A recent feature from WUWM 89.7 FM highlights the influence of Black women artists and leaders across Milwaukee’s cultural landscape, including figures connected to the Peck School of the Arts. The story, released as part of the Black Sage series, points to the lasting impact of artists like two-time UWM alum Evelyn Patricia Terry and award-winning interdisciplinary artist and professor Portia Cobb, a key figure in advancing visibility and opportunities for Black artists.
“I think [my process], it always comes from a place of documentary, where I want to hold on to memory,” Cobb told WUWM’s Jimmy Gutierrez. “So my way of processing what I experience in my present and how it’s informed by the past. So I’m always kind of considered a documentary artist, for that reason. I love to remember. And I love to reflect so that I can kind of mold myself in a way that honors the past.”
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