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SUMMARY:Nick May: Fag Family
DESCRIPTION:“Fag Family is a series of double portraits of individuals in my queer community. These portraits capture the queer relationships\, queer spaces\, and the liberating magic of queer world-building that I have the privilege to observe and be a part of\,” says May.\n“Historically\, portraiture was a display of wealth and power; a luxury afforded only to the rich\, affluent\, white aristocracy. Queer individuals\, especially queer individuals of color\, have been totally erased from that history. I vehemently reject the stink of white supremacy and classism that continues to infect the art world\, and my goal with these portraits is to subvert that ugly history by capturing my fellow queer friends with all of the luxuriance and beauty of oil painting.\n\nCreated with photo references\, my portraits are nearly life-size and meticulously painted in order to earnestly catalog and celebrate the human lives I observe. Painting is an incredibly physical process: building the stretcher bar\, stretching the canvas\, priming and the process of painting demands an inordinate amount of energy. This painstaking process is compulsory however\, because it is crucial for me to match the energy of the sitter I portray. Exerting so much energy into the surface of the canvas itself injects a kind of life into the portrait\, as a homage to the living person themself.\n\nMany of my fundamental artistic influences derive from the trauma I endured as a queer child. The escapist avenues I ventured in adolescence like children’s novels\, campy movie musicals\, fantasy video games made an invariable impression upon me. Growing up with image-dump platforms like Tumblr and Instagram exposed me to many artists who influence my work: Alice Neel\, Mickalene Thomas\, and Jordan Casteel to name a few. As a queer adult\, drag queens\, experimental pop music\, and queer literature has indelibly impacted me. The apotheosis of these influences has left me obsessed with beautiful images\, creating fantasies\, and the human lives around me.\n\nThe power and beauty of my queer community inspired me to create this body of work. Despite existing in predominantly conservative midwestern towns and within an oppressive society\, we create safe spaces for one another to brazenly enjoy our queerness. Within these spaces we transform ourselves\, celebrate\, and love one another. Within these spaces we create a whole new world that celebrates and uplifts us.”\n\nNick May is a portrait artist whose practice is deeply rooted in community and queerness. They received their Bachelors of Fine Arts with emphasis in Painting from Ball State University and are currently working as a portrait artist in Indianapolis\, Indiana. Created from photographs\, their portraits are nearly life-size and meticulously painted in order to earnestly capture and celebrate the human lives they encounter.\n\nMade possible by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
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LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Words and Music-From The Belly: Etheridge Knight
DESCRIPTION:In this installment of Words & Music\, an audio series exploring the life and work of Indiana writers\, Sean Smith aka\, Oreo Jones\, explores the fascinating life and poetry of an Indiana Icon\, Etheridge Knight.\nSusan Neville\, Adrian Matejka\, Hanako Gavia\, and Smith discuss Knight’s later years as a poet living in Indianapolis\, his critically acclaimed publishings after prison\, and the art of meddling.\nBorn in rural Mississippi\, Etheridge Knight would grow to become one of the most prolific voices in the late Black Arts movement in the 70s. In a dark and dreary jail cell in Michigan City\, Knight would begin to find his true voice and calling as a pivotal writer/poet of the 20th century. A couple years into his sentence Etheridge would correspond with an American poet\, author\, teacher\, and Pulitzer Prize winner Gwendolyn Brooks\, and Detroit’s Dudley Randal from Broadside Press. It was his first published poetry book\, “Poems From Prison” that would make a splash in the literary world of poetry.\nUpon his release from prison\, Knight would move around the country as a mysterious figure of Black American folklore\, Known for his authenticity of the Black experience and his legendary Haikus. It was after the release of “Belly Song and other Poems”\, Knight grabbed a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1973\, and would help establish the Free Peoples Poetry Workshop.\nThe episode features poetry from Etheridge Knight along with a live soundtrack provided by Sean Smith’s father\, Mark Powell.\nThis is a continuation of an eight-part series made possible by Indiana Humanities and produced by WQRT and Big Car Collaborative.\nYou can listen live via the streaming link or listen on regular FM radio in Indianapolis by tuning in to 99.1 FM.\nAbout the participants in this show (all Indiana writers):\nSusan Neville is the author of six works of creative nonfiction and her collections of short fiction include The Town of Whispering Dolls\, winner of the Doctorow Prize for Innovative Fiction; In the House of Blue Lights\, winner of the Richard Sullivan prize; and Invention of Flight\, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. She teaches at Butler University.\nAdrian Matejka was born in Nuremberg\, Germany and grew up in Indianapolis\, Indiana. He teaches at Indiana University in Bloomington and served as Poet Laureate of Indiana for 2018-19. He is the author of five award winning books and his first graphic novel\, “Last On His Feet” is forthcoming from Liveright in 2022.\nHanako Gavia is the Assistant Director of the Center for Citizenship and Community at Butler University. She also is the great niece of Etheridge Knight.\nOreo Jones has made Indianapolis his creative mecca. A multi-talented artist who delves into sound\, music\, and visual experimentation\, Jones shares and expands the minds of people in surrounding neighborhoods\, while helping the city grow.\nThis episode contains strong language which may be offensive to some listeners. Listeners discretion is advised (edited)\nPainting of Etheridge Knight by Michael Jordan aka\, Alkemi.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/words-and-music-from-the-belly-etheridge-knight/
LOCATION:99.1 WQRT\, United States
CATEGORIES:Listen Hear,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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