Yesterday, someone added a link to the site blackpeopleloveus.com in a comment to Nathan’s post. The hilarious, thought-provoking, satirical website deserves a more prominent mention. It uses humor to expose racism, much like some of Joyce Scott’s artwork–particularly her performances.
[Thanks, Daniel, for the link]
One anecdote of the progress we’ve made: when two staff members at the Museum brought in their children to see this exhibition, they were curious to see what their kids would pick up on. As they looked at the work, the parents learned that neither of the boys age 9 and 10 had ever [...]
After viewing the docent slideshow presentation introducing the Kickin’ It exhibit, I commented and was reaffirmed by several of my co-workers that we all expected for times to be a little rough at the admissions desk. We expected a wealth of complaints from museum patrons about the material Joyce J. Scott addressed (and I believe as a preemptive measure this very forum was created) and some parental warning signs were placed on the front desk of the museum.
While going through the exhibit, I was hit hard several times with a few different themes. One of these was the relationship between blacks and whites in America today. Nanny Now, Nigger Later, No Mommy Me I and No Mommy Me II reminded me (very abruptly) of the phenomenon created when black nannies would care for their white slaveowners’ children during [...]
I was listening to Radio Open Source on KUOW about a month ago and heard a very interesting conversation on race, class and racism. It was an “NPR driveway moment” where engrossed in the program, I sat in my parked car unwilling to turn off the radio.
Joyce Scott’s work often deals with stereotypes. She says, “Almost everyone’s been oppressed in some way, or under someone’s
thumb or been misjudged because of their skin tone, gender, weight, eye color, hair color, or hairstyle. We’re misjudged and we dislike it, so we know what that feels like.”
A time in US history I find [...]
Joyce Scott continues a long tradition of quilting in a few of the pieces in this exhibition, and I thought it would be interesting to share some of the history behind that tradition. (Thanks to Rachel, our fabulous intern, who did some of the research for this post.)
The idea of the quilt developed by [...]
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