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Augusta Savage : Renaissance woman

Title
Augusta Savage : Renaissance woman / Jeffreen M. Hayes ; with contributions by Kirsten Pai Buick and Bridget R. Cooks ; and an introduction by Howard Dodson.
Author
Hayes, Jeffreen M.
Publication
  • London, UK : GILES, an imprint of D Giles Limited, 2018.
  • ©2018

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TextBy appointment only Sc Art F 18-236Schomburg Center - Art & Artifacts
TextUse in library Sc+ F 18-447Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Additional Authors
  • Buick, Kirsten Pai
  • Cooks, Bridget R., 1972-
  • Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, host institution.
  • New-York Historical Society. Library, host institution.
  • Palmer Museum of Art (Pennsylvania State University), host institution.
  • Dixon Gallery and Gardens, host institution.
Description
156 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm
Summary
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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • This catalog accompanies the exhibition of the same name at Cummer Museum of Art, Jacksonville: October 12, 2018 to April 7, 2019; New York Historical Society Museums & 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.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-154) and index.
Call Number
Sc+ F 18-447
ISBN
  • 9781911282228
  • 1911282220
  • 0915135183
  • 9780915135189
OCLC
1043435459
Author
Hayes, Jeffreen M., author.
Title
Augusta Savage : Renaissance woman / Jeffreen M. Hayes ; with contributions by Kirsten Pai Buick and Bridget R. Cooks ; and an introduction by Howard Dodson.
Publisher
London, UK : GILES, an imprint of D Giles Limited, 2018.
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-154) and index.
Local Note
Gift to Schomburg.
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Buick, Kirsten Pai, contributor.
Cooks, Bridget R., 1972- contributor.
Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, host institution.
New-York Historical Society. Library, host institution.
Palmer Museum of Art (Pennsylvania State University), host institution.
Dixon Gallery and Gardens, host institution.
Research Call Number
Sc+ F 18-447
Sc Art F 18-236
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