Artifacts: Awards, Video, Audio + Articles

In February 2024, we began the Baldwin100. 

Watch the development of the Nothing Personal exhibition here:

 

Listen to the lectures and why Baldwin matters on YouTube here. New videos go up regularly.

Watch Prof. Keith Clark talk about why Baldwin matters here. He is joined by Prof. Nick Delbanco, Ms. Tulani Salahu-Din and Rae Mitchell.

Listen to Leeya Mehta's essay writing process inspired by Baldwin's essay, 'The New Lost Generation' on Soundcloud or Apple Podcasts. (Thanks to the Inner Loop Lit!)

Read about Baldwin's Another Country and finding inspiration and rest here.

 

On the Radio! 

Presenting an in depth interview between Dr Keith Clark and GMU President, Gregory Washington. A must listen!

https://www.gmu.edu/news/2025-02/podcast-ep-65-james-baldwins-insights-american-life-and-identity?utm_source=george&utm_medium=email

Awards

Congratulations to MASON EXHIBITIONS, our special partner, and Rick Heffner, the artist who designed our logo and poster; and one of the team that put together the exhibition Nothing Personal, at Gillespie Gallery in Fairfax.Rick (his company is Fuszion) received two awards from the prestigious Graphic Designers trade publication (GDUSA) for the Baldwin100 poster. 8000 entries were received and only 10% made it into the show receiving an AMERICAN GRAPHIC DESIGN AWARD and Rick’s work was the awardee. He also received an AMERICAN GRAPHIC DESIGN AWARD award for the Nothing Personal exhibition! Read more here.

Leeya Mehta received the college’s Civic Excellence award in early Nov 2024 for the collaborative work on the Baldwin100. See the video here.

From Feb 2024-Feb 2025, the Baldwin100 received an inclusiveness grant for $50,000.