Engagements
Lectures | Performance | Presentations | Workshops
2023 | Workshop
September 28-30
Thurs & Friday, 5:30-8 pm
Sat 10 am-1 pm
Red Wing Arts
“Enter the world of Ta-coumba! Journey through his many different techniques and aspects of his style, in this workshop opportunity he is offering for the first time. In this multi-day workshop, artist Ta-coumba T. Aiken will guide participants through an exploration of acrylic painting, spirit writing, and tape & paint collage to create an abstract painting and a collaborative painting.” — Red Wing Arts
Participation fee - $350.00
Register here
Photo Credit: Tom Dunn Photography
MIA Friends of the Institute with generous support from the Mark and Mary Goff Fiterman Fund.
2022 | Lecture
Thursday, October 13 - 11AM
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Friends Lecture: Instant Memories with Ta-coumba T. Aiken
With generous support from the Mark and Mary Goff Fiterman Fund, the Friends of the Institute present Twin Cities artist Ta-Coumba T. Aiken; "Instant Memories: The call and response of past, present, and future times". — MIA
2022 | Closing Reception + Publication Launch
Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 3-5pm
Join Ta-coumba and Rebecca Heidenberg for an exhibition overview and artist interview in celebration of Ta-coumba T. Aiken’s exhibition Awakening and the launch of Dreamsong’s new publication. Signed copies of the publication will be available.
Details and to pre-order a copy of the limited publication go here.
Credit: The Fearless Artist Pop Up NYC
2022 | Keynote Speaker
Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 12pm
The Fearless Artist NYC 2022 presents “Art x Social Justice.”
“Join The Fearless Artist (TFAPOPUP) for 4 days of engaging panels, exhilarating art exhibitions and more” — TFAPOPUP
Ideal Glass Studios | 9 West 8th Street, New York, NY 10011
2022 | Artist Conversation
Friday, June 3, 2022 at 5pm
Dreamsong invites you to join in a conversation with Ta-coumba T. Aiken on his exhibition "Awakening", open through June 25, 2022.
“The Fearless Artist is present: In conversation with Ta-coumba Aiken”, by Yonci Jamesom | MPLSART.COM
2022 | Featured Speaker
Black Artists You Should Be Collecting Now: Why and How
2020 | Guest Speaker
Black Art in the Era of Protest: A Virtual Conversation
Minnesota Museum of American Art and five x five Public Art Consultants, St Paul, MN
2013 | Speaker
An Evening with Ta-coumba Aiken: Celebrating Our Similarities and Differences
Minnesota Humanities Center - MN Original (MNO) produced by Twin Cities Public Television (TPT), St Paul, MN
2013 | Keynote Speaker
MMAA Official Launch Party for Fall Art Crawl, hosted by the Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, MN
The Saint Paul Art Crawl is produced by the St. Paul Art Collective.
2012 | Speaker
Epiphany Gallery, Minnetonka, MN, Solo Exhibition and Keynote Speaker
2012 | Workshop
Putting Our Stories on the Street, Talk-It Hennepin - Hennepin Theater Trust, Minneapolis, MN View press release
2012 | Panelist
State of the Arts with Marianne Combs, St. Paul, MN, Black Artists Panel - Minnesota Public Radio
2012 | Speaker
Stop, Look, Art!, The Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund - Friends of the Plymouth Library, Plymouth, MN
2011 | Panelist
Bruner/Loeb Forum, Minneapolis, MN
2011 | Solo Exhibition and Performance
Breath of Life - A Retrospective, McNally Smith College of Music, St. Paul, MN View catalog
MN Original, St. Paul, MN, Promotional TPT Production
2010 | Selection Panelist
CPAC Creative Workforce Fellowship, Cleveland, Community Partnership for Arts and Culture, OH
2010 | Keynote Speaker
Rhythms of Life: A community collaboration, MFA Inter-disciplinary program - Goddard College, Port Townsend WA
2010 | Workshop
Kwanzaa Celebration - Voice of Unity Cube, Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN
2009 | Keynote Speaker
National Art Educators Conference Artist Series, Minneapolis, MN
2005 | Interview
Imagination and Memory, Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2001 | Panelist
Public Art and Design Committee, Hiawatha Line (Light Rail), Minneapolis, MN
2000 | Panelist
The Source, Grantmakers in the Arts, Minneapolis, MN, The McKnight Foundation
2000 | Artist Consultant
Hollman Project, Minneapolis, MN
2020 | Advisory Board
Books for Africa
1999 | Keynote Speaker
Community Artists’ Collectives’, National Community Development and the Arts Conference, Houston, TX