Naeem Mohaiemen to be a 2020-21 Lunder Institute for American Art Senior Fellow

E-flux, August 14, 2020.

The Lunder Institute for American Art is delighted to announce that artist Naeem Mohaiemen has been selected to be a Senior Fellow for the 2020–21 Colby College academic year. As the inaugural recipient of an Alfonso Ossorio Creative Production Grant, an endowed program overseen by the Lunder Institute, he will develop a new film based on collaborative research with Colby faculty and students, and with additional research at sites in Maine.

“Maine’s settler history has often surfaced in genre fiction. This invitation is an opportunity to excavate the crevices within this popular literary form,” shared Mohaiemen.

Established in 2019, the Alfonso Ossorio Creative Production Grant provides financial support to artists affiliated with the Colby College Museum of Art and the Lunder Institute for American Art to propel their intellectual pursuits, research, and creation of new artworks that expand the boundaries of American art.