Anwar Floyd-Pruitt (he/him/his) is an interdisciplinary artist focusing on collage, puppetry and community art. A recent graduate of UW-Madison (MFA ’20), Floyd-Pruitt also earned a BA in psychology from Harvard University ('99) and a BFA in sculpture from UW-Milwaukee ('16). Floyd-Pruitt produces and performs a family friendly, hip hop singalong called “Hip Hop Puppet Party” which was awarded a Madison Arts Commission Blink Grant. Anwar is the winner of the 2020 Russell and Paula Panczenko MFA Prize at the Chazen Museum of Art, where his solo exhibition, Supernova: Charlotte & Gene’s Radical Imagination Station, is on view until March. Most recently, Floyd-Pruitt installed a temporary abstract sculptural wildflower garden outdoors, as part of Wormfarm Institute’s Fermentation Fest.
Anwar is available for one-off workshops with groups with variable availability.
No specialized materials are needed. However, this instructor would like to provide students with kits that would minimize the need for using sharp blades. Kits would contain a variety of materials increasing the accessibility of the art forms.