Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
History of Black Artists in America
Speaker
Professor Betty Ann Hoehn
Coordinator
Steve Clarey
Black Artists in the U.S. have a rich history. For more than two centuries, they have created, and continue to create, art as varied as the artists themselves. Some have drawn on cultural traditions in Africa. Others have been inspired by European traditions in art, as well as personal experiences of life. For a long period of American history, art created by Black artists was considered irrelevant and unworthy of appreciation. Still, even in the conditions of slavery, segregation, and oppression, Black artists managed to build and preserve artistic tradition. This two-part lecture series will be looking at artists from 19th century Henry Ossawa Tanner and Edmonia Lewis to mid-20th century sculptor Augusta Savage and Elizabeth Catlett, conceptual artist Fred Wilson, narrative artist Jacob Lawrence, and many others.
Speaker Bio
Presenter: Betty Ann Hoehn, an independent art history lecturer, has served as an adjunct professor of art history at the University of San Diego. In Europe she completed in-depth studies on a number of subjects including Renaissance architecture. She has written two books: Smell the Raindrops and Solace in Art. She has BA from Bowdoin College and an MA from the University of Memphis
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