May 15, 2022: “Marking Time Gallery Talk with Jared Owens”

Join us at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center’s (NURFC) Harriet Tubman Theater for a moderated gallery talk between Marking Time featured artist Jared Owens and NURFC Exhibitions Content Developer Dr. Jacqueline Hudson. The discussion will focus on Owens’ (2) featured works in the exhibition, Ellapsium: master & Helm and Oculus.

December 7, 2021: “Virtual AEIVA “Marking Time” Closing Event”

Join AEIVA for an engaging discussion with several artists featured in the “Marking Time” exhibition focusing on centering incarceration in their art. Moderated by curator Nicole Fleetwood, Ph.D.

November 29, 2021: “Men’s Training, A Special Reading”

“Theatre’s Call to Action,” a Birmingham Southern College course, will present a special reading of “Men’s Training” by Daoud Boone, a playwright who is incarcerated at Limestone Correctional Facility. Registration is required to attend this virtual event.

November 11, 2021: “Spoken Word at AEIVA”

Readings created by and read by UAB’s Department of English students with select readings from the Jefferson County Memorial Project blog by alumni of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s Youth Legacy program. Registration is required to attend this virtual event.

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November 10, 2021: “Mass Incarceration on Trial”

UAB’s Mock Trial team and Brandon L. Blankenship, director of the Pre-Law Program in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Criminal Justice, is partnering with UAB advocacy students to bring the “Marking Time” exhibit to life in a showcase mock trial. The hybrid event will be held at AEIVA and virtually via Zoom. Registration is required to attend this virtual event. Register online

October 28, 2021: “Chamber Music @ AEIVA: Marking Time”

Free chamber music performed by some of Alabama’s top musicians and thoughtfully curated in response to artworks currently on display in AEIVA’s current exhibition, “Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration.” Presented by AEIVA and the UAB College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Music. Organized by Laura Usiskin, cellist for the Alabama Symphony. Registration is required to attend this virtual event. Register online.

October 21, 2021: “AEIVA Movie and a Tour Night”

Join AEIVA staff for a tour of current exhibitions, followed by a film screening and discussion related to AEIVA’s current exhibition “Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration.” Tour starts at 6 p.m.

October 12, 2021: “State of Alabama Prisons, Past and Present”

Join us for a lively panel discussion at AEIVA with journalists, educators and advocates discussing the impact of the carceral state in Alabama. Registration is required to attend this virtual event. Register online.

October 9, 2021: Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood in conversation with: Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter aka Isis Tha Saviour Jared Owens Gilberto Rivera

Saturday, October 9th, 4:00pm EST. Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood in conversation with: Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter aka Isis Tha Saviour, Jared Owens. & Gilberto Rivera

Martos Gallery is pleased to host a conversation between artists Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, Jared Owens, Gilberto Rivera and Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood, author and curator of Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, and recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2021. The artists will discuss their innovative practices, formed under carceral conditions newly elucidated by Fleetwood’s scholarship and exhibitions, on the occasion of The Collective: Chosen Family, at Martos through October 23. This discussion will be streamed live on Martos Gallery’s instagram and will be linked on the website following the event.

October 7, 2021: AEIVA’s “Outside the Lines: Tameca Cole”

Birmingham visual artist and writer Tameca Cole will conduct a collage workshop at AEIVA. Cole’s work is featured in “Marking Time.” Registration is required to attend this virtual event. Register online.