S2E2: This is Alignment

Host Dr. Rhon speaks with artist Mark Anthony Brown Jr. and curator Ming Joi Washington about The Book of Mark a solo exhibition at the Stone Center that explores spirituality, ancestry, and diasporic practices through photography, sculpture, and time-based media. The conversation covers their collaborative process and trust-building, the influence of Black church traditions, tensions between artistic integrity and the market, and efforts to make art accessible. The exhibition opens September 2025 and runs through the fall semester. Sources: The Book of Mark exhibition catalog more about the artist, Mark Anthony Brown, Jr. more about the curator, Ming Joi Washington The Sonja Haynes Stone Center Linktree