Mural Workshop With Lady Pink

Above: Whaley, Pink, and Anthony.

As the exhibition activities draw to a close, it winds down with big events. As a part of Lady Pink's visit, she did a mural workshop with UI studio arts students and co-curator Deborah Whaley. The finished mural will be exhibited in our Black Box exhibition space. David Scrivner of The Daily Iowa created a multimedia video of the painting of the mural on day 2 when it was 1/2 complete (we worked on the mural for 3 days for 8 hours each day).

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UIMA PE Panel on Fear of a Black Planet

Above: Introducing PE Panel, April 1, 2010

The PE Panel kicked off a major moment in our exhibition. Nearly 700 people attended the panel that featured Harry Allen, Hank and Keith Shockley, and Chuck D.

For a video montage of the event, click here.

Also, we created a music playlist for the exhibition. Click on the music player to access playlist:

List of Exhibition Events

--Two Turntables and Microphone: Hip-hop Contexts Featuring Harry Allen’s Part of the Permanent Record: Photos from the Previous Century Exhibition, curators Deborah Whaley & Kembrew McLeod: March 27-June 27 IMU, Black Box Theatre(UIMA can arrange class field trips with a tour guide:http://uima.uiowa.edu/education-tours/)

--Museum Doner Reception, IMU Main Lounge, 7-9pm, March 25

--7pm, Thursday April 1, Englert Theater: Public Enemy panel celebrating the 20th anniversary of the hip-hop group’s groundbreaking album, Fear of a Black Planet—featuring Public Enemy frontman Chuck D, Hip-Hop Activist & Media Assassin Harry Allen, and PE co-founders Hank Shocklee and Keith Shocklee (members of the group’s original production unit, the Bomb Squad). Moderated by Kembrew McLeod. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

--9PM, Thursday April 1, Yacht Club Music Acts: The Bomb Squad, The Hood Internet, Database, School of Flyentology. Part of the Mission Creek Festival.

--Lady Pink Lecture April 21, 7:30p - 9pm, Van Allen hall, Lecture Room 2. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

--Lady Pink Mural workshop with Deborah Whaley and Studio Arts Students, April 20, 22, 9am-4pm; April 21, 9am-3pm, Studio Arts Building

--Gallery Talk: Kembrew McLeod and Deborah Whaley, April 29, 7:30-9:00 pm. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

For more information: http://uima.uiowa.edu/two-turntables-and-a-microphone and http://www.twoturntables.org/

New! Virtual Museum of Approximate Layout

Thanks to everyone who has posted to and read the blog, and helped us prepare for the exhibition Two Turntables and a Microphone: Hip-Hop Contexts featuring Harry Allen's Part of the Permanent Record: Photos from the Previous Century

Below I include a virtual draft of how we are envisioning the layout of the exhibition. A real slideshow will be added after the show is set up.

Warm up this winter with an Illmatic Book

From Amazon:
The best and brightest writers of the hip-hop generation reflect upon the era's landmark album: Nas's Illmatic.

From the moment then nineteen-year-old Nasir "Nas" Jones began recording tracks for his debut album the hip-hop world was forever changed. Released in 1994, Illmatic, was hailed as a masterpiece and is one of the most influentialalbums in hip-hop history. In Born to Use Mics, Michael Eric Dyson and Sohail Daulatzai have brought together the brightest minds to reflect upon and engage one of the most incisive sets of songs ever laid down on wax.

Contributors include:
Adilifu Nama * Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. * James Peterson * Marc Lamont Hill * Michael Eric Dyson * Mark Anthony Neal * Kyra Gaunt * Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. * Imani Perry * and more