Author name: Wendel White

Wendel A. White was awarded a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York and an MFA in photography from the University of Texas at Austin. White taught photography at the School of Visual Arts, NY; The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, NY; the International Center for Photography, NY; Rochester Institute of Technology; and is currently Distinguished Professor of Art at Stockton University. His work has received various awards and fellowships including a 2021 Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography, Peabody Museum of Archeology & Ethnography, Harvard University, a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Photography, Bunn Lectureship in Photography, Bradley University, three artist fellowships from the New Jersey State Council for the Arts, a photography grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, and a New Works Photography Fellowship from En Foco Inc.

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Manifest on HyperAllergic

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Special thanks to Amy Brummer, the Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) and the Paul Robeson House for making these new works and the projection project a reality. The project was made possible with the support of the Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residency. Ilene Dube has a recent article on HyperAllergic about the Manifest / Robeson House project

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Paul Robeson House Project, Princeton, NJ

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A collaborative project supported by the Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence, the Arts Council of Princeton, and the Paul Robeson House. These artifacts were removed from the Robeson House, photographed, and projected back onto the structure. Projections each evening Oct 20 – Nov 25, 2017.

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Manifest Portfolio in Southern Cultures

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 Selected images from the Manifest Portfolio appear in the current issue of Southern Cultures from the Center for the Study of the American South at UNC Press. Thanks to Ayse Erginer, Emily Wallace, Emma Calabrese, and Lisa McCarty.

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Two Projects at Arts Council of Princeton, NJ

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Exhibition begins Oct 20, Lecture Nov 9 at 7pm Images of objects from the Robeson House will be projected onto the side wall of the house each evening beginning at dusk. Selected prints from the project are on display at ACP’s Solley Theater Lobby. These works were created with support from the 2017 Anne Reeves

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Haunted Places: The Veil of Race in the American Landscape

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Currently, selected works from two projects, Red Summer and Schools for the Colored, are joined for the exhibition Haunted Places: The Veil of Race in the American Landscape at the Heuser Art Gallery of Bradley University. On October 13, 2017 at 5:30pm I will deliver the Bunn Lectureship in Photography at Bradley University which is also

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April Lecture at PhotoAlliance

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I will be delivering a presentation about recent work on April 7 at PhotoAlliance. This event will take place at the Art Institute of San Francisco Lecture Hall at 7:00pm. Get more info!  #redsummer #manifest #photography #photoalliance #sanfrancisco

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“Haunted Places: Race, Architecture and the American Landscape” at Lycoming College Art Gallery

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Feb 24 – April 1, 2017, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA WENDEL WHITE: HAUNTED PLACES: RACE, ARCHITECTURE and the AMERICAN LANDSCAPE Reception: Friday, March 3, 2017, 5-9 p.m. Gallery Talk by Wendel White: 5:30 p.m Wendel White’s exhibition includes work from two projects; “Schools for the Colored” and “Red Summer.” Each project is concerned

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Sept. Smithsonian Magazine & NMAAHC

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My work in the Sept issue @smithsonianmagazine of objects from the archives of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture. Fifteen new works for the #Manifest project appear along with comments and essays by Natasha Trethewey, Deborah Willis, Mae Jemison, John Lewis, Jacqueline Woodson, Angela Y. Davis, Oprah Winfrey, Thomas Chatterton Williams,

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