The San Francisco Art Institute in collaboration with Meridian will stage a colloquium on the "Art of Tim Whiten" centering on a conversation between Robert Farris Thompson of Yale University and the sculptor. Dr. Claire Daigle will introduce the conversation.

In the monograph for Whiten, Thompson wrote:

"The art of Tim Whiten, ancestor-oriented, betrays more than a trace of African-influenced American tradition...Back-home ritual, combined with the aesthetics of Japan, plus mark-making, and the control of technology, identify an artist who is both universalizing and loyal to his culture. Visual ancestry triumphs over all."

Lecture Hall, San Francisco Art Institute
800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA 94133