Anastasia Samoylova is a Miami-based artist and photographer. Investigating notions of environmentalism, consumerism and the picturesque, she is the first commissioned artist of Season Five.
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Provisional Obstruction (Little Haiti II), by Miami-based artist misael soto and New Delhi-based artist Ayesha Singh, uses dysfunctionally-installed scaffolding and banner-sized historical imagery to reimagine the facades of permanent structures. Together with locals, activists and collaborators, they are envisioning and creating additions to the work with a simple prompt: What changes would you like to see in your community?
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On July 9, we celebrated photographer and filmmaker Lisa Leone’s seminal work at Dante’s HiFi. As the finale of a formidable fourth season of commissioning artists and building community through the arts, it was standing room only for a conversation with Lisa, Carlos “Mare 139” Rodriguez and PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans.
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Watch our latest video of Hô` Lô, a performance and offering by Khánh Nguyên Hoàng Vũ. Created with radical hope, intentionality and purpose, our third commissioned artist of Season Four instills a message of vulnerability.
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It’s easy to reminisce with Lisa Leone, the photographer and filmmaker who has arguably captured some of the more iconic artists in hip hop before they were famous. Travel through space in time in this 3-minute video of our final commissioned artist of Season Four.
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On May 23, 2022 at BasBlue, Commissioner launched its first initiative in Detroit with contemporary artists Amna Asghar, Judy Bowman and Darryl DeAngelo Terrell. Each commissioned to create a series of works that were unveiled at the standing-room-only talk and reception, their works are now available for purchase
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A Reflection of the Times is a memorial exhibition by Chire Regans that opened last May through December at Bakehouse Art Complex. For the closing, Chire and multidisciplinary artist Loni Johnson invited locals to honor victims of gun violence and their families in a procession of remembrance.
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Commissioner Detroit’s Judy Bowman is a collage and mixed media artist. Known as a visual griot, she sees her job to tell stories that are reflective of her coming-of-age in Detroit’s Eastside and Black Bottom neighborhoods. See her video.
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Amna Asghar draws from her own life in the Detroit area where she grew up and now resides, making sophisticated works that mix imagery across cultures and creating conversation between communities.
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