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Writing Workshop with Jibade-Khalil Huffman

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Jibade-Khalil Huffman stands at a podium. Text above his right shoulder reads "We don't believe you" and the text above his left shoulder reads "You need more people."
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Feb 03, 2021 4:30 PM
Online

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
EASTERN STANDARD TIME
Free for all audiences over 18 (RSVP required)

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Accessibility Manager Helyn Marshall at accessibility@wexarts.org or via telephone at (614) 688-3890. Requests made two weeks in advance of the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

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Join us for a free virtual writing workshop with artist and writer Jibade-Khalil Huffman, who has written three books of poetry and has had work on view at The Kitchen, Ballroom Marfa, among many others. Huffman is one of the featured artists in Climate Changing, on view at the Wex this winter.

Each workshop participant will receive a journal. 

Space is limited, and registration is required.
Questions? Contact education@wexarts.org for details.   

About the artist

Jibade-Khalil Huffman is an artist and the author of three books of poems: 19 Names For Our Band (Fence, 2008), James Brown is Dead (Future Plan and Program, 2011) and Sleeper Hold (Fence, 2015). In 2017 he collaborated with the artist Daniel Gordon on a suite of prose poems published in conjunction with Gordon's monograph, Intermissions. His recent and forthcoming exhibitions and performances include Tufts University Art Galleries, MoCA Cleveland, The Kitchen, Ballroom Marfa, Kadist, Atlanta Contemporary, the Hammer Museum, MOCA Detroit, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, The Jewish Museum, Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, the Studio Museum in Harlem and Swiss Institute.  

Image of a man with a moustache and microphone. He is wearing a bowtie and pink text is overlaid the image that says "But do you believe in."

Still from Zero (2020), single channel video, color, sound, 72 mins TRT
Jibade-Khalil Huffman stands at a podium. Text above his right shoulder reads "We don't believe you" and the text above his left shoulder reads "You need more people."

Jibade-Khalil Huffman in performance | Image courtesy of Southern Exposure
A young blonde woman in a bed looking at a nurse with a subtitle that says Impending Doom

Still from Zero (2020), single channel video, color, sound, 72 mins TRT
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MADE POSSIBLE BY
American Electric Power Foundation
Greater Columbus Arts Council
L Brands Foundation
The Columbus Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Huntington Bank
Nationwide Foundation

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams
Kaufman Development
Cardinal Health Foundation

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Writing Workshop with Jibade-Khalil Huffman

Feb 03, 2021 4:30 PM
Online

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
EASTERN STANDARD TIME
Free for all audiences over 18 (RSVP required)

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Accessibility Manager Helyn Marshall at accessibility@wexarts.org or via telephone at (614) 688-3890. Requests made two weeks in advance of the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

Become a Member