Tag: IMA graduate

IMA graduate Seyi Adebanjo facilitating the James Baldwin’s America series

Photo of James BaldwinIMA graduate and Bronx-based artist Seyi Adebanjo is facilitating the James Baldwin’s America five part reading and discussion series presented by Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance! (BAAD!).

The series delves into the work of acclaimed writer and public intellectual James Baldwin who spoke about the tense relationship between America’s democratic ideals and our fraught racial history.

Mondays, February 1st – 29th at 6pm.
Free

IMA graduate Sam Feder featured on Huffington Post

IMA graduate student Sam Feder was featured on the Huffington Post, Beyond Transition: Documentaries Capture Rich, Complex Transgender Lives. The article talks about the portrayal of transgender people in mass media and progressing from the tragic image they are given to capturing more rich and complex portraits of trans folks. The article introduces Sam’s current project, Kate Bornstein Is a Queer and Pleasant Danger along with 5 other projects highlighting trans artists.