Curating The End Of The World

BY REYNALDO ANDERSON, TIFFANY E. BARBER, STACEY ROBINSON Google Arts and Culture, New York Live Arts, and Black Speculative Arts Movement: view exhibition (online exclusive) Curating The End Of The World, curated by Reynaldo Anderson (co-curator of Live Ideas festival), Tiffany E. Barber, and Stacey Robinson, is an Afrofuturist commentary on the end of our current age and “Cyclical Chaos,” interrogating the racist pathology and corruption that influences policy around the world. This multi-part exhibition will look at the global existential risks tied to ecology, climate change, anti-blackness, medical apartheid, and responses to the dystopian present. The exhibition features creative works by Chloe Harrison, Jessi Jumanji, Kinnara …

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.

Have you seen them? “Men of Change” at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

BY JESSICA HAMMIE Read below or view original post. “Have you seen them? You see them. Bold. Powerful.         Tragic. Beautiful.                 And true. They are icons with warrior roots. They are trees of knowledge. Legends of the past, inspiration for the future, the fierce energy of now.” The introductory text to “Men of Change: Power. Triumph. Truth.” paints a picture of what you can expect within the two rooms containing the ambitious exhibition. “Men of Change” highlights the accomplishments and legacies of black American men through text, photography, and artwork from twenty-five American artists. The changemakers — some long gone, many …

AR[ T ]MOIRE Interview

BY EFRAT CYBULKIEWICZ A Q & A with AR[ T ]MOIRE. Read below or view original post. PATRICK EARL  HAMMIE “Whatever path an individual artist chooses, their efforts are woven into the society and cultures that cultivated them and they carry an important role in representing that society’s life cycle.” Patrick Earl Hammie (born in 1981) is a visual artist and professor at the University of Illinois in the United States. Hammie grew up between Connecticut and South Carolina, and traveled the east coast frequently with his family. He graduated from Coker University (2004) with a Bachelor of Arts and the University of Connecticut (2007) with a …

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’ …

Romare Bearden (detail)

Men of Change: Power. Triumph. Truth.

BY MARQUETTE FOLLEY, HAILI FRANCIS, HANK WILLIS THOMAS August 17 – December 1, 2019OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, August 17, 4pm – 8pm National Underground Railroad Freedom Center 50 E Freedom Way Cincinnati, OH 45202 Skirball Gallery, Third Floor Men of Change: Power. Triumph. Truth. presents for new generations a ten-city national touring exhibition that tells a narrative of America through the profiles of 25 African-American men who are icons in the country’s historical and cultural landscape, including: Muhammad Ali, James Baldwin, Ta-Nehisi Coates, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Kendrick Lamar. Each biography is paired with original artwork that accentuates the subjects’ individual legacies and weaves …

Parent Portraits

BY ROBERT BUNKIN AND JENNY TANGO May 11 – June 8, 2019OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, May 11, 4pm – 8pm Westbeth Gallery57 Bethune St.New York, NY 10014 Westbeth Gallery is pleased to present Parent Portraits, an exhibition focusing on artists’ representations of their parents, curated by Robert Bunkin and Jenny Tango. The exhibition will offer works by these contemporary international artists working in diverse media, including painting, sculpture, drawing, intaglio printmaking, and embroidery. Participating Artists:Sigmund Abeles, Ken Aptekar, Anneli Arms, Joan Banach, Isabel Barber, Brian Brooks, Robert Bunkin, Susanna Coffey, William Crist, Patricia Dahlman, Harvey Dinnerstein, Elise Dodeles, Jenny Dubnau, Richard Estrin, …

Patrick Earl Hammie: Cultural Identity, Social Equity and the Black Body

BY OILVER ENWONWU AND OYINDAMOLA OLANIYAN Interview with Omenka, Africa’s premium art, business, and luxury-lifestyle magazine. View original post or read 👇🏽 In the third part of our continuing series on artists in diaspora who promote Black identity and pride through their work, we present Patrick Earl Hammie, an African-American visual artist. Patrick Earl Hammie is best known for his large-scale portrait and figurative paintings, which draw from art history and visual culture to examine cultural identity, social equity, and critical aspects of gender and race. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he received his BA from Coker College and his MFA from the …

School of Art and Design faculty exhibition tells cultural stories

BY ALICIA BARBAS Alicia Barbas at The Daily Illini​, interviewed Laurie Hogin, Guen Montgomery, and myself about our work in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s School of Art and Design​ Faculty Exhibition at Krannert Art Museum​. View original post or read 👇🏽 BY ALICIA BARBAS, STAFF WRITER DECEMBER 2, 2018 Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture For generations, artwork has spoken to American society in ways that words cannot express. The political climate experienced by each American artist during their lifetime often impacts the content, messages or themes in their work, and this truth is exhibited once again at the …

Art Now! – Episode 95 – Patrick Earl Hammie

BY RACHEL STORM AND JASON LIGGETT Visual Artist, Patrick Earl Hammie, speaks about his artwork on this episode of Art Now. Art Now is an award-winning mini-documentary series that has produced over 90 episodes on local artists working in Champaign-Urbana and the surrounding areas since July 2010. A joint production by the Urbana Public Arts Program and Urbana Public Television, Art Now highlights members of Urbana’s creative community and introduces local artists to the viewers of the program. For more information, visit: urbanaillinois.us/artnow. Artist: Patrick Earl Hammie Director/Editor: Jason Liggett Interviewer: Rachel Storm ♫Music By♫ ●Burbank – Sorry I Like You …