Photo Gallery - Philosophy, Race and the Arts, March 31-April 2, 2023 - Mississippi State University

Photo Gallery - Creating Space for Lucy, March 31-April 2, 2023 Mississippi State University


Choreographer Paul Vasterling and Conference Organizer Kristin Boyce.	While tornadoes swirled to the north and the south, the conference enjoyed bright sunny days on the campus of Mississippi State University at the Shackouls Honors College, one of the conference sponsors.

Dance Studies Professor (University of Alabama) Rita Snyder, Author Caroline Randall Williams, Dancer Kayla Rowser (originator of Lucy), Choreographer Paul Vasterling	David Davies and Susan Feagin, past-presidents of American Society for Aesthetics	Presenter Thomas F. DeFrantz and Commentator Richard Richards

Kristin Boyce, Conference Organizer and Espresso Barista Extraordinaire	Speaker Halifu Osumare and Commentator Devon Bailey (photo by Gene Howell)	Speaker Richard Shusterman and Commentator Renee Conroy

Speak Easy Bar, to celebrate the end of the conference		Speaker Gillian Lipton and Commentator David Davies

Keynote Speaker Nancy Isenberg	Speaker Halifu Osumare (photo by Gene Howell)	Dance Studies Professor (University of Alabama) Rita Snyder and Conference Organizer Kristin Boyce

Donald Shaffer, Director of African-American Studies at MSU, a conference sponsor	Speaker Halifu Osumare (photo by Gene Howell)

Student dancers from the University of Alabama with choreographer Paul Vasterling