2008 Panelists

FOLK AND TRADITIONAL
Robert H. Browning
Executive and Artistic Director, World Music Institute, New York City

Marsha MacDowell
Curator of Folk Arts, Michigan State University, East Lansing

Halifu Osumare
Associate Professor, African American and African Studies, University of California, Davis

PAINTING
Byron Kim
Artist, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Amy Sillman
Artist and Co-chair of Painting, Bard College M.F.A. program, New York City and Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Lynn Zelevansky
Terri and Michael Smooke Curator and Department Head Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Calif.

PLAYWRITING
Lisa Kron
Playwright and performer, New York City

Julie Jensen
Resident Playwright, Salt Lake Acting Company, Salt Lake City, Utah

Robert O’Hara
Playwright and director, Brooklyn, N.Y.

INTERDISCIPLINARY
Thelma Golden (panel chair)
Director and Chief Curator, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City

Robert H. Browning
Executive and Artistic Director, World Music Institute, New York City

Lisa Kron
Playwright and performer, New York City

Byron Kim
Artist, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Robert O’Hara
Playwright and director, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Dr. Kay Turner
Folk Arts Director, Brooklyn Arts Council, N.Y.