In conjunction with their current exhibition The Nameless Now: NEFL Artists Respond, on view from September 4 to October 24, 2020, the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum is excited to co-host a panel discussion with Flagler College’s Black Student Association on Tuesday, September 22 at 5pm. Moderated by Shawana Brooks (writer, curator, and founder of 6ft Away Gallery and Color Jax Blue) and Rory Thompson (President, Flagler BSA), the panelists will include exhibiting Jacksonville-area artists Christopher Clark, Erin Kendrick, Dustin Harewood, Princess Simpson Rashid, and Roosevelt Watson III. The discussion will take place in person and open to Flagler College students, staff, and faculty, but will be live streamed on Zoom and Facebook Live for those in the community who would like to attend.

Artwork can be a touchstone in uncertain times, and artists are adept at navigating and interpreting the world around us. The Nameless Now is an exhibition of work by 35 NEFL area artists that provides a window into what it looks like to make artwork in the face of uncertainty, grief, loss, frustration and rage, as well as connection, collaboration, love, and beauty. The title of the exhibition takes its name from from a line in the poem "In Blackwater Woods" by Mary Oliver.

Artists include: Grace Bio, Gerald Branch, Dan Brown, Jake Carlson, Christopher Clark, Sean Kelly Conway, Mark Creegan, Katie Evans, Lenny Foster, Mico Fuentes, Eric Gillyard, Nancy Hamlin-Vogler, Dustin Harewood, Malcolm Jackson, Erin Kendrick, Jennifer Lail, Nathan Lewis, Kevin Mahoney, Russell Maycumber, Cheryl McCain, Laura Mongiovi, Patrick Moser, Hiromi Moneyhun, Madeleine Peck-Wagner, Sara Pedigo, Joseph Provenza, Princess Rashid, Leslie Robison, Tony Rodrigues, Varick Rosete, Jason Schwab, Chris Smith, Mike Taylor, Roosevelt Watson II, and Kenny Wilson.