74: Berkeley MFA student Fred DeWitt: George Floyd never wanted to be in my art

Fred DeWitt is a Master of Fine Arts student and the first artist-in-residence in the Department of Art Practice at UC Berkeley. DeWitt, 61, shares in his own words what the Black Panthers meant to him as a young boy growing up in the Bay Area, how Barack Obama’s election as president inspired him to go back to school to study art, and the complicated nature of honoring the lives of people who never wanted to be remembered for their deaths. His MFA show will be at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) in June.

Listen to the episode, read the transcript and see photos of DeWitt's artwork on UC Berkeley News: https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/04/20/podcast-artist-fred-dewitt/

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