The Art of Ruth E. Carter: Book Signing and Conversation (2023)

Join the Academy Museum for an evening with two-time Academy Award–winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter (Do the Right Thing, Black Panther) for an illustrative look at her legendary career. The conversation moderated by Academy Museum Director and President Jaqueline Stewart.

The program will visually explore Carter’s early work, iconic characters, and her upcoming book The Art of Ruth E. Carter: Costuming Black History and the Afrofuture, from Do the Right Thing to Black Panther. Carter’s work in Black Panther (2018) is featured in the museum’s Inventing Worlds and Characters: Encounters gallery in the Stories of Cinema exhibition.