Learn about the fruitful scholarship contributing to John Rhoden's artistic legacy in a roundtable conversation with the catalogue authors. This panel features Kelin Baldridge Smallwood, Processing Archivist, University of Pennsylvania’s Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts; Greg Barnhisel, Professor of English, Duquesne University; Katelyn Crawford, The William Cary Hulsey Curator of American Art, Birmingham Museum of Art; Sylvea Hollis, Associate Professor, Montgomery College; Han McCoy, Rhoden Curatorial Assistant, PAFA; and Brittany Webb, the Evelyn and Will Kaplan Curator of Twentieth Century Art and the John Rhoden Collection, PAFA.

The John Rhoden Catalogue Symposium launches "Determined To Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden" (2023, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts), a generous publication that accompanies the first comprehensive retrospective of twentieth century African American sculptor, John Rhoden (1916-2001), curated by Dr. Brittany Webb, the Evelyn and Will Kaplan Curator of Twentieth Century Art and the John Rhoden Collection.