Celebrate Joshua Rashaad McFadden's solo exhibition, new book

Joshua Rashaad McFadden, assistant professor of photography in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, is marking the release of a new book cataloging his major solo exhibition at George Eastman Museum, titled “Joshua Rashaad McFadden: I Believe I’ll Run,” from 6 to 8 p.m. on April 7, inside the museum’s Dryden Theatre.

McFadden, an internationally recognized transformative artist and social justice advocate whose award-winning work has been published widely, will have a conversation with publication contributor Lyle Ashton Harris, who has cultivated a diverse artistic practice examining the impact of ethnicity, gender, and desire on the contemporary social and cultural dynamic.

A book signing in the gallery will follow. The event is free and open to the public.

The book is an exhibition catalog of the early-career retrospective of the Rochester-based artist’s work in which he critically examines the racism and anti-Black violence that Black Americans have experienced from slavery to the present. McFadden explores how racism, masculinity, sexuality, and gender impact Black Americans, while at the same time envisioning a liberated Black life experience.

Bus transportation is provided free to College of Art Design students, faculty and staff. If space is still available closer to the date of the event, it will be open to all RIT students. More information is available online.

Photo: Installation view of Joshua Rashaad McFadden: I Believe I'll Run On, courtesy of George Eastman Museum