Imagining Otherwise: Speculation in the Americas

Kofi Bazzell-Smith (Art & Design), D. Nicole Campbell (Communication), Daniela Morales Fredes (Urban & Regional Planning), Adanya Gilmore (Dance), Beatriz Jiménez (Spanish and Portuguese), Ramón (Ray) Martinez (Spanish and Portuguese), Emerson Parker Pehl (English), María B. Serrano-Abreu (Educational Psychology), Toyosi Tejumade-Morgan (Theatre), Josue David Cisneros (Communication), Patrick Earl Hammie (Art and Design), and Jorge Lucero (Art and Design)

In Blackest Shade, In Darkest Light

Giertz GalleryParkland College2400 W Bradley AveChampaign, IL 61820 November 14, 2022 – February 18, 2023 In Blackest Shade, In Darkest Light, curated by Patrick Earl Hammie, centers around drawing as a technology from which artists speculate, recover and collect communal histories, and manifest stories of desired futures from the margins of imagination into the realities of the everyday. The title draws inspiration from DC’s Green Lantern Corps’ oath, “In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil’s might, beware my power, Green Lantern’s light,” from which members of the fictional space guardians …

Black on Black on Black on Black

Krannert Art Museum500 E Peabody DrChampaign, IL 61820 September 22 – December 10, 2022 September 24PYGMALION programming: 12-3 p.m.Panel discussion: 3 p.m.Reception: 4-6 p.m. This exhibition includes work by Patrick Earl Hammie, Stacey Robinson, Blair Ebony Smith, and Nekita Thomas, presented through the lens of the Black Quantum Future, as proposed by Philadelphia-based activists and theorists Rasheeda Phillips and Camae Ayewa. The exhibition is a critical and openly reflective space exploring Black identity, collectivity, positionality, healing, innovation, and education. CLICK HERE TO TOUR MY WORK IN THE EXHIBITION The artists have curated a companion lecture series, community conversations, and a catalogue in conjunction with the exhibition. Find dates …

Patrick Earl Hammie: My path to Illinois

Patrick Earl Hammie is a professor of painting and sculpture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This is the text of a presentation he made to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees and guests on March 11, 2020.

Imperfect Exchange

BY KYLE COHLMIA September 9 – October 10, 2019PANEL DISCUSSION: Wednesday, September 11, 5:30pm – 6:30pmOPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, September 12, 5:30pm – 7:30pm Melton Gallery, University of Central Oklahoma100 N. University DrEdmond, OK 73034 Reshaping Conventions is a semester-long symposium on race, gender, and identity, that exhibits black representation through modern depictions and visual media installation. Imperfect Exchange is one of two featured exhibitions and lectures by artists Patrick Earl Hammie and Le’Andra LeSeur. Hammie and LeSeur breach canon and stereotypes to express their individuality and humanity, and shift social consciousness. Through this symposium viewers are invited to experience these artists’ …

Aureole

SOLO EXHIBITION September 29 – November 19, 2017 ARTIST TALK: Friday, September 29, 6 pm RECEPTION: Friday, September 29, 7 pm– 8pm WRISTON ART CENTER Lawrence University 613 E College Ave. Appleton, WI 54911

Lecture at Ball State University

PUBLIC LECTURE Tuesday, March 15, 5:30 to 7 pm BALL STATE UNIVERSITY Arts and Journalism Building, room 225 2000 W. University Ave. Muncie, IN 47306 The School of Art at Ball State University is excited to present a public lecture, “New Narratives,” by artist Patrick Earl Hammie as part of the Visiting Artists, Designers, and Scholars 2015-2016 series. At once dramatic and sensitive, for individuals who appreciate oil painting and figurative art, Mr. Hammie’s presentation is a must-see event.