Interview with Duncan MacKenzie
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Duncan MacKenzie (he/him) was raised in Calgary, a city in Alberta, Canada. He is currently Interim Chair of Design and the Chair & Associate Professor of Art and Art History. Before becoming a teacher, he created items for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, making materials for the manufacturing exhibit, including a model train. He continues this creative practice at his career at Columbia, teaching drawing, printmaking, and silk-screening classes. MacKenzie has a BFA in art from the Art University of Calgary and an MFA from The Art Institute. Through collaboration with Christian Kuras, he has created a collection of artwork, shown internationally, and at art fairs such as EXPO Chicago and PULSE Miami. He also is a founder of the podcast Bad at Sports, where he discusses contemporary art and interviews the creative minds of the Midwest, producing more than 550 interviews. Length: 52:09 minutes. Transcript: 19 pages.
Publication Date
2022
Keywords
higher education, students, contemporary art, design, journalism, Chicago, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, visual arts
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Arts and Humanities | Education | Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Midwa, Peter, "Interview with Duncan MacKenzie" (2022). College Oral Histories, 2022. 5.
https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/ohx2022/5
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This interview was conducted by graduate student Peter Midwa, and is part of the Oral History of Columbia College Chicago project documenting the history of this Chicago, Illinois institution. The biography and interview abstract were composed by undergraduate student Sydney Shelly.