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The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine Spring/Summer 2018 Spring/Summer 2018 Studio Magazine Board of Trustees Contributors Editor in Chief Raymond J The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine in Harlem The Studio Museum The Studio Museum in Harlem 144 West 125th Street New York, NY 10027 The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine Spring/Summer 2018 Spring/Summer 2018 Spring/Summer Studio magazine Board of Trustees Contributors Editor in Chief Raymond J. McGuire, Chairman Desiree C. Bailey Elizabeth Karp-Evans Carol Sutton Lewis, Vice-Chair Poet, writer, and educator; her work has Rodney M. Miller, Sr., Treasurer appeared in Best America Poetry 2015, Creative Director Jacqueline L. Bradley, Secretary Callaloo, and The Rumpus Thelma Golden Joshua Bell Laura Day Baker Major Gifts O icer Contributing Editor Dr. Anita Blanchard Elizabeth Gwinn Kathryn C. Chenault Eric Booker Joan S. Davidson Exhibition Coordinator Editorial Assistant Gordon J. Davis, Esq. Charmaine Marie Branch Symphonie Swift Damien R. Dwin Curatorial Fellow Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Copy Editor Sandra Grymes Angelica Calderon Samir S. Patel Arthur J. Humphrey Jr. Artist George L. Knox Zainab Floyd Design Nancy L. Lane Artist OCD Dr. Michael L. Lomax Bernard I. Lumpkin Nelson George Printing Dr. Amelia Ogunlesi Author, cultural critic, and ilmmaker Allied Printing Services Holly Peterson Jennifer Harley Ann G. Tenenbaum School and Educator Studio is published two times a year Reginald Van Lee Programs Coordinator by The Studio Museum in Harlem, Chloe Hayward 144 W. 125th St., New York, NY 10027 Ex-O icio Family Programs Coordinator Hon. Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City Copyright © 2018 Studio magazine Roxanne John, Mayoral Designee Chanice Hughes-Greenberg Hon. Tom Finkelpearl, Commissioner Poet, her work has appeared in Art All rights, including translation into other of the Department of Cultural A airs Observed, Packet Biweekly, Horse Less languages, are reserved by the publisher. Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator Review, No, Dear Magazine, and Studio Nothing in this publication may be Ginny Huo reproduced without the permission Expanding the Walls/Youth of the publisher. Programs Coordinator Cover image: Sasha Jelan Detail of work in progress Healer, mother, creative is cool by Firelei Báez Nectar Knuckles Courtesy the artist Curatorial Fellow Photo: SaVonne Anderson Malaika Langa Opposite: Director of Finance P1: Spiral Group opening, May 14, 1965 Thomas J. Lax Photo: Jim Rudin Associate Curator in the Department P2: Fifth Avenue loft, interior, c. 1968 of Media and Performance Art at the P3: 125th Street, exterior, c. 1993 Museum of Modern Art P45: Front, Left to Right: Councilman Fred Samuel; Mayor Edward I. Koch; Dr. Mary Sable Elyse Smith Schmidt Campbell, Executive Director; Artist C. Elaine Parker, assistant to Manhattan Ketter Weissman Borough President Andrew Stein; Terrance Campaign Manager Moan, Deputy Commissioner; Rear, Left to Right: Unknown; Charles A. Shorter, Jr., Nico Wheadon Chairman of the Board (Studio Museum); Director of Public Programs and Commissioner Bess Myerson, Department Community Engagement of Cultural A airs; Fred Price, assistant to Anaïs Duplan City Council President Carol Bellamy, Public Programs and Community c. 1979 Engagement Fellow P6: Facade view of the new building Victoria L. Valentine from 125th Street Founder and editor of Culture Type Courtesy Adjaye Associates Fatima Zaidi Campaign Assistant Back Images: All photos: Scott Rudd Events Studio Spring/Summer 2018 Letter from the Director When The Studio Museum in Harlem was founded in 1968, the diverse group of artists, community activists, and phi- lanthropists at its helm wrote, “We have chosen Harlem as the place for this more experimental, less institutionalized Museum because of the sense of newness, strength, and change which is present there.” I’ve been thinking a lot about these three ideals—new- ness, strength, and change—at this incredibly transforma- tive moment in the life of the Studio Museum. We are at a time of monumental change, as we prepare to construct a new home here on 125th Street. The 1914 bank and office building brilliantly adapted for us in 1982 by renowned architect J. Max Bond Jr. will be succeeded by a com- pletely new structure designed expressly for the Museum—and for you, our visitors, neighbors, artists, and friends—by Adjaye Associates and Cooper Robertson. As we prepare for all this newness and change, we are looking deeply at what has been the greatest strength of the Studio Museum for the past fifty years: our support for artists of African descent and the ways in which their work can inform, engage, and inspire a broad and diverse pub- lic. While the Museum’s galleries are closed, we are com- mitted to continuing this work through inHarlem, a dynamic set of collaborative programs in the amazing neighborhood we are honored to call home. Photo: Julie Skarratt We are continuing our groundbreaking exhibitions, thought-provoking conversations, and engaging art-mak- ing