Artists in the Black Midwest

5 QUESTIONS FOR CHAUN WEBSTER ON HIS NEW BOOK
​GENTRY!FICATION: OR THE SCENE OF THE CRIME

Chaun Webster is a poet, graphic designer, native Minnesotan, and member of The Black Midwest Initiative’s organizing committee. Here, he discusses his recent book project and his experiences growing up in North Minneapolis.

LATOYA RUBY FRAZIER

LESLIE BARLOW
Born in Braddock, Pennsylvania, LaToya Ruby Frazier works in photography, video, and performance art to build visual archives that address industrialism, rustbelt revitalization, environmental justice, healthcare inequity, and family and communal history [...]
Leslie Barlow is a practicing artist living and working in Minneapolis, MN. Primarily an oil painter, Barlow's current work employs the figure and narrative elements to explore complex social issues like race, multiculturalism, "otherness," representation, and identity [...]

JAZZY TAM FILMS

Jazzy Tam Films, an independent film company based in the Midwest, is dedicated to bringing to life the stories and realities of undocumented lives. Co-founders Jeffrey Wray and Tama Hamilton-Wray see filmmaking as a collaborative effort and strive to use the talents and resources that their surroundings offer.

Jeffrey C. Wray

As a screenwriter and director Jeff has produced numerous award-winning films. A professor of Film Studies in English at Michigan State University, he earned an MFA from Ohio University [...]

Tama Hamilton-Wray

Tama has worked as producer on a number of Jazzy Tam feature and short narrative films. Tama has designed and implemented numerous media literacy workshops for youth and college students, and coordinated film festivals, both domestically and abroad [...]
The Black Midwest Initiative is sponsored in part by the College of Liberal Arts, the Department of African American & African Studies and the  Race, Indigeneity, Gender & Sexuality Studies Initiative at the University of Minnesota.
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