# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Artist Conversation | Jamel Shabazz and Dr. LaCharles Ward
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 09 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Fri, 09 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for a conversation between artist Jamel Shabazz and Dr. LaCharles Ward, Supervisory Museum Curator of Photography and Film and Director of the Earl W. and Amanda Stafford Center for African American Media Art at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture.

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Known for his vibrant street photography, Shabazz captured the emergence of hip-hop culture, presenting images of urban youth with dignity and respect in an effort to combat negative stereotypes of Black communities. Dr. Ward will talk with Shabazz about his practice and experience, beginning with 1980s New York and continuing to the present.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/richmond/artist-conversation-|-jamel-shabazz-and-dr-lacharles-ward/200029387563827
- **Event Categories**: art, entertainment, photography, dance
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 45

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.vmfa.museum/events/artist-conversation-jamel-shabazz-7809?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=richmond-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Richmond
- **state**: VA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 200 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA, United States, Virginia 23220
- **lat**: 37.5557
- **long**: -77.47455
- **full address**: 200 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA, United States, Virginia 23220

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (https://allevents.in/org/virginia-museum-of-fine-arts/20962611)

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  - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=Artist+Conversation+%7C+Jamel+Shabazz+and+Dr.+LaCharles+Ward&date=09+Jan

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 09 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 200 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA, United States, Virginia 23220
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, entertainment, photography, dance
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Artist Conversation | Jamel Shabazz and Dr. LaCharles Ward ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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