Just Cause: The Power of Contemporary Art in Social Engagement

September 22, 2023

Oct. 7–Dec. 10, 2023 From homemade protest signs to propaganda posters, artistic activism is a powerfully persuasive tool intended to raise awareness and elicit action on social and political issues. “Just Cause” brings together 14 advocate artists from across the United States, who use their art to civically promote a cause or inspire social change. Through a variety of mediums, the featured artwork provides provocative commentaries on some of today’s most pressing issues, including homelessness, civil rights, social justice, gender inequality, climate change, immigration and civil liberties. Featured artists include: Russell Biles, Christian Black, Aaron S. Coleman, Sarah Conti, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Michelle …

I AM… LEGEND

October 12, 2021

October 23, 2021 – February 12, 2022 Freeport Art Museum121 North Harlem AvenueFreeport, Illinois 61032 Register for Opening Reception I AM… LEGEND is a collection of wall installations and works on paper that study American experiences haunted by racialized angst and terrorism, visualizing how far we go to allay fear and pursue happiness. Referencing Soul Train and early lynching photographs, Hammie explores embedded anxieties and self-heroization, disrupting nostalgia to propose how personal connections to collective experience allows space for empathy and action. Through the lens of the ethno-Gothic, a sub-genre of horror developed in Black speculative culture, Hammie taps into …

Imagining Otherwise – Humanities Research Institute Announces Inaugural Mellon Interseminars Project

October 11, 2021

Humanities Research Institute Announces Inaugural Mellon Interseminars Project Initiative Supports Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education Innovation in the Arts and Humanities CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – October 11, 2021 The Humanities Research Institute (HRI) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has announced the inaugural Interseminars project, led by professors Carolyn Fornoff of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Josue David Cisneros of the Department of Communication and Patrick Earl Hammie of the School of Art and Design. Funded by a $2,000,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Interseminars Initiative will fund three such projects over three successive years, each selected through a competitive application process. This initiative represents the …

Foreword

September 20, 2021

September 27 – November 13, 2021 Crooked Tree Arts Center – Traverse City322 Sixth StreetTraverse City, MI 49684(231) 941-9488 Foreward centers a Black family’s intergenerational acts of survival, rebellion, and hope. These experiences are too often buried behind leading news stories not typically curated by, or considerate of, Black people’s needs and knowledge. Illinois-based artist Patrick Earl Hammie uses figuration across traditional media to examine past and present black diasporic experiences and themes related to cultural identity, social equity, narrative, and the body in visual culture. Through portraits and allegories, Hammie explores the complexities of identity, emotion, and family by layering …

DECAHEDRON

June 7, 2021

By Jenny Lam Artist on the Lam (online exclusive) This online exhibition celebrates 10 years of Artist on the Lam. It was on Monday, June 6, 2011, that Jenny Lam published her first post on what would later be voted “Best Arts Blog” in the Chicago Reader’s Best of Chicago issue. As part of the celebration, Jenny has curated an international exhibition called DECAHEDRON. She invited all artists from past shows, invited other artists she admired but hadn’t exhibited yet (likening the process to an episodic TV series where you wander the land embarking on different adventures and meeting different …

Wicked Art Assignments

November 2, 2020

By Emiel Heijnen and Melissa Bremmer Order from Valiz Press, or at Amazon. Wicked Art Assignments: Practising Creativity in Contemporary Arts Education was published this October. I had the pleasure of contributing an assignment from my Advanced Painting Class. This book is sharp, in full color with 100 “assignments” and several interviews with prominent artist-teachers. The assignments collected here connect to the visual arts, performance, theatre, music and design, but more importantly, they encourage cross-disciplinarity. They reflect themes and ways of working in contemporary arts, offering opportunities to learn about ourselves, the arts, and the world. The first part of …

We Got Next, Conversation with Endalyn Taylor and Patrick Earl Hammie

August 13, 2020

“We Got Next” is a five part, webinar series designed to highlight the work and research of faculty of color relevant to race and equality. This effort is led by Endalyn Taylor, professor in the Department of Dance and Dean’s Fellow. Each week, Taylor will be joined by faculty members and special guests to share their research and a live discussion of the work’s creation, impact, relationship to the perpetual pandemic of racism, and the systematic issues brought to the forefront by George Floyd’s murder and other recent events. Graphic design by Stacey Robinson.

We Are More Than A Moment

August 12, 2020

By Genevieve Gaignard and Erica Wall August 15 – November 2020MCLA Gallery 51 (online exclusive) This virtual exhibition is organized by MCLA’s Gallery 51 and curated by Inaugural Artist in Residence, Genevieve Gaignard. Gaignard is a Los Angeles based artist whose work focuses on photographic self-portraiture, sculpture, and installation to explore race, femininity, class, and their various intersections. It is this exploration coupled with our nation’s most recent events that inspires the focus of this exhibition. Visit Gallery One: Ambrose, Cheryl Bartley, Troy Chew, Jennifer Datchuk, Alexandria Deters, Kirsten Furlong, Merik Goma, Patrick Earl Hammie, Ashley Jan, Lavaughan Jenkins, Helina Metaferia, …

American Art Collector August Issue

August 1, 2020

Glad to be featured for my contributions to portraiture, and recognized among an amazing group of artists. Thanks Menendez and O’Hern for bringing attention to the current work and thought in contemporary portrait painting. Menendez, Didi, 10 Portrait Artist To Know Right Now, Issue 178, pp. 44-45 O’Hern, John, Modernizing Tradition, Issue 178, pp. 58-61 Get American Art Collector August Issue

BE REAL BLACK, FOR ME

July 4, 2020

BY BEATHUR MGOZA BAKER AND IMRAAN JEEVA July 4 – September 12, 2020Madlozi Art Gallery (online exclusive) In the wake of ongoing race-based police brutality, and the institutionally sanctioned killing of Black people this project is a response from artists from Africa and across the Black and African Diaspora supporting social justice movements in the United States, as a conscious intervention reclaiming and affirming Black bodies and lives universally. ‘BE REAL BLACK, FOR ME’ is an exhibition of contemporary art curated as an intervention and dialogue across continents paying homage to Black bodies as sites of healing, resilience, resistance, and …