Joyce J. Scott
✓ Source-basedfallingAfrican American artist (born 1948)
Joyce J. Scott is an African-American artist, sculptor, quilter, performance artist, installation artist, print-maker, lecturer and educator.
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Toshiko TakaezuAlso won Gold Medal for Consummate CraftsmanshipWilhelmina HolladayAlso won Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award
Sonya ClarkAlso won Fellow of the American Craft CouncilDorothy DehnerAlso won Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement AwardPaul SoldnerAlso won Fellow of the American Craft Council
Jun KanekoAlso won Gold Medal for Consummate CraftsmanshipAbout this person
Joyce J. Scott is an African-American artist, sculptor, quilter, performance artist, installation artist, print-maker, lecturer and educator. Named a MacArthur Fellow in 2016, and a Smithsonian Visionary Artist in 2019, Scott is best known for her figurative sculptures and jewelry using free form, off-loom beadweaving techniques, similar to a peyote stitch. Each piece is often constructed using thousands of glass seed beads or pony beads, and sometimes other found objects or materials such as glass, quilting and leather. In 2018, she was hailed for working in new medium - a mixture of soil, clay, straw, and cement - for a sculpture meant to disintegrate and return to the earth. Scott is influenced by a variety of diverse cultures, including Native American and African traditions, Mexican, Czech, and Russian beadwork, illustration and comic books, and pop culture.
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