Wendy Red Star Announced as 2024 MacArthur Fellow

Wendy Red Star was recently announced as one of the 2024 MacArthur Fellows, sometimes also referred to as the “genius grant.” The Nerman Museum owns several of her works:

Red Star has also been featured in a some of our exhibitions!

Wendy Red Star also gave an artist talk at the Museum:

Learn more about her MacArthur Fellow award:

Joel Daniel Phillips’s work in Kansas Focus Gallery

We were so pleased to have Joel Daniel Phillips come speak at the museum on Aug 9th, and video of his talk is now available:

 

In his talk he mentions the book that is associated with his Killing the Negative series, a book he worked on in collaboration with another artist, poet Quraysh Ali Lansana. I have a copy of this book available in our Education Library now, volunteers may check it out!

Artist Website: JOEL DANIEL PHILLIPS

“Killing the Negative: A Conversation in Art & Verse” – this is the book in our library

Dyani White Hawk video online

When Dyani White Hawk visited fall 2023 (just before she won the MacArther Genius grant!) we were able to sit down and chat about her work in the museum’s collection. A video of her speaking specifically about Untitled (All the Colors), and the transcript, are now available online:

All the Colors Dyani White Hawk video transcript (PDF)

Video of dialogue between artist Ruben Castillo and curator Stuart Hinds now available!

If you missed the dialogue between artist Ruben Castillo (exhibiting in the Charlotte Street Fellows 2023 exhibition) and Stuart Hinds (curator of special collections at UMKC, including GLAMA) on March 7th, it’s now available!

the Charlotte Street Fellows exhibition closes April 14 so make sure to see the exhibition one more time before it closes!

Video from Kahlil Irving talk with curator Jordan Carter now available!

If you missed the in-person/livestreaming talk between artist Kahlil Irving and curator Jordan Carter on March 21st, you can check out the video online now.

 

If you are interested in reading the transcript (with timestamps for each section) click on the description below the video and click “show transcript”.

Enjoy!

 

 

Dyani White Hawk awarded MacArthur Fellowship

Dyani White Hawk recently spoke at the Nerman Museum as a visiting artist in September. We were so thrilled to have her speak with JCCC, Haskell and KU students at this program, which happened right before she was awarded the MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship!

Watch her full talk at the Nerman Museum here:

See a short video about the artist from the MacArthur Foundation: