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The Monumental Imagination of Augusta Savage
Sidedoor
English - December 28, 2022 05:00 - 27 minutes - 38 MB - ★★★★★ - 2K ratingsSociety & Culture exhibits air and space american history zoo natural history megan detrie museum exhibit sidedoor history Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Public monuments to honor Black Americans in the 1930s: that was the vision of Augusta Savage, a Harlem Renaissance sculptor who has been called one of the most influential artists of the 21st century. But the monuments she left behind might not be what you'd expect.
Guests:
Karen Lemmey, Lucy S. Rhame Curator of Sculpture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Grace Yasumura, assistant curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Tess Korobkin, Professor of American Art at University of Maryland, College Park