Talks
Photo courtesy of National Gallery of Art : “Legacy and Creative Inheritance ,“ a talk by four of Elizabeth Catlett’s granddaughters, Ifé, Naima, Crystal & Nia Mora (from left). Moderated by Dr. Terence Keel and part of public programming for the national retrospective “Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist & All That It Implies.”
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A reason to gather round. A dedicated talk series established to invite diverse audiences into academic and cultural spaces to feel seen, heard and celebrated.
“Inspiration invites awareness and curiosity …
… to further ignite a self-investigation that lends itself to human growth and expansion of the collective spirit.”
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“Print Like a Great” | National Gallery of Art
As part of the on going research for the production of Elizabeth Speaks, Naima had the opportunity to work collaboratively with National Gallery Of Art and fine artist, printmaker and painter LaToya Hobbs for the “Like A Great” documentary series. The short film was one of two films that accompanied National Gallery of Art’s “Elizabeth Catlett : A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies” retrospective shown April - June 2025.
Separate from the Elizabeth Speaks documentary, this collaboration lends itself to upholding an inherited politic of dialogue and shared imagination, exemplified further by Naima alongside three of her sisters who jointly participated in the public programing talk centered on their grandmother’s legacy. As seen in the photo above. National Gallery of Art presents “Legacy and Creative Inheritance .“
Artist Conversation: LaToya Hobbs & Naima Mora on Elizabeth Catlett | Art Institute of Chicago
The conversation continued on October 11, 2025 at The Art Institute of Chicago’s, “Artist Conversation: LaToya Hobbs and Naima Mora on Elizabeth Catlett.” Naima and artist LaToya Hobbs sit in conversation with each other, the art and the audience for Art Institute’s most successfully attended and sold out public programming of 2025. Moderated by Loren Wright, Assistant Director of Interpretation at the Art Institute, the conversation reflects on the personal, creative, and spiritual resonances of Catlett’s legacy—and on why Elizabeth Catlett is, as Hobbs and Mora say, “Everybody’s grandmother.”
This conversation was proudly presented as a New Paradigms program by the Leadership Advisory Committee, which supports the museum’s engagement with African American audiences. New Paradigms programs celebrate early-to-mid-career Black artists and thinkers who are impacting the field.