workshops at a variety of partner and satellite loca- tions in Harlem, including New York Public Library They were all important members of the Studio Museum branches, the Maysles Documentary Center, NYC Parks, family and will be truly missed. the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Our bright future is only possible because of the great and more. devotion of this Museum family, our many supporters, and In this spirit, Studio takes a special focus on Harlem. our neighborhood. Harlem continues to be a place of You’ll read about the exhibitions Firelei Báez: Joy Out of unparalleled “newness, strength, and change.” We are Fire and Maren Hassinger: Monuments, but also the so grateful. Museum’s Community Advisory Network; our 2018 artists I look forward to seeing you soon, in Harlem! in residence, now working at Studio Museum 127 (the Museum’s street-level space at 429 West 127th Street); the Langston Hughes House; films inspired by the neighbor- hood; artwork in Harlem’s 125th Street subway station; and stories from many artists, students, and friends in the neighborhood. Finally, in this issue we remember Holly Block, Peggy Thelma Golden Cooper Cafritz, Kynaston McShine, and Jack Whitten. Director and Chief Curator page 32 page 16 page 44 page 80 page 62 page 108 Firelei Báez 12 Film Forum 40 at the Schomburg Center Black Activism Maren Hassigner 14 Maker's Mixtape 42 in Marcus Garvey Park “Joyride” with Sable Elyse Smith Introducing the 2018 16 Artists in Residence Book Review 44 Black Performance on the Harlem Postcards 22 Outskirts of the Left Spring/Summer 2018 Give Us a Poem 46 Photo Studio 28 MTArt 50 Elsewhere 32 Houston Conwill’s Open Secret at 125th Street What Are They Made of There? 52 A Legacy Meets New Beginnings 56 Practice in Print: Kayode Ojo 62 New Folk 74 Hearing Harlem 80 Walking inHarlem with 84 Global Council 106 the Second Grade Studio Museum Heads South DIY 88 Recent Acquisitions 108 Grow Your Own Crystals Emerging Artists, Young and Old Above and Beyond ETW 90 In Memoriam 110 Building a New Home 92 Supporters 114 Profiles in Genius 94 Members 118 Gala 2017 98 Membership Information 123 Member Spotlight 104 Kathleen Adams Visitor Information 124 JoyFirelei Out of Fire Báez 05.01.18 Schomburg 09.29.18 Center Exhibition Schedule On View May 1–September 29, 2018 Firelei Báez: Joy Out of Fire On View June 16, 2018–June 10, 2019 Maren Hassinger: Monuments Always on View Harlem Postcards Check studiomuseum.org for the latest on our exhibitions and programs. Studio Spring/Summer 2018 Firelei Báez Joy Out of Fire Firelei Báez: Joy Out of Fire features women whose legacies are maintained and preserved by the archives of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The exhibition sees Báez continue to meditate on her long-standing interest in representation, through imaginative portraits of Afro-Caribbean/ Afro-Latina women who made their mark on the twentieth century as artists, authors, activists, entertainers, educators, and public officials. The works reimage these important figures in conversa- bring out of obscurity—they will not be portrait likenesses tion with each other, and celebrate the complex histories in the conventional sense. Rather, the ensemble will cre- of notable black women across two centuries. ate a celebratory space in the gallery of the Schomburg In creating Joy Out of Fire, Báez selected each subject Center, imparting the joy that these extraordinary women after interviewing six archivists from the Schomburg brought out of the tumult of their lives, as they shared Center. Working closely with library and Schomburg staff, their concerns and ideas and gave one another support she researched the lives of women whose archives are and inspiration across generations. The title, Joy Out of housed there, such as Maya Angelou, Jean Blackwell Fire, is a reference to the incredible accomplishments of Hutson, and Ada “Bricktop” Smith, and explored addi- these women, in the face of extreme odds. In honoring tional archival holdings to find insights into other figures, these powerful women, each work is arranged on the such as Oprah, Maritcha Remond Lyons, and Shirley perimeter of the gallery, across from selections from their Graham Du Bois. The resulting portraits on view are both archives, to create a reflective space within the figurative and conceptual; Báez painstakingly combined Schomburg Center. many different sources of information, from letters to dia- This exhibition is part of the Studio Museum’s inHarlem ries to photographs, to form the dynamic works and mir- initiative. Now its third year, inHarlem is designed to ror the many important contributions each figure made to explore innovative ways to engage the community while society. The intricate new works incorporate materials taking the Museum beyond its walls, and encompasses a from reproductions of archival photographs to the hand- growing range of dynamic exhibitions and programs. writing of women in the archive. Firelei Báez: Joy Out of Fire is organized by Hallie Ringle, Assistant Curator, “I wanted to bring in as much of each woman’s physical The Studio Museum in Harlem.
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