On Monday, October 26th, Artist Seitu Jones will join a panel of Champaign-Urbana residents, including several University of Illinois faculty, to think together about what lies beneath local food insecurities and to illuminate the needs, desires and hopes of the community. Based in St. Paul, Jones is a George A. Miller Visiting Artist for 2020-21.
Artist Seitu Jones’ life work has been grounded in the civil rights movement and the Black Arts movement, so the impacts of structural and systemic racism frame his approach. Jones is interested in approaches that work with the materials at hand: land, plants, water, soil, air, and the humans who live alongside and in these environments.
This informal discussion, moderated by Urbana arts and culture coordinator Rachel Storm, will feature Dawn Blackman, Ruby Mendenhall, Jennifer Monson, Magdalena Novoa, and Bobby Smith II, in conversation with Jones. The event will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The link for the event is here.
Top image from Seitu Jones’ website.
