31 research outputs found
Lecture by Lowery Stokes Sims, given at Florida International University, September 19, 1994
No full textLowery Stokes Sims presents her lecture Melvin Edwards: A 30 Year Retrospective 1963-1993 .
Introduction by Dahlia Morgan
Joyce J. Scott Harriet Tubman and other truths
No full textThe most comprehensive publication available to date on the work of Baltimore-based, African American artist Joyce J. Scott (born 1948), this beautiful monograph features more than 60 works from the last 45 years, including 12 new pieces based upon Harriet Tubman. Exploring subjects of representation, politics and topical events involving African Americans and oppressed people worldwide, 'Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths' showcases the beauty of Scott's art, mastery of her materials and provocative worldviews. Essays by co-curators Lowery Stokes Sims and Patterson Sims, an interview with the artist and commentary by Seph Rodney provide rich narrative and context. Exhibition: Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, USA (20.10.2017-01.04.2018
SIDE 1: Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. James H. Sims, Jr. Men's Day. Speaker: Rev. Joseph E. Lowery. Title: Boys to Men. 7-18-04.
No full textThis audio recording features a church service at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church on July 18, 2004. This audio recording begins with worship music, prayers, and performances by the men's choir of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. In honor of Men's Day, Joseph E. Lowery gives his speech (at 00:46:15), "Boys to Men", in which he speaks about how men must grow from boys to men and what it means to be a man. Lowery emphasizes characteristics of men as prioritizing education, developing the content of character, having discipline, choosing spirituality over materialism, loving oneself and others, and being gentle.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
Global Africa Project
No full textBook Review of Global Africa Project, ed. By Lowery Stokes Sims and Leslie King-Hammond. ISBN 9783791350844. Reviewed by Mary Kandiuk
The figure in 20th century American art selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art ; an exhibition ...
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Collecting the Art of African-Americans at the Studio Museum in Harlem: Positioning the “New” from the Perspective of the Past
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Gregory Coates: Sheer Audacity
No full textArtist Gregory Coates demonstrates virtuosity with unorthodox materials – bike inner tubes, feathers, wood pallets, records, brooms, recycled cardboard and repurposed fabric – to create immersive works that can be understood on many levels. Historian and curator Lowery Stokes Sims said, (Coates\u27) work is not about the use of materials, but the material itself as subject matter.
Curated by Jeanne Brasile.https://scholarship.shu.edu/past-exhibits-2020/1000/thumbnail.jp
Plastic Spoons Rubber Bands
No full textThe chapter 'Plastic Spoons Rubber Bands' outlines the work of Jill Townsley through text and images. The publication accompanies the exhibition 'Second Lives: Remixing the Ordianry'. It includes essays by the Museum of Art and Design curators David Revere McFadden and Lowery Stokes Sims, and an introduction by Director Holly Hotchner. Individual biographical and critical essays on all 54 artists in the exhibition are accompanied by full-color illustrations of their work
