Ayad Akhtar: A Conversation
By RISD Painting Department
Date and time
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 · 4 - 5:30pm EDT
Location
RISD Museum, Chace Center Metcalf Auditorium
20 North Main Street Providence, RI 02903Description
A conversation with Pulitzer prize-winning playwright/author Ayad Akhtar, Kirloskar Visiting Scholar in Painting at RISD Shazia Sikander (RISD MFA '95), RISD Literary Arts & Studies Professor Avishek Ganguly, and RISD Painting Professor Dennis Congdon (RISD '75). The dialogue will engage collaboration, challening perceptions of identity, tradition, and contemporaneity from multiple perspectives.