Nov.-Dec. 2011 - Maryland Institute College of Art

Monday Artist at Noon:
Joyce J. Scott ’70
Monday, November 28, Noon
Brown Center:
Falvey Hall, 1301 W. Mount Royal Ave.
knoWn as the “Queen of
beadWork,” Joyce J. Scott ’70 creates
provocative beaded sculptural forms and
neck pieces that address political and
social issues such as gender, race, and
class struggle. A native Baltimorean,
Scott is inspired by the three generations
of storytellers, quilters, basket makers,
and wood, metal, and clay workers that
came before her as part of her African-
American, Native-American and
Scottish heritage. At this talk, Scott will
speak about her artwork, life, and career.
Joyce J. Scott (Courtesy Goya Contemporary and John Dean)
Paul Chaat Smith
Monday, November 28, 7 pm
Brown Center:
Falvey Hall, 1301 W. Mount Royal Ave.
Paul Chaat smith is a Comanche
author and curator whose work focuses on
the contemporary landscape of American
Indian politics and culture. Smith joined
the Smithsonian’s National Museum of
the American Indian in 2001, where
he currently serves as associate curator.
He is the co-author of Like a Hurricane:
the Indian Movement from Alcatraz to
Wounded Knee, a standard text in Native
studies and American history courses,
and author of Everything You Know about
Indians Is Wrong. He served as creative
consultant for the PBS television series
We Shall Remain: A Native History of
America. This talk is sponsored by the
Humanities Department. His residency is
made possible by the MFA in Curatorial
Practice and Rinehart School of Sculpture
programs with the support of the Center
for Race and Culture.
Paul Chaat Smith
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Joyce J. Scott, Tanzanian Flayed Albino Man’s Face, seedbeads and
thread, 2008 (Courtesy of Goya Contemporary).
the monday artist at noon
leCture series is organized by the Drawing,
General Fine Arts, Painting, and Printmaking
Senior Thesis programs. The Art@Lunch lecture
series is organized by the Department of Art History,
Theory, and Criticism with support from the Office
of Academic Services.