portrait by Nel Muñoz, 2024
ARTIST BIO
Wordsworth M. Musinguzi (b. 1991) (he/him) is a Black Transmasc first-generation Ugandan-Liberian American image-maker, visual artist, author, and educator based in Minneapolis, MN. Originally from Franklin Township, New Jersey, he transplanted to the Twin Cities in 2014 after earning a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from Rutgers University in 2013. With over 10+ years of experience in independent image-making and narrative-driven, community-centered media, his work focuses on documenting intergenerational social movements and subculture in the United States and socially engaging communities through art installations, exhibitions, publications, workshops, artist talks, and panels.
Wordsworth is the recipient of the 2018 Early Career Research & Development Grant from Forecast Public Art, 2019 Artist Initiative Grant and 2021 Creative Individuals Support Grant from Minnesota State Arts Board, 2019 Artist Neighborhood Partnership Initiative and 2021 Kris Nelson Community Based Research Program from University of Minnesota's Center For Urban & Regional Affairs, 2020 Black Press Freedom Fund from the International Center of Photography, and 2021 Next Step Fund from Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. He has participated in and contributed to a variety of local and national residency and fellowship programs, including the 2014 Artist-In-Residence with Youthprise in Minneapolis, MN, 2018 Artist-in-Residence at Proof Public in Minneapolis, MN, 2018 THREAD Fellowship at Yale University in New Haven, CT, 2021 Black Seed Fellowship with Headwaters Foundation in Minneapolis, MN and 2022 DigiMyths Residency with Soft Surplus in New York City, NY.
ABOUT MUSINGUZI PROJECTS
As the Creative Producer of Musinguzi Projects, an independent image-making and narrative media platform, I offer industry-quality, accessible services in portrait photography and narrative-driven storytelling to local organizations, public schools and universities, small businesses, professional artists and social entrepreneurs. My mission is to co-create complex and nuanced visual narratives with my collaborators that resonate with their communities and wider audiences across generations, cultures, and abilities.
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