Emery Jordan

October 1st, 2022

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Emery Jordan passed away on October 1, 2022. It is heartbreaking that we will never get to see Emery - who was exceptionally talented, motivated, and intelligent - reach their potential as an artist and scholar. They had many plans for the future that they had been excited to discuss. With love and remembrance, let's celebrate the time we had together.

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PAST EVENT

Drop-in Grief Counseling for students (including alumni), faculty, & staff

Nov 22nd, 2022

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

(GMT-5:00) Central Time (US and Canada)

Tributes

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Kim Basile

Emery and I were in a painting class together. We had a lot of great conversations about Octavia Butler and photoshop (totally different conversations!) Our friendship had just started. I am thinking about you today Emery, as we have our final BFA thesis show. You are not forgotten. Love to all your friends and family.

Published April 21st, 2023

Sabrina Raaf

Published November 23rd, 2022

Sabrina Raaf

From Dr. Freda Fair: Emery was a thoughtful and dedicated student who was focused and working hard to finish up their undergraduate degree. In their contributions during our class discussions and in their writing, Emery expressed a deep political commitment to black gender and sexuality studies. Emery often shared insightful critiques at the same time as pointing out the humor in many of the media examples we discussed in class which was much appreciated, and generated even more discussion, and brought a warm energy to our conversations and contributed to our ability to build community and laugh together. A talented writer and cultural analyst, Emery expressed an interest in visual art and was excited to be reading and engaging with Audre Lorde's Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography in our class. We will continue to think of Emery and send warm thoughts and wishes to the many communities that they touched at UIC and to their friends and loved ones. Our hearts are heavy with the loss of Emery and also full for having known and engaged with their warm spirit and brilliance. --with love and solidarity, Dr. Freda Fair

Published November 28th, 2022

Sabrina Raaf

BFA OPEN STUDIOS PRESENTATION online, NOV 12, 2021 Chat comments from peers and faculty during Emery Jordan's presentation 17:57:54 From Gabriel Silvano to Everyone: That's amazing!! 17:58:19 From Lou to Everyone: These collages look amazing, very mesmerizing 17:58:25 From Sabrina Raaf to Everyone: Emery - I suggest you check out these authors as well (if you haven't already): Namwali Serpell and Tomi Adeyemi 17:58:28 From Emery Jordan to Everyone: Sabrina - writing this down now! 17:58:28 From Gabriel Silvano to Everyone: rightt 17:58:28 From Jen (She/They) MUSE + ART to Everyone: YES, Octavia Butler forever! So good to see what you have been working on Emery! 17:58:50 From Fay (she/her) to Everyone: love the use of color 17:58:56 From Gabriel Silvano to Everyone: I agree 17:59:11 From Heaven Creater to Everyone: gorgeous collage work! I like the cohesiveness of the colors 18:00:00 From Fay (she/her) to Everyone: great titles too! 18:00:05 From Lou to Everyone: ^^ 18:00:08 From Gabriel Silvano to Everyone: Yes!! 18:01:19 From Nate Young to Everyone: 🙌 18:01:22 From Peter Viernes to Everyone: Very interesting imagery and collage work Emery, love your content and color schemes 18:01:29 From Gabriel Silvano to Everyone: Thank you EmEry:) 18:01:37 From Erin Conoboy to Everyone::D!!! 18:01:38 From Emery Jordan to Everyone: Thank you everyone!!

Published November 22nd, 2022

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