Cowboy Carter: Reimagining the American West
Morning Session
9:00: Breakfast and coffee in the museum lobby
9:15: Opening Remarks by Robb Hernández, CUAM Scholar in Residence and Professor of English and Director of Fashion Studies at Fordham University and Hope Saska, Director, CUAM
9:30-10:45: Picturing the West
Moderator: Yumi Roth, Professor, Art Practices, CU Boulder
Panelists:
- Sonya Abrego, Author of Westernwear: Postwar American Fashion and Culture
- Sonja Gandert, Assistant Professor of Art History, CU Boulder
- Robb Hernández, Professor of English/Director of Fashion Studies, Fordham
- Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders, Assistant Professor of African American History, CU Boulder
11:00-12:15: Sounding Cowboy Carter
Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter, Country Music and the Unfinished Business of Black Imaginative Freedom
Moderator: Kristie Soares, Associate Professor, Women & Gender Studies, CU Boulder
Speakers:
- Francesca Royster, Professor of English, DePaul University, author, Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions
12:30-1:45 Break for lunch
Afternoon Session
2:00-3:15: Dressing Cowboy Carter
“Look at That Horse”: Beyoncé, Black Freedom, and Equestrianism
Moderator: Steven Frost, Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies, CU Boulder
Speaker:
- Jonathan Michael Square, Assistant Professor in Black Visual Culture, The New School, Parsons School of Design
3:15-3:30 BREAK
3:30-4:45: Designing the West: Creatives in Conversation
Moderator: Sonya Abrego, Fordham University
Panelists:
- Emily Boksenbaum, Underhill Leather
- Caroline Hafele, GEM Hats
- Josh Tafoya
- Steve Weil, CEO, Rockmount Ranch Wear
- John Allen Woodward
4:45-5:00 BREAK
5:00-6:00 Fashion Show
- Designs by Emily Boksenbaum, Underhill Leather
- Caroline Hafele, GEM Hats
- Josh Tafoya
- Steve Weil, CEO, Rockmount Ranch Wear
- John Allen Woodward
Modeled by CU Boulder students