Tag Archives: identity

Strategies & Resources

Below the Surface: Creating Hope through Portraiture

by Joseph Iacona | Dec 26, 2017

Strategies & Resources

Below the Surface: Creating Hope through Portraiture

by Joseph Iacona | Dec 26, 2017

Educator-in-Residence Joseph Iacona’s students embark on a project of self-discovery, inspiring them to feel hopeful about themselves and their future while protecting their identities.

On View Now

Cloth is a Battleground in Stephanie Syjuco’s “CITIZENS”

by Anna Burckhardt | Oct 13, 2017

On View Now

Cloth is a Battleground in Stephanie Syjuco’s “CITIZENS”

by Anna Burckhardt | Oct 13, 2017

In Stephanie Syjuco’s “CITIZENS,” textiles and cloth become signifiers of the battles over patriotism and identity.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Inside, Outside, Online: Dissecting social media, escape and identity

by Stacey Abramson | Jul 18, 2017

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Inside, Outside, Online: Dissecting social media, escape and identity

by Stacey Abramson | Jul 18, 2017

Educator-in-Residence Stacey Abramson relates the experience of art-making to that of constructing an identity online—both are a means of self-presentation and escape.

On Rust: Roundtable Discussion #2

by Laura Mott & Taylor Aldridge | Jun 15, 2017

On Rust: Roundtable Discussion #2

by Laura Mott & Taylor Aldridge | Jun 15, 2017

Curators Laura Mott and Taylor Aldridge speak with Detroit artists Tiff Massey and Matthew Angelo Harrison about prototyping, nostalgia, industry and decay.

Polyculturalist Visions, New Frameworks of Representation: Multiculturalism and the American Culture Wars

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 17, 2017

Polyculturalist Visions, New Frameworks of Representation: Multiculturalism and the American Culture Wars

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 17, 2017

Nettrice Gaskins examines the ongoing crisis of representation in cultural institutions, ultimately arriving at what she sees as a “polyculturalist” future for art, in which it moves away from dialectical identity politics to a sphere of fluid identities.

New Kids on the Block

Places Within Us: Jesse Chun’s On Paper Series

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Oct 12, 2016

New Kids on the Block

Places Within Us: Jesse Chun’s On Paper Series

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Oct 12, 2016

An exploration of Jesse Chun’s “On Paper” series, which appropriates immigration paperwork and passports, searching for a place of belonging that extends beyond geography.

An Imposing Figure: Thoughts on Activism and Commodification

by Tanya Wischerath | Aug 18, 2016

An Imposing Figure: Thoughts on Activism and Commodification

by Tanya Wischerath | Aug 18, 2016

In this personal essay, artist Tanya Wischerath reflects on the complexities of bringing activist art to a culturally objective viewership.

Booked

Life Among Other Men: An Interview with Black Deutschland ’s Darryl Pinckney

by Caroline Picard | Jun 8, 2016

Booked

Life Among Other Men: An Interview with Black Deutschland ’s Darryl Pinckney

by Caroline Picard | Jun 8, 2016

In this extended interview, author Darryl Pinckney discusses characters caught between conflicting identities and locales in his latest novel “Black Deutschland.”

Island. Then Island Again.

by Mike HJ Chang | Sep 17, 2012

Island. Then Island Again.

by Mike HJ Chang | Sep 17, 2012

Mike Chang goes to Pulau Ubin Island to speak with artist Amanda Heng about the early days of Artist Village, a long-running art space and residency program there.