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John Jennings: “Go Back and Get It”

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
School of Art + Design Visitors Committee and the Frances P. Rohlen Visiting Artists Fund/College of Fine and Applied Arts
Location
Krannert Art Museum, Lower Level, Auditorium (KAM 62), 500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, Illinois 61820
Date
Apr 20, 2023   5:30 pm  
Speaker
John Jennings
Contact
Krannert Art Museum
E-Mail
kam-info@illinois.edu
Phone
12173331861
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Join us for a School of Art & Design Visitors Series talk by award-winning artist and scholar John Jennings (MA ’95, MFA ’97).

John Jennings is an award-winning artist, visual culture scholar, designer, storyteller and cultural activist.

His work has helped reenvision how Black subjectivity is constructed, viewed and theorized in popular media, fine art, and the academy.

In this talk, Jennings will examine how the West African concept of “sankofa” has been a lens through which his critical making practice, his pedagogy and his community-focused organizing has been centered.

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