieth Century Art and the John Rhoden Collection. 

The John Rhoden Catalogue Symposium is free and open to the public. 

The afternoon sessions offer expertise and context for both the exhibition and catalogue. Learn about the challenges and rewards of photographing sculpture. Experience a deeply considered gallery talk about John Rhoden's bronze sculpture, The Slave Ship (1989).  Learn about the fruitful scholarship contributing to John Rhoden's artistic legacy in a roundtable conversation with the catalogue authors.