Episodes

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  A Black Canvas Conversation With Artists REWA and Ariana Vaeth

  Pigment International was a media sponsor for the 2022 iteration of EXPO Chicago, one of the largest contemporary art shows in
  the country. Visiting Chicago for the event were Lagos, Nigeria based artist REWA, whose work graces the cover of the Winter 2021-22 Pigment Magazine. Also, joining us is Milwaukee based artist Ariana Vaeth. We discussed how each approach their work, their inspirations and influences; and what they love about each other’s work.

  May 2022 - 31 min 56 sec

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  Black Fine Art Month 2021

  Today’s podcast is part of our programming for Black Fine Art Month. Held each October, Black Fine Art Month is a global
  celebration of the Black fine art aesthetic, an annual recognition of artists, innovators, collectors, curators and those vested in the black art tradition. And an opportunity to commemorate and elevate these contributions through art programming. The conversation you are about to hear centers on the role black artists have in telling a more complete story of our country’s history. NBC 5 Chicago’s Leeann Trotter is in conversation with artist, sculptor and poet Gerald Griffin, Dr. Robert Hanserd, associate professor of African American History at Columbia College Chicago, and artist and activist Dwight White. It was recorded at the DuSable Museum of African American History, a Smithsonian affiliate.

  Apr 2022 - 47 min 36 sec

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  A Black Canvas Conversation With Artist Lavett Ballard: Influence, Emulate, Appropriate

  Lavett Ballard is an artist, an educator, a historian, author, culture keeper. Her work is immediately recognizable in that she uses
  slices of aged wood and slices of birch in her work, specifically wooden fences. She began this practice for her thesis and continues to evolve it. Influenced by Denzel Washington’s performance in the movie Fences she says, “Fences are a metaphor for those things that both keep us in and things that keep us out.” Her work The Bus Riders – Demanding Dignity depicting Rosa Parks was on the cover of Time Magazine in 2020. Today we’ll learn more about her practice, influences and motivations.

  Apr 2022 - 49 min 48 sec

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  Pigment Innovation Series - Disruptive!

  Pigment international’s inaugural Black Canvas Podcast is focused on how Black artists and platform creators are disrupting the art
  world. Joining us are artist, technologist and leading crypto and NFT strategist Israel Wilson, Janice Bond, cultural architect, art advisor and interdisciplinary artist and the co-founder & CEO of Art World Learning Dexter Wembly, also founder of the Hyama residency.

  Apr 2022 - 1 hr 5 min 36 sec