Madison, Wisconsin: University Archives and Records Management Services
Summary
In his January 2021 interview with Sophia Abrams, Anwar Floyd-Pruitt talks about trading in his corporate career for art. First, receiving his BFA at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and then attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison for his MFA. He talks about his artistic style and prevalent themes in his work. He talks about being an untraditional graduate student who was in his early 40s when he started his MFA. He talks about his 2020 Chazen Prize Show and what it was like to be a Black man studying art at the University in the 2020s. This interview was conducted for inclusion in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives Black Artists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Oral History Project.