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Send us a Text Message.Kenyan artist Jess Atieno lives and works between Nairobi, Kenya and Chicago, USA. She holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is an alum of Asiko Art School.Her work has shown in Kenya and internationally, most notably at the Bamako Biennial, Bamako, Mali (2022); Lagos Biennial, Lagos, Nigeria (2019); Savvy Contemporary, Berlin Germany (2023); Norval Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa (2023) and the World trade Center (2021).Her work is includ...

Send us a Text Message.Sara Sadawi is a Syrian multidisciplinary artist working mainly in ceramics. Her work examines themes of functionality and space through material-driven processes while referencing geometry and industrial objects. She has a DEC in Visual Arts at John Abbott College, and received her BFA in Studio Art from Concordia University. Sara is a current student at Cranbrook Academy of Arts and a member of the graduating class of 2024 to receive an MFA in Ceramic Arts. Notes from...

Send us a Text Message.The Program of African Studies @africanstudiesnorthwestern at Northwestern University @northwesternu presents “Parallel Perspectives,” a video series that invite artists, curators, academics, and educators to discuss topics related to the art world in Africa, the diaspora, and beyond. In these conversations, hosts Uche Okpa-Iroha @kedu4me and S.O.V.A Host Benita Nnachortam @nnenna.studio @benitannachortam talk with their guests about contemporary practice, art education...

Send us a Text Message.The Program of African Studies @africanstudiesnorthwestern at Northwestern University @northwesternu presents “Parallel Perspectives,” a video series that invite artists, curators, academics, and educators to discuss topics related to the art world in Africa, the diaspora and beyond. In these conversations, hosts Uche Okpa-Iroha @kedu4me and Benita Nnachortam @nnenna.studio @benitannachortam talk with their guests about contemporary practice, art education, history, and...

Send us a Text Message.The Program of African Studies @africanstudiesnorthwestern at Northwestern University @northwesternu presents “Parallel Perspectives,” a video series that invite artists, curators, academics, and educators to discuss topics related to the art world in Africa, the diaspora and beyond. In these conversations, hosts Uche Okpa-Iroha @kedu4me and Benita Nnachortam @nnenna.studio @benitannachortam talk with their guests about contemporary practice, art education, history, cur...

Send us a Text Message.The Program of African Studies @africanstudiesnorthwestern at Northwestern University @northwesternu presents “Parallel Perspectives,” a video series that invite artists, curators, academics, and educators to discuss topics related to the art world in Africa, the diaspora and beyond. In these conversations, hosts Uche Okpa-Iroha @kedu4me and Benita Nnachortam @nnenna.studio @benitannachortam talk with their guests about contemporary practice, art education, history, cur...

Send us a Text Message.The Program of African Studies @africanstudiesnorthwestern at Northwestern University @northwesternu presents “Parallel Perspectives,” a video series that invites artists, curators, academics, and educators to discuss topics related to the art world in Africa, the diaspora, and beyond. In these conversations, hosts Uche Okpa-Iroha @kedu4me and Benita Nnachortam @nnenna.studio @benitannachortam talk with their guests about contemporary practice, art education, history, c...

Send us a Text Message.The Program of African Studies @africanstudiesnorthwestern at Northwestern University @northwesternu presents “Parallel Perspectives,” a video series that invites artists, curators, academics, and educators to discuss topics related to the art world in Africa, the diaspora and beyond. In these conversations, hosts Uche Okpa-Iroha @kedu4me and Benita Nnachortam @nnenna.studio @benitannachortam talk with their guests about contemporary practice, art education, history, cu...

Send us a Text Message.The Program of African Studies @africanstudiesnorthwestern at Northwestern University @northwesternu presents “Parallel Perspectives,” a video series that invite artists, curators, academics, and educators to discuss topics related to the art world in Africa, the diaspora and beyond. In these conversations, hosts Uche Okpa-Iroha @kedu4me and Benita Nnachortam @nnenna.studio @benitannachortam talk with their guests about contemporary practice, art education, history, cur...

Send us a Text Message.Northwestern Program of African Studies presents “Parallel Perspectives,” a video series that invite artists, curators, academics, and educators to discuss topics related to the art world in Africa, the diaspora and beyond. In these conversations, hosts Uche Okpa-Iroha and Benita Nnachortam talk with their guests about contemporary practice, art education, history, curation, and more.The hosts:Uche Okpa-Iroha is photographer and graduate student in art history at Northw...