Tunde Wey is a Nigerian immigrant artist, writer, and chef working at the intersection of food and the political economy. His work engages systems of power from the vantage point of the marginalized other, focusing particularly on how economics and finance impact the working-class Black community globally. Wey uses art, media, food, and dining spaces to confront disparities in material conditions and attempts interventions to address these socially constructed inequalities.
Wey’s work has been written about in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Vogue, GQ, and on NPR. His own writing has been featured in the Boston Globe, the Oxford American, the San Francisco Chronicle and on Bloomberg CityLab. He is a recipient of Tulane University’s Monroe Fellowship (2022) and a Ford Foundation JustFilms Grant (2019–2020). Wey was named a Time Magazine Next Generation Leader (2019) and was profiled in the New York Times feature, “16 Black Chefs Changing Food in America,” (July 16, 2019). Wey is currently working on a book of essays for MCD Books (a division of Farrar, Straus & Giroux).
Join us in recognizing the achievements of our 2024 Duncanson Artist-in-Residence, Tunde Wey. Explore the lineup of public programs Wey will be leading across greater Cincinnati, including an immersive dining experience, panel conversations, and more!
Saturday, April 13
6–7 p.m.
Join the Taft Museum of Art in welcoming the 2024 Duncanson Artist-in-Residence, culinary artist and writer Tunde Wey! Celebrate the kickoff of his residency on this special night with a meet and greet, remarks by Duncanson Program Manager, Kareem Simpson, a reading from Cincinnati and Mercantile Library Poet Laureate, Yalie Saweda Kamara, and more. Light bites and drinks available. Free valet parking.
This is a FREE event! Includes admission to the current special exhibitions African Modernism in America and A Breath of Fresh Air: Nature Inspires Rarely Seen Works from the Taft Collection, and collection galleries.
Questions? Contact education@taftmuseum.org.
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Wednesday, April 17
5:30–7:30 p.m.
Delight in an evening of mingling, delicious food, and celebration as we showcase the Taft’s 2024 Duncanson Artist-in-Residence, culinary artist and writer Tunde Wey.
Join Wey for a Q&A, explore the galleries, snap a picture in the most epic “photo booth,” (a.k.a. Duncanson Foyer), and enjoy complimentary light bites specially curated by AfroMeals’s Chef Gabi Odebode paired with wines from Skeleton Root at the cash bar.
This is a FREE event! Registration not required. Includes admission to the current special exhibitions African Modernism in America and A Breath of Fresh Air: Nature Inspires Rarely Seen Works from the Taft Collection, and collection galleries.
Questions? Contact education@taftmuseum.org.
Off-Site Event | PAR-Projects, 1646 Hoffner Street, Cincinnati 45223
Thursday, April 18
6–8 p.m.
Using food, spirits, and wine as an underlining theme, the Taft’s 2024 Duncanson-Artist-in Residence Tunde Wey and political strategist, commentator, and winemaker Yvette Simpson, will discuss economic concepts introduced in Tim Barker’s essay Other People’s Blood. The pair will explore practical implications here in Cincinnati and then lead a Q&A about food, capitalism, and their intersectionality with race.
This is a FREE event! Registration required.
Questions? Contact education@taftmuseum.org.
Off-Site Event | Esquire Theatre, 320 Ludlow Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45220
Saturday, April 20
2:30–4:30 p.m.
Hard To Swallow is a poetic food series chronicling the life and perspective of Nigerian culinary artist and writer Tunde Wey, the Taft’s 2024 Duncanson Artist-in-Residence. Essayistic and experimental, the series recounts Wey’s burgeoning career while building a critique of the social structures that disenfranchise Black people globally. In partnership with Cincinnati Black Pride, the screening will follow with a Q&A session with Tunde Wey and co-creator Theo Schear.
This is a FREE event! Registration required.
Questions? Contact education@taftmuseum.org.
Off-Site Event | Findlay Market, 1801 Race St, Cincinnati, OH 45202 (near the intersection of Elm Street and Elder Street)
Sunday, April 21
1–3 p.m.
Enjoy an afternoon of eating and exploration with the Taft’s 2024 Duncanson Artist-in-Residence, culinary artist and writer Tunde Wey alongside Black chefs including Chef Jeff Harris (Nolia), Chef Gabi Odebode (AfroMeals), and Chef Mona Bronson-Fuqua (Je Nais Se Fuqua), with specializations from New Orleans cuisine to West African to to food waste and food insecurity respectively. Join these experts for a panel discussion, followed by samples of their cuisine!
This is a FREE event! Registration not required.
Questions? Contact education@taftmuseum.org.
Saturday, April 27
6–7 p.m.
Join the Taft’s 2024 Duncanson Artist-in-Residence, culinary artist and writer, Tunde Wey, in partnership with Wave Pool for an evening exploring issues of race, class, and justice using food as the medium—merging a social practice art project with social experimentation.
This is a FREE event! Registration is required.
Questions? Contact education@taftmuseum.org.
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