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Mad. Sq. Art Talk with Seph Rodney

Seph Rodney will discuss City in the Grass by artist Leonardo Drew in Madison Square Park. Art Talks take place on the Oval Lawn.

Seph Rodney, PhD was born in Jamaica, and came of age in the Bronx, New York. He has an English degree from Long Island University, Brooklyn; a studio art MFA from the University of California, Irvine; and a PhD from Birkbeck College, University of London in museum studies. Also, while in London, he created, produced, and hosted a radio show called The Thread, broadcast on Resonance FM from 2008-2011.

He is currently a staff writer and editor for Hyperallergic, writing on contemporary art and related issues. He has also written for CNN Op-ed pages, American Craft Magazine and NBC Universal, and penned catalog essays for Joyce J. Scott, Teresita Fernandez, and other artists. He can be heard on the podcast “The American Age”. His book, The Personalization of the Museum Visit, will be published by Routledge press in June.

In 2006, he was featured speaker in the Favorite Poem Project.











When: Tue., Jun. 11, 2019 at 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Seph Rodney will discuss City in the Grass by artist Leonardo Drew in Madison Square Park. Art Talks take place on the Oval Lawn.

Seph Rodney, PhD was born in Jamaica, and came of age in the Bronx, New York. He has an English degree from Long Island University, Brooklyn; a studio art MFA from the University of California, Irvine; and a PhD from Birkbeck College, University of London in museum studies. Also, while in London, he created, produced, and hosted a radio show called The Thread, broadcast on Resonance FM from 2008-2011.

He is currently a staff writer and editor for Hyperallergic, writing on contemporary art and related issues. He has also written for CNN Op-ed pages, American Craft Magazine and NBC Universal, and penned catalog essays for Joyce J. Scott, Teresita Fernandez, and other artists. He can be heard on the podcast “The American Age”. His book, The Personalization of the Museum Visit, will be published by Routledge press in June.

In 2006, he was featured speaker in the Favorite Poem Project.

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