Collective Yearning : Black Women Artists from the Zimmerli Art Museum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wiley, Amber N.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2026.

Summary:

When Rutgers professor Amber N.Wiley began teaching her African American Art class in 2018, she and her students made a shocking discovery.While the university's Zimmerli Art Museum had over seventy thousand artworks in its collection, only one of the pieces on display was by a Black American woman.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Introduction: Pedagogical Yearning

Part I: Framing the Question and Creating the Space

1. Teaching to Transgress

2. Echoes: Speaking from the Threshold

3. "Pass the Mic": A Conversation with Student Curators

Part II: Collective Yearning and Curatorial Action

4. Self-Making and Identity

5. The Brodsky Center and the Rutgers Print Collaborative

6. Process and Materiality

7. The Art of Storytelling

8. Alchemy and Spirituality

Conclusion: Seeing Ourselves

Artist Biographies

Appendix: Art Analysis Worksheet

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Notes on Contributors.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-9788-4285-6

1-9788-4286-4

OCLC:

1591817077