Jeﬀreen M. Hayes's guest appearances

Jeﬀreen M. Hayes

Seeing Color

The Great Women Artists

Barack Obama

Agnes Martin

Billie Lee

Marina Abramović

Laura Smith

Eileen Myles

Ali Smith

Olivia Laing

Alyce Mahon

Didier William

Marina Warner

Deborah Levy

Anne Truitt

Cornelia Parker

Sarah Lucas

OwlTail

In episode 81 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews Jeﬀreen M. Hayes on the Harlem Renaissance pioneer, Augusta Savage!!*BOOK NEWS!* I have written a book! Order The Story of Art without Men here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Art-without-Men/dp/1529151147/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1647348710&amp;sr=8-1 [This episode is brought to you by Alighieri jewellery: www.alighieri.co.uk | use the code TGWA at checkout for 10% off!]Overcoming poverty, racism, and sexual discrimination, Savage is one of the greatest American artists of the 20th century and is famed for her emotionally tender and stoic life-size figures and plaster portrait busts. Raised in a strict family in Florida with a father who opposedher artistic pursuits, she arrived in New York with just $4.60, and in 1922 enrolled at The Cooper Union School of Art. Coming to the fore inthe 1920s, Savage mastered emotionally tender and stoic life-size figures and plaster portrait busts (painted with shoe polish for a bronzed effect), and her subjects ranged from dignified everyday Black figures to influential Harlemites, including W. E. B. Du Bois. Working with images to elevate Black culture into mainstream America, Savage was also a key community organiser, exhibitor and teacher to so many. Not only did she become the first African American woman in the US to open her own private art gallery, she was also appointed the first director of the Harlem Community Art Center. As confirmed by Jeffreen, who has previously said: “I don’t think about Augusta Savage as someone who only made objects … [but rather as someone who] has really left behind a blueprint of what it means to be an artist that centres humanity.”ENJOY!Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hesselSound editing by Nada SmiljanicResearch assistant: Viva RuggiArtwork by @thisisaliceskinnerMusic by Ben Wetherfieldhttps://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/

In episode 81 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews Jeﬀreen M. Hayes on the Harlem Renaissance pioneer, Augusta Savage!! *BOOK NEWS!* I have written a book! Order The Story of Art without Men here: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Art-without-Men/dp/1529151147/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1647348710&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Art-without-Men/dp/1529151147/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1647348710&amp;sr=8-1</a> [This episode is brought to you by Alighieri jewellery: <a href="http://www.alighieri.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.alighieri.co.uk</a> | use the code TGWA at checkout for 10% off!] Overcoming poverty, racism, and sexual discrimination, Savage is one of the greatest American artists of the 20th century and is famed for her emotionally tender and stoic life-size figures and plaster portrait busts. Raised in a strict family in Florida with a father who opposed her artistic pursuits, she arrived in New York with just $4.60, and in 1922 enrolled at The Cooper Union School of Art. Coming to the fore in the 1920s, Savage mastered emotionally tender and stoic life-size figures and plaster portrait busts (painted with shoe polish for a bronzed effect), and her subjects ranged from dignified everyday Black figures to influential Harlemites, including W. E. B. Du Bois. Working with images to elevate Black culture into mainstream America, Savage was also a key community organiser, exhibitor and teacher to so many. Not only did she become the first African American woman in the US to open her own private art gallery, she was also appointed the first director of the Harlem Community Art Center. As confirmed by Jeffreen, who has previously said: “I don’t think about Augusta Savage as someone who only made objects … [but rather as someone who] has really left behind a blueprint of what it means to be an artist that centres humanity.” ENJOY! Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Sound editing by Nada Smiljanic Research assistant: Viva Ruggi Artwork by @thisisaliceskinner Music by Ben Wetherfield <a href="https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/</a>

