The 21st Show

Best of: Touring the Black on Black on Black on Black art exhibition

Produced by Brian Mackey, Christine Hatfield and Jose Zepeda
 
Host of The 21st show, Brian Mackey, interviews an artist inside Krannert Art Museum.

Host of The 21st show, Brian Mackey, interviews an artist inside Krannert Art Museum. Illinois Public Media

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Every year, the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign hosts an exhibition highlighting the work of its faculty. This year’s program is called “Black on Black on Black on Black" and features the work of four faculty members. Their exhibit spans several spaces within the Krannert Art Museum, on the University of Illinois campus in Champaign. There are paintings and drawings, larger installations, as well as soundwork and video projections.

Brian Mackey, host of The 21st, visited and talked with the artists about their work.

This conversation originally aired October 11, 2022.

Guests:

Patrick Earl Hammie
Associate Professor & Chair of Studio Arts, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Stacey Robinson
Associate Professor of Graphic Design, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Blair Ebony Smith, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor of Art Education and Gender & Women’s Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Nekita Thomas
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design and Design For Responsible Innovation, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

 

 

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