![]() ![]() An Atlanta-based multidisciplinary artist, Benjamin’s “installations are a meditation on the color black as an entry point into discussions of identity, race and masculinity and the exploration of the complexities of racial identity.” The prize includes a $25,000 cash award and two-week residency at The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences in Rabun Gap, Ga. Paul Stephen Benjamin was awarded the Southern Prize by South Art, a nonprofit regional arts organization. Based in Los Angeles, Chicago, Mali, Haiti, and beyond, the fellows are working on education and criminal justice issues, and harnessing technology to improve lives and communities, among many other critical initiatives. The inaugural class of 20 was selected from 20,000 applicants from 191 countries. The Obama Foundation announced its 2018 fellows. Kehinde Wiley, who painted President Barack Obama’s official portrait for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, made the Time 100 list for 2018. She is interested in histories, storytelling and the excavation, re-interpretation and re-presentation of lost, unheard and buried voices.” A multidisciplinary artist, Cammock “works across moving image, photography, writing, poetry, spoken word, song, performance, printmaking and installation. The biannual prize supports UK-based artists and includes a six-month residency in Italy to create a new body of work which will be presented in a 2019 solo exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery in London that will travel to Collezione Maramotti in Reggio Emilia, Italy. London-based Helen Cammock won the Max Mara Art Prize for Women. The New York Times article by Linda Villarosa reveals a crisis situation: “Black mothers and infants are dying at a higher rate than white mothers and infants, in large part because of societal racism and racial bias in the healthcare system.” Photography by LaToya Ruby Frazier illustrates a special report on maternal health and infant viability. In order to diversify its audiences and groom and appeal to the next generation of museum goers, the Tate in London is seeking a trustee under the age of 25 to bring a youthful lens to the institution’s decision making. Just 2.7% of workers in museums, galleries and libraries are of BAME backgrounds (compared to nearly 10% of the UK workforce overall) while just 12.6% of workers in publishing are of working-class origins (compared to 35% of the workforce overall).” Read full report Findings include the following: “Women, people from working-class backgrounds, and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) workers all face significant exclusions from an industry which is over-represented by upper middle-class white men. Panic! 2018 a new report published by university sociologists documents a significant race and class divide in the creative industries in the UK. ![]() In the wake of the acknowledgement, Princeton is dedicating two campus spaces in honor of Betsey Stockton and James Collins “Jimmy” Johnson-two formerly enslaved persons with connections to the university. Princeton University has been reckoning with its historic ties to slavery, launching a project to research and document the findings. The public sculpture will be installed at the Walnut Street Bridge, the site of the brutal killing which is in the heart of the city’s tourist district. Jerome Meadows, a Savannah, Ga.-based artist has been commissioned to create a memorial to Ed Johnson, who was lynched in 1906 in Chattanooga, Tenn. ![]()
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