New Art Commission Interrogates ˿Ƶ's History with Racism
November 13, 2020
Bethany Collins, Dixie’s Land (1859–2001), 2020, Charcoal, toner and graphite on paper, 10-part installation, 14” x 26” each. Commissioned for the Van Every/Smith Galleries at ˿Ƶ, with funds from the Justice, Equality, and Community Grant. Image Courtesy of the Artist and Patron Gallery, Chicago, IL.
With the support of the Justice, Equality and Community Grant, the ˿Ƶ Art Galleries invited Bethany Collins to be the 2019–2020 Humanities Practitioner-in-Residence.
Collins was asked to engage with documents in the archive related to ˿Ƶ’s history of racism and slavery and then, create a new work of art for our collection.
The result, Dixie’s Land (1859–2001), premiered in From Pandemic to Protests this past fall.
