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ABOUT RODNEY MCMILLIAN Rodney McMillian (b. 1969) is a conceptual artist known for his multimedia works that explore the politics of race, gender, and class. He received a BA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia in 1991 and then studied art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and the California Institute of the Arts, where he received an MFA in 2002. He is now a professor of sculpture at the School of Arts and Architecture at UCLA. McMillian’s work has been shown in numerous exhibitions around the world, including the UCLA Hammer Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Herning Art Museum in Denmark, the Royal Academy in London, Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS STUDIO “…it was a block of music that made you think as the room does: Take Note. Listen deeply. The rest of the world is not like this…that sublime and exclusive room, almost too opulent for this world.” — The New York Times Launched in March 2016 alongside the inauguration of the revitalized Veterans Room, the Artists Studio is curated by jazz pianist, composer, and MacArthur fellow Jason Moran and serves as a space for artists to experiment, collaborate, create, and push the boundaries of their craft. Previous Artists Studio programs have featured performances by: jazz pianist and composer Jason Moran; Dutch contemporary composer Louis Andriessen with pianist Jason Moran; American composer and accordionist Pauline Oliveros and noted author, director, and dream specialist IONE; pianist and composer Conrad Tao and multifaceted percussionist, instrumentalist, and composer Tyshawn Sorey; seminal drummer and acupuncturist Milford Graves and drummer and musician Deantoni Parks; artist Lucy Raven; groundbreaking sound designer Ryan Trecartin with his primary collaborator Lizzie Fitch, music producer and DJ Ashland Mines (aka Total Freedom), and composer/producer Aaron David Ross; acoustic ensemble Dawn of Midi; composer Ryuichi Sakamoto; tenor Lawrence Brownlee with pianists Myra Huang and Jason Moran; multidisciplinary artist Rashaad Newsome; vocalist Dominique Eade and pianist Ran Blake with composer Kavita Shah; experimental composer Alvin Curran; internationally renowned composer, saxophonist, sound experimentalist, and mixedmedia practitioner Matana Roberts; pioneer of experimental music Charlemagne Palestine; art icon and DJ Juliana Huxtable; composer and saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell; experimental composer, improviser, and performer Miya Masaoka; My Barbarian collective founders Malik Gaines and Alexandro Segade; cutting edge visual artist Rosa Barba; Dominican accordionist Krency Garcia (El Prodigio); and the late trumpeter jaimie branch and visual artist Carol Szymanski.
NEXT IN THE SERIES CAMILLE NORMENT & CRAIG TABORN november 18
Multimedia artist Camille Norment uses the notion of cultural psychoacoustics, specifically instances of sonic and social dissonance, to create works that span the thresholds of the social and the political. She is joined by improvising pianist, composer, and electronic musician Craig Taborn for a new project that blends the pair’s unique styles and instruments, from the piano, bells, and chimes to found instruments, electronics, and the rare glass armonica. Playing with overtones and intentional feedback, the resulting collaboration also invites the audience to create their own sonic elements that feed into the larger, immersive sound world.
2022 ARTISTS STUDIO IN THE RESTORED VETERANS ROOM
HANGING WITH CLARENCE saturday, october 15, 2022 at 7:00pm & 9:00 pm
Written and performed by Rodney McMillian Featuring back up vocals by Shauna Howard and Tekeytha Fullwood with audio production by Scott Benzel
Support for Park Avenue Armory’s artistic season has been generously provided by the Charina Endowment Fund, the Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation, the Marc Haas Foundation, the Leon Levy Foundation, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, GRoW @ Annenberg, the Richenthal Foundation, and the Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the Armory's Artistic Council. Park Avenue Armory is deeply grateful for Senator Charles E. Schumer’s visionary leadership of the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program. Cover photo: James Ewing.
2022 SEASON SPONSOR
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