Rodney McMillian: Film Screening and Conversation with the Artist

Following a screening of the short film Rodney McMillian: Soot to Soil (2025), the artist was joined in conversation by independent curator jill moniz, whose practice centers around connecting art to community through frameworks of belonging, care, and cultural stewardship. Together, McMillian and moniz explored a wide range of topics including material as signifiers of artistic intent and social systems, and how artworks that incorporate post-consumer objects insist on relations of meaning and context. They also considered how the concept of “unmaking” can be interpreted in display and long-term preservation.