Jeﬀreen M. Hayes on Augusta Savage

Hi everyone. I hope you are doing well wherever you are. I just started my virtual residency at Rogers Art Loft, where I will be interviewing local Las Vegas artists and cultural workers. There will be a few live events, so I'll post them as they come about. Stay tuned!But for today, I have a really special episode with Dr. Jeffreen M. Hayes, a trained art historian and curator who advocates for racial inclusion, equity, and access. Jeffreen has extensive curatorial experience and some of her projects include SILOS, Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman, AFRICOBRA: Messages to the People, and Embracing the Lens: BlackFlorida project. Jeffreen is also the Executive Director of Threewalls, a space that intentionally develops artistic platforms with artists to help manifest the organization’s vision of art connecting segregated communities, people and experiences together. In this episode, Jeffreen was extremely generous with her time and labor as she talks about her journey through different arts organizations, from challenging racists institutions to welcoming the unfolding of the unknown. We also talk about how representation by itself is not enough, allowing for vulnerable moments, the importance of black-centered organizations, and defunding museums. Jeffreen hits so many key points more eloquently than I could ever do and I am excited to share our conversation with you. In the meantime, stay safe, stay healthy, and I hope you enjoy this.Links Mentioned:Jeffreen's TED Talk* for the love of blkThreewallsJamaica Center for Arts and LearningThe Organization of Black American CultureWall of RespectAfriCOBRAJeff DonaldsonWadsworth JarrellJae JarrellBarbara Jones-HoguGerald WilliamsAFRICOBRA: Nation Time at the Venice Biennale 2019The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Arts and MusicDefund Art MuseumsInside the Walls PodcastFollow Seeing Color:Seeing Color WebsiteSubscribe on Apple PodcastsFacebookTwitterInstagram

Hi everyone. I hope you are doing well wherever you are. I just started my virtual residency at Rogers Art Loft, where I will be interviewing local Las Vegas artists and cultural workers. There will be a few live events, so I'll post them as they come about. Stay tuned!But for today, I have a really special episode with Dr. Jeffreen M. Hayes, a trained art historian and curator who advocates for racial inclusion, equity, and access. Jeffreen has extensive curatorial experience and some of her projects include SILOS, Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman, AFRICOBRA: Messages to the People, and Embracing the Lens: BlackFlorida project. Jeffreen is also the Executive Director of Threewalls, a space that intentionally develops artistic platforms with artists to help manifest the organization’s vision of art connecting segregated communities, people and experiences together. In this episode, Jeffreen was extremely generous with her time and labor as she talks about her journey through different arts organizations, from challenging racists institutions to welcoming the unfolding of the unknown. We also talk about how representation by itself is not enough, allowing for vulnerable moments, the importance of black-centered organizations, and defunding museums. Jeffreen hits so many key points more eloquently than I could ever do and I am excited to share our conversation with you. In the meantime, stay safe, stay healthy, and I hope you enjoy this.Links Mentioned:<ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-9bcCOK7Aw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeffreen's TED Talk</a>* <a href="https://www.fortheloveofblk.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">for the love of blk</a></li><li><a href="https://three-walls.org/who-we-are/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Threewalls</a></li><li><a href="https://www.jcal.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_of_Black_American_Culture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Organization of Black American Culture</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_of_Respect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wall of Respect</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AfriCOBRA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AfriCOBRA</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Donaldson_(artist)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeff Donaldson</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadsworth_Jarrell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wadsworth Jarrell</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jae_Jarrell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jae Jarrell</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Jones-Hogu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barbara Jones-Hogu</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Williams_(artist)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gerald Williams</a></li><li><a href="https://www.bardola.org/africobra-nation-time-about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AFRICOBRA: Nation Time at the Venice Biennale 2019</a></li><li><a href="https://mcachicago.org/Exhibitions/2015/The-Freedom-Principle-Experiments-In-Art-And-Music-1965-To-Now" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Arts and Music</a></li><li><a href="https://www.fortheloveofblk.com/writings/want-a-racially-just-world-defund-art-museum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Defund Art Museums</a></li><li><a href="https://three-walls.org/podcasts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inside the Walls Podcast</a></li></ul>Follow Seeing Color:<ul><li><a href="https://seeingcolorpod.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seeing Color Website</a></li><li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/seeing-color/id1437098626" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe on Apple Podcasts</a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/seeingcolorpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/seeingcolorpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/seeingcolorpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li></ul>

Episode 69: Welcoming the Unfolding (w/ Dr. Jeﬀreen M. Hayes)