A Key Into the Language of America, 2020. Acrylic, collage and mixed media on unstretched canvas, 59 x 59 inches. Courtesy of the Artist

The American Ocean, 2021. Acrylic, collage, and mixed media on canvas, 52 x 54 inches. Courtesy of the Artist

 Exile (A Consideration of Reparations), 2019. Oil, acrylic, and mixed media on Linen, 24 x 36 inches. Courtesy of Steven Zevitas Gallery.

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Join us for an artist talk with Jordan Seaberry! A painter, organizer, legislative advocate, and educator, Seaberry’s work is built on compressions of history between his current legislative work and the story of his family’s migration, fleeing a lynching in Mississippi. Most recently, Seaberry has completed a body of mixed-media paintings and sculptures developed in conversation and collaboration with terminally ill hospice patients. On view at the Newport Art Museum, We Live Until explores the topics of grief, life, and death, and how they relate to a larger conversation about human rights and social justice. We invite the community to listen and reflect as Seaberry discusses his practice, recent works, and their relation to current legislative efforts. Seaberry is one of our June artists-in-residence.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

JORDAN SEABERRY

Jordan Seaberry is a painter, organizer, legislative advocate and educator. Born and raised on the Southside of Chicago, he came to Providence to attend Rhode Island School of Design, and later, Roger Williams University School of Law. Alongside his art, he built a career as a grassroots organizer and legislative advocate, helping to pass multiple criminal justice reform milestones, including probation reform, the Unshackling Pregnant Prisoners Bill, and the statewide Community-Police Relationship Act.

Seaberry serves as Co-Director of the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture, and as a professor at Rhode Island School of Design. He previously served as the Director of Public Policy at the Nonviolence Institute, as the Community Leader Fellow at Roger Williams University School of Law, and as the Chairman of the Providence Board of Canvassers, overseeing the city’s elections.

He has served as artist in residence at Skowhegan, Yaddo, the Verge Center of the Arts, and elsewhere. His work is in collections including the RISD Museum, the Crystal Bridges Museum, the deCordova Museum, and others.

Seaberry maintains a studio in Providence.