Panel Discussion on Artist-in-Residence Chakaia Booker Sept. 15

The black sculpture No More Milk and Cookies, made of recycled automobile tires and wood, was created by artist Chakaia Booker.

A panel discussion celebrating internationally acclaimed artist Chakaia Booker and her sculpture that will be installed on the KSAT, No More Milk and Cookies (shown above), will take place on Sunday, Sept. 15, at 4 p.m. in Landis Cinema at Buck Hall, 219 N. 3rd St., Easton, Pa. A reception will follow by the sculpture on the arts trail’s Movie Hill near the KSAT dog park; shuttle service from Buck Hall to KSAT will be provided. The rain site is Buck Hall.

Booker is KSAT’s 2024–25 artist-in-residence. The panelists, who will join Booker in discussing the sculpture and her influence in the art world:

  • Artist Berrisford Boothe, professor of art and architecture at Lehigh University and founding director/curator of the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection
  • Artist Adama Delphine Fawundu, assistant professor of visual arts and director of graduate studies at Columbia University School of the Arts
  • Artist Willie Cole, who created Grace Gate, the first artwork installed on the arts trail
  • Robert S. Mattison, Marshall R. Metzgar Professor of Art History Emeritus at Lafayette College

The installation of No More Milk and Cookies is scheduled for Sept. 9-13. The sculpture will remain for at least two years.

Learn more about the sculpture, Booker, and an Oct. 12 art-making workshop.

The installation and presence of No More Milk and Cookies on the arts trail and Booker’s KSAT residency are supported in part with funding from the Hotel Tax and Grow NORCO grant programs through the County of Northampton’s Department of Community & Economic Development, a Crayola Community Grant, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts, its regional arts funding partnership.

Photo: No More Milk and Cookies by Chakaia Booker
Photographer: Jerry L. Thompson
Courtesy of Storm King Art Center