Sunday, April 12, 2026
12PM—1PM
Free RSVP on Eventbrite
We are honored to have the esteemed entrepreneur, CEO and art patron, Maverick Carter, in conversation with Titus Kaphar, world-renowned artist and NXTHVN’s founder and president. In addition to Carter’s great success in sports, media, and business, Carter and Kaphar will focus on his journey as an art collector and the meaning and importance of contemporary art patronage.
Registration is encouraged to attend this free, in-person event. Seats will be available on a first come, first serve basis. Doors open at 11:30AM.
ABOUT MAVERICK CARTER
Maverick Carter, a forward-thinking entrepreneur, investor and CEO, has significantly impacted the intersection of sports, media, and business to help usher in a new era of storytelling and athlete empowerment. As Co-Founder of The SpringHill Company, Carter channeled his passionate curiosity and business savvy into building brands that develop authentic, award-winning content across several platforms and notable experiences, all with a common thread of empowering others. In 2024, The SpringHill Company and its distinguished brands including UNINTERRUPTED, SpringHill, The Shop, and The Robot Company, merged with Fulwell 73 Productions to form a leading global entertainment company, Fulwell Entertainment.
With an extensive background in marketing and business development, Carter was instrumental in building LRMR Ventures and in securing James’ lifetime deal with Nike, the first in the company’s history. Building on a long-time partnership with Fenway Sports Group, Carter became a partner in the historic company in 2021. Carter also provides strategic insights to leading companies and nonprofit organizations, serving on the Board of Directors for Live Nation Entertainment, Equinox Group, the Boston Red Sox Foundation, and the LeBron James Family Foundation that is committed to creating generational change in his hometown of Akron.
ABOUT TITUS KAPHAR
Titus Kaphar is the founder and president of NXTHVN. He lives and works in New Haven, CT with his family. Kaphar is an artist whose paintings, sculptures, and installations examine the history of representation by transforming its styles and mediums with formal innovations to emphasize the physicality and dimensionality of the canvas and materials themselves. His practice seeks to dislodge history from its status as the “past” in order to unearth its contemporary relevance. Kaphar’s commitment to social engagement has led him to move beyond traditional modes of artistic expression to establish NXTHVN.
Kaphar received an MFA from the Yale School of Art and is a distinguished recipient of numerous prizes and awards including a 2018 MacArthur Fellowship, a 2018 Art for Justice Fund grant, a 2016 Robert R. Rauschenberg Artist as Activist grant, and a 2015 Creative Capital grant. Kaphar’s work, Analogous Colors, was featured on the cover of the June 15, 2020 issue of TIME. Kaphar’s work has been included in solo exhibitions at Seattle Art Museum, The Studio Museum in Harlem, MoMA PS1 and National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, among others. His work is included in the collections of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; the 21C Museum Collection; Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, amongst others.