ARTs + Change 2025: Liz Miller

ARTs + Change Virtual Conference, January 23-26, 2025
Title: Interdisciplinary Artistic Modalities: A Case Study Artist Talk
Presenter: Liz Miller
Date: January 23, 2025
Available until: March 3, 2025
About the Conference:
ARTs + Change is a virtual conference hosted by the University of Rochester’s Institute for the Performing Arts, in partnership with the University of Rochester Office of Equity and Inclusion, the Paul J. Burgett Intercultural Center, 540WMain, Inc., Create a Space Now, the Eastman Institute for Music Leadership, and the Rochester Fringe Festival. This conference provided opportunities for artists of all disciplines, educators, community members, and community organizations to come together for four days of inspiring presentations, dazzling performances, and thought-provoking discussions on the intersection of arts, community, and changemaking.
About the Presenter:
Liz Miller, a second-generation fine artist, creates hair sculptures, sculptural paintings, wearable art, performance art, and film. Her films capture community members and herself adorned with hair sculptures for transformative movement rituals. Her work explores social justice themes centered around the Black experience in America, blending history and Afro-futurism. Miller views her art as part of a broader Black liberation strategy, employing Black joy and serious play. Her work has been exhibited at institutions like the Delaware Contemporary Museum and the Museum of Craft and Design in San Francisco, as well as internationally in Canada, Japan, Indonesia, South Korea, England, Liberia, and India. She holds a B.A. in Art and Design from Towson University and an MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art. With twenty years of experience as a teaching artist, she currently teaches at a Title 1 school in Baltimore and lectures at colleges including MICA, Johns Hopkins, and Loyola University Maryland.