Michèle Pearson Clarke: Possibilities of the Image

About this episode

Madison Beale interviews Michèle Pearson Clarke about navigating grief through art and the experiences of Brown and Black queer individuals.

Grief makes people uncomfortable, and that discomfort shapes what we’re allowed to say, show, and share. Today, Madison sits down with Toronto based visual artist, writer, and educator Michèle Pearson Clarke to talk about what happens when you allow yourself move with grief, rather than simply allowing it to move through or past you. Clarke walks us through an auto-ethnographic practice rooted in the longing and losses of Brown and Black queer people, and how her practice as an artist ...

People in this episode

Host: Madison Beale

Guest: Michèle Pearson Clarke

Topics covered

• grief
• art
• auto-ethnography
• queer identity
• Black and Brown experiences

Keywords

• grief
• visual artist
• auto-ethnographic practice
• queer
• loss
• artistic expression

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Places: Toronto

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