Summer 2019 Artists Under Study

Yaa Gyasi
Trelani Michelle
Yrsa Daley-Ward
Mickalene Thomas
Rico Nasty
salt-n-pepa
Lorna Simpson
Dominique Morisseau
Salkis Re
Tina Gordon Chism
Carrie Mae Weems
Debbie Tucker Green

Selections

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Fiction

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

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Non-Fiction

Women Who Aren’t Afraid to Curse When Communicating with God

Trelani Michelle

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Poetry

Bone

Yrsa Daley-Ward​

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Drama 

Sunset Baby
Dominique Morisseau

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Film

Little

Tina Gordon Chism

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Second Coming

Debbie Tucker Green​

Album

Hot, Cool & Vicious 

Salt N' Pepa

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Nasty

Rico Nasty

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Visual Art

Jet Blue #1

Clarivel #5

Mickalene Thomas

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Black Gurl

African Art, African Girl, Dancer

Salkis Re

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The Kitchen Table Series

Carrie Mae Weems

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Famous Statue Damn 
Famous Statue Volcano

Head on Ice Series

Lorna Simpson

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Mickalene Thomas

"In my family, growing up, the women were always the ones who were powerful, and they exuded this charisma of empowerment that I hold onto and always remember. I had some difficult times, but these strong women were always a constant."