Looking through the Lens of American History

Join us for a conversation about the role contemporary photography has played in addressing our nation’s history with artists Dawoud Bey and Ming Smith, author Jon Meacham, and moderator Eric Motley, Deputy Director at the National Gallery of Art. The presenters will explore how you can create photographs and construct narratives that speak to history.

Did you know Jon Meacham is the Canon Historian at the Washington National Cathedral?

Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, historian, editor, and scholar of American politics and public life, focusing on leadership and American history. Jon holds the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Chair in the American Presidency at Vanderbilt University, where he is also a distinguished visiting professor and co-chairs the Vanderbilt Project on Unity & Democracy. As a biographer and contributing editor at Time, he lectures widely in the United States on history, politics, and religious faith and is the Canon Historian of the Washington National Cathedral. Author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels, and His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope.

The Sharon Percy Rockefeller Panel Series is held each year during FAPE’s Annual Events in Washington, D.C. It recognizes Sharon for her extraordinary commitment to the arts, the National Gallery of Art and FAPE. Agnes Gund is the generous sponsor of this annual talk.