Significant Others: Maud Sulter in Relation

A symposium in celebration of Scots-Ghanaian artist, photographer, writer, educator and feminist Maud Sulter (1960-2008).
Taking her iconic photographic series Significant Others (1993) as a starting point, we’ll trace the connections between Sulter’s photographs and her curatorial practice and networks. We’ll look at her legacy in relation to Black and queer feminist writing, artmaking and organising and reflect on her continuing influence in the context of art practice, collections and research.
The symposium complements curatorial work to spotlight the Significant Others series developed by Museum & Gallery Studies MLitt students at the Wardlaw Museum, University of St Andrews.
 
Event Outline
1.00 – 1.15        Welcome and Introduction
1.15 – 2.15         Session One: Presentations and Discussion
Camara Taylor
Nat Raha
2.15 – 2.30        Break
2.30 – 3.30       Session Two: Presentations and Discussion
Natasha Thembiso Ruwona and Tomiwa Folorunso
Tako Taal
3.30 – 3.45         Break
3.45 – 4.45         Roundtable discussion
Tomiwa Folorunso, Dorothy Price, Nat Raha, Natasha Thembiso Ruwona, Tako Taal, Camara Taylor, and Susannah Thompson
4.45 – 5.00         Concluding remarks and close
 
 
Image: Maud Sulter, C’ est moi, 1993, gelatin silver print, Significant Others series, 1993. Courtesy of the University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, ID: HC2019.5(7). © Estate of Maud Sulter. All rights reserved, DACS 2022.