"I Believe in the Power Art": vanessa german, Citizen Artist

Autor/in	Uhlig, Sue
Titel	"I Believe in the Power Art": vanessa german, Citizen Artist
Quelle	In: Art Education, 74 (2021) 3, S.48-57 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-3125
DOI	10.1080/00043125.2021.1876472
Schlagwörter	Artists; Sculpture; Art Education; African Americans; Social Justice; Secondary School Curriculum + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Artiste; Artist; Künstler; Künstlerin; Bildhauerei; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Afroamerikaner; Soziale Gerechtigkeit
Abstract	In this article, Sue Uhlig highlights the mixed-media artwork of vanessa german. german uses everyday objects like bottle caps, spoons, and coins assembled en masse to create different assemblages, including power figure sculptures. Through these re-collected objects of the past, german shapes new associations in the present and helps direct future narratives in how they are written, uttered, or imagined. In addition to her mixed-media artwork, german's commitment to socially driven work with community is important for contemporary discourse on social justice and the Black Lives Matter movement. In this resource, Uhlig heeds the call to implement an anti-racist curriculum by amplifying Black visual culture and lifting Black voices, centering an African aesthetic of crafts media and nontraditional materials, and to actively disrupt racism through an anti-racist approach. Uhlig does so by focusing on three goals. First, she introduces art educators to the art of contemporary Black artist vanessa german, highlighting her role as a citizen artist. Second, she focuses on german's artistic practices using nontraditional media to create power figures and assemblages that celebrate the power of art. Third, she provides anti-racist curriculum connections geared for 8th grade and above. Throughout this instructional resource, german's voice is highlighted from a video interview Uhlig had with her specifically for this resource. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01