BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations DESCRIPTION:The Photography + Integrated Media program is happy to invite B en Willis for an artist talk today on Teams at 5:30. All are welcome! Link and information on Ben below. Please email Cassidy Brauner at BraunerC@ohio .edu for any questions. Thank you to the visiting artist committee!\n\n \n\ nhttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NmFlYTVlZTAtYTBmNS0 0NzA3LWJkY2MtYTI2MTk4YTA0OGJm%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22f3308 007-477c-4a70-8889-34611817c55a%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22d205a27b-393d-420b-8658 -103e125a05fb%22%7d\n\n \n\nBenjamin Willis is an artist born and raised in Columbus\, Ohio. His current work consists of primarily lens-based materia l that interweave sociology\, philosophy\, and anthropology. He aims to sho w the deep love and interconnectedness of life in the city he is from\, as a black photographer he believes it is imperative to participate in making the work about his community from his perspective. \n\nWillis is a graduate of Otterbein University where he received a Bachelor’s of Arts in Painting and Drawing\, as well as a Bachelor’s of Arts in Philosophy. He was recent ly named a GCAC Art Unites CBus award recipient\, and is a featured artist for the Apple Inc. Hometown Series.\n\nThe Home We Know by Ben Willis is a forthcoming monograph about the residents of Columbus\, Ohio. The work was made from 2017-2021. Ben describes the work as a love letter to his communi ty and all that makes it move and thrive.\n\n“My work is a labor of love\, and the work much like life is held together by that kind of love and admir ation for one another but also one’s self. When you walk around and interac t in the city you’ve got to remember what you’re looking at is also you. I do that through street portraiture. I try to express love and relationships through my work.” -Ben Willis DTEND:20211018T223000Z DTSTAMP:20241124T163929Z DTSTART:20211018T213000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Visiting Artist Benjamin Willis UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_38119373995276 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/visiting_artist_benjamin_willis END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR