Black to the Future: A Series on Contemporary African-American Aesthetics was a three-program series exploring issues of racial identity, presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Robert Colescott: A Retrospective.” Organized by Kellie Jones, Visual Arts Director at the Jamaica ArtsCenter, the series served as a forum for the presentation of alternative approaches to controversial issues at play in Colescott’s works through lecture, performance, and a panel discussion.¹