Hidden Figures: Joyce J. Scott (Patreon)

Hidden Figures: Joyce J. Scott

My related videos: 'So, About That Kanye West 'Famous' Video... On Black Art and the white Gaze :' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWjL9giKnUY Joyce J. Scott is a jewelry maker and sculptor repositioning craft, and in particular beadwork, as a potent platform for commentary on social and political injustices. In handmade works ranging from elaborate, over-sized neckpieces, to two- and three-dimensional figurative sculptures, to installations, Scott upends conceptions of beadwork and jewelry as domestic or merely for adornment by creating exquisitely crafted objects that reveal, upon closer examination, stark representations of racism and sexism and the violence they engender. Educated in Baltimore City public schools, she later received her BFA in Art Education from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1970 and earned her MFA in crafts at Mexico's Institute Allende. Scott also pursued further education at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine. Scott's practice includes performance in addition to sculpture. Her unapologetically critical and humorous personality is often employed in her performances to critique issues such as feminism, sexism, and racism. Like her jewelry and quilt works, her performance also often addresses storytelling and memory. Scott's art -- its forceful vision, biting social commentary and dazzling skill -- is grounded in weaving, quilting, beadwork and glass. #JoyceScott #HiddenFigures ****************** Merchandise! MAKE SURE U GETTA SHIRT!! https://www.teepublic.com/user/sssseren Follow me on social media! Instagram: @sensei_aishitemasu Personal Tumblr: http://sensei-aishitemasu.tumblr.com Tumblr for my work: https://sssseren.tumblr.com Snapchat: sssseren GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/tc5wh7q Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seren_sensei ****************** Did you know I wrote a book? ☺️ 'So, About That... A Year of Contemporary Essays on Race and Pop Culture' Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/About-That-Contemporary-Essays-Culture-ebook/dp/B013V0CHK6 Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B013V0CHK6 Digital download (e-book): https://gumroad.com/l/IkUa ****************** Links: Meet the Artist: Joyce Scott - Smithsonian American Art Museum (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azHhqYIaAY8 Joyce J. Scott (MacArthur Fellow): https://www.macfound.org/fellows/971/ 'Baltimore artist Joyce Scott celebrates Harriet Tubman in retrospective at New Jersey sculpture garden:' http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/artsmash/bs-fe-adv-joyce-scott-tubman-20171026-story.html 'Inspired by Harriet Tubman, an Artist Takes Glass to Extremes:' https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/arts/design/joyce-j-scott-grounds-for-sculpture-harriet-tubman.html 'To Hold Ugliness and Beauty:' https://www.thenation.com/article/joyce-j-scotts-coexisting-forces/ Baltimore artist Joyce Scott named MacArthur Fellow: http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/bs-ae-joyce-scott-profile-20160921-story.html Towering Figure: https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/2018/2/19/towering-figure-macarthur-fellowship-winner-joyce-j-scott-charts-new-artistic-territory Joyce J. Scott: http://www.artnet.com/artists/joyce-j-scott/ JOYCE J. SCOTT: http://www.craftinamerica.org/artists/joyce-j-scott/ '“I Was an Artist in Vitro”: Joyce J. Scott and Her Darkly Beautiful Art:' https://hyperallergic.com/423894/i-was-an-artist-in-vitro-joyce-j-scott-and-her-darkly-beautiful-art/ JOYCE SCOTT: https://artjewelryforum.org/joyce-scott-1 'Habitat - In Baltimore, Visiting John Waters, Joyce J. Scott, Matmos, and Other Art Types:' http://www.artnews.com/2018/05/21/habitat-baltimore/ Heart and Hand: http://goyacontemporary.com/artist-listing/joyce-j-scott American Art - Joyce Scott: https://americanart.si.edu/artist/joyce-scott-7088 'Fine Arts - Joyce J. Scott presents 'Harriet Tubman and Other Truths':' https://www.nj.com/times-entertainment/index.ssf/2017/11/fine_arts_joyce_j_scott_presen.html Wallace Center - Joyce Scott: https://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/pages/baltimore-museum-of-art-joyce-scott.aspx