Learn about the transformative legacy of Tom Lloyd—father, community member, activist, and genre-pushing artist—through a conversation with those who knew him and his work most closely. 

Presented in conjunction with the opening of Tom Lloyd, a landmark exhibition grounded in extensive new research and conservation work led by the Studio Museum in Harlem, the panel includes Lloyd’s children, Carol Lloyd and Jaleel El Shabazz, alongside Studio Museum curator Connie Choi. 

Through this discussion moderated by Frye exhibition curator Tamar Benzikry, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of Tom Lloyd’s artistic innovation and enduring advocacy, exploring how he both shaped and challenged the landscape of contemporary art in New York during the 1960s and 1970s.

About the Panelists

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Connie H. Choi is Curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, where she recently organized Tom Lloyd and co-organized From Now: A Collection in Context, two of the inaugural exhibitions in the Museum’s new building. Prior to joining the Studio Museum, Choi was the assistant curator of American art at the Brooklyn Museum. She is on the advisory committees of the Andrews-Humphrey Family Foundation and the Shirley Fiterman Art Center at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. Choi has a Ph.D. in art history from Columbia University, an Ed.M. in arts education from Harvard University, and a B.A. in the history of art from Yale University.

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Carol Lloyd and Jaleel El-Shabazz are the children of Tom Lloyd. They grew up in and around the Store Front Museum and now enjoy supporting his work and legacy through talks, interviews, and more.