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Ferguson Amo : Anticipating Your Art, Career, and Legacy

Ferguson Amo : Anticipating Your Art, Career, and Legacy

FromThe Art Career


Ferguson Amo : Anticipating Your Art, Career, and Legacy

FromThe Art Career

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Jul 8, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In The Art Career’s last episode of Season One, Emily McElwreath interviews Ghanaian artist Ferguson Amo who has spent his career advocating for artists rights. A self labeled “Artrepreneur”, Ferg discusses the importance of protecting your work, changing the dialogue around artists rights and building a legacy for yourself.
Ferguson Amo works across various mediums, including hyper realistic drawings, installations, and mixed media. Originally from Koforidua, Ghana, the artist explores contemporary African identity in the diaspora and examines the intricate details of history and experiences of cultural diffusion, and its assimilation, through representation. Through each work, Amo asks “how as an audience, can we move the image of black bodies and ‘blackness’ toward emancipation?” Amo has exhibited work at VisArts, Rockville; Kente Royal Gallery and The Immigrant Artist Biennial, both New York City, among others.
Season Two - Launches Fall 2022
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Podcast Host: Emily McElwreath @emilymcelwreath_art
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Podcast Director: Morgan Everhart @morgan_everhart
Sound editing: Aaron Stoner
Music: Chase Johnson
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Released:
Jul 8, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Welcome to The Art Career Podcast - a space breaking barriers by letting you sit in on candid, straightforward conversations with leading art professionals. Join New York based advisor, curator, and overall artist advocate, Emily McElwreath, for real, raw and inspirational conversations with icons of our generation. We dive deep into topics like self development, career trajectories, mental health, social justice and the artists that have changed our lives. With each episode our mission is to empower you, expanding your journey through the arts. Join us for new episodes every Thursday.