Kickin' It With Joyce J. Scott Press Release

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Kickin’ It with Joyce J. Scott

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For over three decades, Joyce J. Scott has been creating objects of exceptional skill and beauty while offering her own distinctive commentary on social issues such as stereotyping, violence, and the prejudice that we all confront at some point in our lives. Now, a retrospective of her 30-year career, Kickin’ It with Joyce J. Scott, opening [opening date] at [your institution], pays tribute to her remarkable career by presenting 60 of her works created since 1970. This comprehensive exhibition includes sculpture, jewelry, prints, and textiles as well as videos and photographs of Scott's performance and installation work.

The foundation of Scott's art is craft. Though she often mixes materials—ceramic, glass, cloth, and metal—beads are prevalent in her work: a glittering, beaded surface is a signature element of her oeuvre. If her subject matter is sometimes harsh, it is leavened by her wry humor and masterly technique.

A person of amazing versatility, Scott is a sculptor, jeweler, printmaker, performance artist, and educator, and her influences, from African and Native American experiences to comic books, television, and other venues of popular American culture, are as wide ranging as her media.

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Kickin' It with Joyce J. Scott is made possible by a generous grant from Altria Group, Inc. An expanded version of the exhibition was originally mounted in 2000 as a collaboration between the Maryland Institute College of Art and the Baltimore Museum of Art, where it was a great critical and popular success. The exhibition is curated by George Ciscle, Curator-in-Residence, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, and organized and toured by ExhibitsUSA. The purpose of ExhibitsUSA is to create access to an array of arts and humanities exhibitions, nurture the development and understanding of diverse art forms and cultures, and encourage the expanding depth and breadth of cultural life in local communities. ExhibitsUSA is a national division of Mid-America Arts Alliance, a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1972.

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