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ARTSpeak: Yashua Klos

Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

In his multimedia practice, Yashua Klos explores themes of identity, memory, and African Americans' relation­ship to American labor. His large-scale works are created from the intricate formation of woodblock prints, representing ideas of Blackness through multi-dimensional, fragmented portraits. Unlike traditional collage arranged from ready-made source material, Klos creates all his collage material through woodblock printing […]

ARTSpeak Talk: Josephine Halvorson

Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Painter Josephine Halvorson, a subject of ART21's documentary series, will give a talk on her artwork and her artistic practice. Josephine Halvorson's work focuses on firsthand experience and observation. Halverson grew up on Cape Cod and studied at the Cooper Union (BFA 2003), Yale Norfolk (2002), and Columbia University (MFA 2007). Her work has been […]

ARTSpeak Talk: Jean Shin

Haft Theater Marvin Feldman Center, New York City, NY, United States

Sculptor Jean Shin, commissioned by the MTA for the Second Avenue subway in NYC, will give a talk on her artwork and her artistic practice. Artist Jean Shin is known for her sprawling and often public sculptures, which transform accumulations of discarded objects into monuments that interrogate the complex relationship between material consumption, collective identity, […]

ARTSpeak: Keltie Ferris

Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

From left: Keltie Ferris; Limbo Garden, 2023, oil and acrylic on canvas in the artist’s frame, framed size: 67 7/8 by 62 7/8 in. 172.4 by 159.7 cm. Artist Keltie Ferris will discuss his artwork and life experience in this ARTSpeak lecture. Ferris (b,. 1977, Louisville, KY) is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, […]

ARTSpeak: Arthur Simms

Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

From left: Arthur Simms, photo by George Etheredge; Carnival, 2005, photo by Jeff McLane. Artist Arthur Simms will discuss his artwork and life experience in this ARTSpeak lecture. Simms (b. 1961, Saint Andrew, Jamaica) is based on Staten Island, NY. His art is a product of biculturalism, a merging of his Jamaican heritage and American […]