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Dereck Stafford Mangus

Originally from Boston, Dereck Stafford Mangus is a visual artist and writer based in Baltimore. His artwork has been exhibited in select galleries throughout Charm City, and his writing has appeared in Artblog, frieze, and Full Bleed, the annual journal of art and design at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).

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Hip Hop and the Machine

Avatar photo by Dereck Stafford Mangus March 6, 2023March 6, 2023

Rap Research Lab continues what hip hop has been doing for the past half century: playfully rearranging the words, sounds, and textures of postwar American pop music.

Posted inOpinion

Enough With the Selfies; Look at the Art

Avatar photo by Dereck Stafford Mangus December 11, 2022February 7, 2023

Museum guard Dereck Stafford Mangus urges museumgoers to put their phones down, just for a minute.

Posted inArt

Kei Ito Traces Tragedy and Mourning

Avatar photo by Dereck Stafford Mangus November 6, 2022November 4, 2022

Ito’s rubbings and multimedia works are traces of a global tragedy still imprinted in the memories of Americans more than two decades later.

Posted inOpinion

Museum Rentals Are a Recipe for Disaster

Avatar photo by Dereck Stafford Mangus September 22, 2022September 22, 2022

This is what happens when boozed-up patrons party next to priceless mosaics, statues, and vases.

Posted inOpinion

That Moment When You Win Your Museum’s Union Election

Avatar photo by Dereck Stafford Mangus September 5, 2022September 2, 2022

“A fine mist filled my eyes and I caught myself holding back the tears,” writes Dereck Stafford Mangus, an artist and a security guard at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

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Why We Need Unions at Art Museums

Avatar photo by Dereck Stafford Mangus March 1, 2022March 8, 2023

A colleague once told me “You live better when you work in a union, especially in an art museum because you work for elitists.”

Posted inOpinion

Can an Exhibition Selected by Museum Guards Address Inequality at Museums?

Avatar photo by Dereck Stafford Mangus February 1, 2022February 3, 2022

Guarding the Art has the chance to become the model for how museums honor and respect the dignity of their guards moving forward.

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