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Mar 4, 2022 · You have a series of four paintings about Mary Magdalene. Can you talk about how her story is relevant today? This series was commissioned by a woman named Rita L. Houlihan.
- Emily Claire Schmitt
Emily Claire Schmitt is a Brooklyn-based playwright,...
- Emily Claire Schmitt
- Harriet Powers
- Edmonia Lewis
- Sister Gertrude Morgan and Minnie Evans
- Kara Walker
- Mary L. Proctor
- The Invitation
Powers was born a slave in Georgia and later gaining her freedom, she created a series of quilts in the late 1800s which reflected her particular interest in biblical heroes who overcame great obstacles, such as Noah, Moses, Jonah, and Job. This appliqué textile design technique was imported from West Africa as a storytelling device and was an impo...
Edmonia Lewis was one of these artists. Lewis is the only Black woman to be widely accepted as a professional American artist in the nineteenth century, and she spent most of her career living in Rome, Italy. Lewis’s story is remarkable for the unmatched obstacles she faced due to prejudice against her gender, race, and poverty. Lewis overcame all ...
Many Black folk artists emerged in the 1900s, including Minnie Evans and Gertrude Morgan. These artists, although formally untrained, created art to communicate their faith and emphasize their personal encounters with the divine. Many of these artists’ works are now displayed in prominent museums throughout the US. Sister Gertrude Morgan answered h...
Kara Walker’s artwork deals with issues of oppression, racism, gender, sexuality, and the impact slavery has had on the Black American experience of faith in her work. In her ink piece entitled Christ’s Entry into Journalism (click to see this piece), Walker employs a play on words and merges together images of Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem with Ame...
In a vibrant and unique style, Mary Proctor picks up on the long tradition of folk art to tell stories from her own experience as a Black woman in America. She often employs Christian themes in her art, refers to herself as “Missionary Mary,” and is a self-taught visionary who is inspired by God to create and promote the truth. She reports hearing ...
By taking a quick look back at the contributions of these artists, we are able to gain a greater appreciation of the unique voices being expressed, how they call our attention to injustice, current and historical, and their invitation for us to engage in the tension of their realities, embracing faith while living through oppression. These female a...
Mar 28, 2021 · Rosales gives power back to the Black feminine and purifies age-old images that have been forced upon all women by creating her Black Renaissance art. Making women more than the mother and harlot— giving Black women, Black people, historical examples of their radiance, beauty, intellect, and power.
- The Slavery Era. Slavery in America. Some of the most famous examples of African American folk art are the quilts depicting scenes from the Bible and historic events made by Harriet Powers, born into slavery in Georgia in 1837 and freed after the Civil War; they have been preserved in the Smithsonian and Boston’s Museum of Fine Art.
- Civil War and Reconstruction. Black Leaders During Reconstruction. The New York-born artist Edmonia Lewis, of African American and Native American descent, studied at Oberlin College in the early 1860s and later gained fame as a sculptor.
- Early 20th Century and the Harlem Renaissance. Harlem Renaissance. In the years following World War I, Black visual artists produced an increasing amount of work influenced by the aesthetic traditions of Africa.
- The Civil Rights and Black Arts Movements. Montgomery Bus Boycott. The hardship of the Depression and the coming of World War II refocused African American literature and art towards social criticism, as evidenced by the work of such novelists as Ann Petry, whose 1946 novel The Street chronicled the struggles of a working class Black woman in Harlem.
For centuries, art has portrayed biblical women in ways that reflect society’s attitudes towards women and their role. Depictions of female biblical figures fluctuate according to historical and social perceptions. Jewish art often features heroic and worthy women who, through their courageous deeds, helped to triumph over Israel’s enemies.
Nov 17, 2015 · Born Maria Elisabeth Stolberg, Sister Marie Boniface was a member of the Benedictine Sisters of Saint Bathilde, a Catholic congregation of women headquartered in Vanves, France. Although Sister Marie was a white Austrian, she chose to depict Jesus and his disciples as black.
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Himid calls herself a ‘black feminist’, and sees the two terms as inseparable. It is important to remember that much discussion of women in art fails to address the experience of people of colour. Not only does Himid tackle this bias in her artwork, she also actively works to give other black artists a voice.
