The Display Room
Welcome to The Display Room. The Display Room is a live online talk series with a panel of creatives discussing new topics every week. Subscribe to our email, and follow us on our social media to keep up-to-date on new episodes.
Episode 1: Artivism
Marching through the streets, sharing information through social media, writing emails, and bombarding our officials phone lines have all played a role in activism. However, art has also played a significant role on either side of the fence during moments throughout history when advocating for change. In particular 2020 has since art flourish on and offline as a form of advocacy. During our first episode we will explore how art has played an advocacy role in 2020.
Creative Guest Panel:
Candace Michelle- Actress
Kat Day- Artist, and Model
Jennifer Sheils Hollanes- Artist
Heather Spencer- Artist
Episode 2: Documenting covid-19 through Art
07.17.2020
7:00 p.m. CDT
8:00 p.m. EST
8:00 a.m. 07.18.2020 (Shanghai)
During this episode we will view and discuss paintings, film, graphic design, and more that was created in response to the COVID- 19 pandemic around the world. Some of the artwork was selected from the Under the Rock Exhibition with MuseU&M creative studio in Shanghai, China. Through analyzing these pieces we hope to bring awareness and reflect on how countries responded to this dire emergency, the context of our relationships within our community, what we denote as essential, our leadership, and more.
Creative Guest Panel:
Sissi Wu- Artist
Jaime Ekkens- Filmmaker
Neil Mattern- Artist
Episode 3: Cultural appropriation vs appreciation in art
07.31.2020
7:00 p.m. CDT
8:00 p.m. EST
0:00 a.m. 08.01.2020 (Shanghai)
Cultural Appropriation versus Appreciation in Art
There is a fine line in incorporating cultural elements into visual arts. How does an artists decide if there work is appreciating culture rather than appropriating that culture through stereotypes. In this episode we will have a diverse panel to bring in different perspectives to this hotly debate topic.
Creative Guest Panel:
Annette Golden
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