A descendant of African American, Native American, and Scottish quilters, storytellers, basket makers, and wood, metal and clay workers, Scott has exhibited and performed internationally. In addition to her formal art education (BFA in Art Education from Maryland Institute, College of Art and her MFA in Crafts at Mexico’s Institute Allende), she has studied the art of Native Americans, West Africans, Central American Cuna Indians, Asians, and Mexicans through her extensive travels. She has been called “the most powerful artist in America when it comes to addressing issues of race, gender, sexuality and violence” (Robert Silberman, art writer for American Craft.)
Ms. Scott's presentation is titled:
Kickin' It: Revisiting the Thirty-year Retrospective Exhibition of Joyce J. Scott that Challenged Intercultural Barriers and Political Correctness
Abstract:
"Kickin' It with the Old Masters" was a show in 2000 at the Baltimore
Museum of Art described at this Arts 4 All People Website. Ms. Scott says
she was given "most of the museum to address my ideas of race, gender,
age, love, and stereotypes in conflict through visual art and
performance. The exhibition was more than a display of my personal
artistic history, it was designed to be an educational challenge." The
Fowler Colloquium "Kickin' It" lecture/performance will employ images
from the exhibition and Ms. Scott's one-person performances. She says,
"A constant, sometimes underlying, topic of race and its never-ending
prism permeate."
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