Lunch Break: Arts/Industry in Between

SHEBOYGAN John Michael Kohler Arts CenterSheboygan, WIJune 29 – May 4, 2025 This vibrant collection celebrates the remarkable partnerships and cooperative learning that flourish at the Kohler factory. The pieces on display primarily come from the Arts/Industry collections of JMKAC and Kohler Co., offering a unique glimpse into the creative synergy at play. The exhibition showcases contributions from a distinguished roster of artists, including Ann Agee, Michelle Grabner, Sarah Khan, Patrick Earl Hammie, Tom LaDousa, Jack Earl, Beth Lipman, Karen Massaro, Richard Notkin, Risa Puno, Nirmal Raja, David Ross Harper, Laurel Roth Hope, and Timea Tihanyi.

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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 …

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Inheritance

SOLO EXHIBITION February 25 – March 26, 2016 RECEPTION: Thursday, February 25, 6pm – 8pm ARTIST TALK: Saturday, March 19, 2 pm. KRUGER GALLERY 3709 N Southport Ave. Chicago, IL 60613 Kruger Gallery is very pleased to announce and invite you to “Inheritance,” a solo exhibition by Patrick Earl Hammie at Kruger Gallery in Chicago. This exhibition marks Hammie’s first solo show in Chicago, and collaboration with Kruger. Since 2007, Hammie has drawn from art history and visual culture to examine ideas related to cultural identity, masculinity, beauty, and sexuality. His portrait and figural paintings often use allegory to implicate power structures, and question systems of racism …

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Dialogist Interview

Interview with Patrick Earl Hammie, by Jennifer Palmer Published: Vol. I, Issue III Date of Interview: Dec. 8th, 2014 You received a B.A. in Drawing and Psychology from Coker College. How did your education play a role in your development? Do you feel your Psychology background plays a role in your process? Having the opportunity to learn at a liberal arts institution was invaluable. I took courses across the college that exposed me to many new ideas and practices, and psychology was one of them. Through those psychology courses I learned to question why we behave, and ask deeper ones about the …

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