Perspectives in African-American Experience: Emerging Visions is an annual paid residency for emerging and mid-career artists whose work reflects on Black, African-American, or African diasporic experience past or present and explores art as social activism. The opportunity includes a solo exhibition in the LookOut Art Gallery, traditionally opening on MLK Jr. Day, and an accompanying teaching residency including artist’s talk, class visits, workshops, and student and community engagement in the Residential College in the Arts & Humanities at Michigan State University.

Our 10th Annual Emerging Visions artist-in-residence for 2021 is Michael Darough, an artist and educator living in St. Louis, MO. Darough will be in residence with RCAH from January 18 to February 26, during which time he will also be a featured artist and guest juror of the MSU Social Justice Art Festival (January 18-21, https://sjaf.msu.edu). Michael will give a keynote artist talk at the SJAF Opening Ceremony on Monday, January 18 (MLK Jr. Day) at 3:00pm. Due to COVID-19, the 10th Annual Emerging Visions exhibition and residency are being held online.