Augusta Savage : Renaissance woman

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Augusta Savage : Renaissance woman

Jeffreen M. Hayes ; with contributions by Kirsten Pai Buick and Bridget R. Cooks ; and an introduction by Howard Dodson

Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens , D. Giles Limited, 2018

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Augusta Savage, Renaissance woman

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"This catalogue accompanies the exhibition 'Augusta Savage : Renaissance woman', on display at Cummer Museum: October 12, 2018-April 7, 2019; New-York Historical Society Museum & Library: May 3-July 28, 2019; Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University: August 24-December 8, 2019; Dixon Gallery & Gardens: January 19-March 22, 2020."--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-154) and index

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This is a timely, visual, exploration of the fascinating life and lasting legacy of sculptor Augusta Savage (1892-1962), who overcame poverty, racism, and sexual discrimination to become one of America's most influential twentieth-century artists. Her story is one of community-building, activism, and art education. Born just outside Jacksonville, Florida, Savage left the South to pursue new opportunities and opened a studio in Harlem, New York City, offering free art classes. She co-founded the Harlem Artists’ Guild in 1935 and became the first director of the federally-supported Harlem Community Art Center. Through her leadership there, Savage played an instrumental role in the development of many artists: William Artis, Gwendolyn Knight, Gwendolyn Bennett, Norman Lewis, Jacob Lawrence, Robert Blackburn, Romare Bearden, among many others. This ground-breaking volume features fifty works by Savage, and those she mentored or influenced, as well as correspondence and period photographs.

Table of Contents

  • Lenders to the Exhibition
  • Foreword
  • Curator’s Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Labor, Love, Legacy: Augusta Savage’s Art by Jeffreen M. Hayes
  • Augusta Savage: A Gallery of Their Own by Bridget R. Cooks
  • Monu*ment*ality: Edmonia Lewis, Meta Fuller, Augusta Savage and the Re-Envisioning of Public Space by Kirsten Pai Buick
  • Plates
  • Selected Letters and Archival Photographs
  • Exhibition Checklist
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • Photo Credits

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