Kay Brown (artist)

Kay Brown
Born 1932 (1932)
New York City
Died 2012 (aged 79–80)
Washington, D.C.
Known for Painting
Printmaking
Collage
Movement Black Arts Movement

Kay Brown (Artist) (1932-2012) was an African American artist and one of the founders of the Where We At Black women artists' collective in New York City.[1][2][3] She was also a member of the Weusi Artist Collective,[4] based in Harlem during the 1960s and 1970s.[5]

Career

Brown was a staff member at the Medgar Evers College[6] and an assistant professor at the Anne Arundel Community College from 1989-1990. Brown also wrote a young adult novel, Willy's Summer Dream, published in 1989.[7][8][9]

Works

  • The Black Soldier, 1969[10]
  • Willowbrook, 1972[11]
  • First Kick of Life (Color etching and aquatint on paper, circa 1974), in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum[12]
  • Black Mother and Male Child, 1974-1975[13]
  • Everytime I Feel the Spirit (Etching, 1979), exhibited in the exhibition Transformations: Women in Art 70's-80's, at the New York Coliseum, March 5–9, 1981
  • The Devil and His Game (Collage, 1968), exhibited in the exhibition Tradition and Conflict: Images of a Turbulent Decade, 1963-1973, at the Studio Museum in Harlem, January 27-June 30, 1985

Exhibitions

References

  1. 1 2 Brooklyn Museum. "We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 (Exhibition)". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  2. ↑ Cotter, Holland (2017-04-20). "To Be Black, Female and Fed Up With the Mainstream". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  3. ↑ Fields, Jill (2012-02-27). Entering the Picture: Judy Chicago, The Fresno Feminist Art Program, and the Collective Visions of Women Artists. Routledge. p. 120. ISBN 9781136638923.
  4. ↑ "An Inspirational Artist: Active Adult | Retirement Living". www.retirement-living.com. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  5. ↑ Brown, Kay (Spring 2012). "The Weusi Artists". NKA: A Journal of Contemporary African Art. 2012 (30): 63. doi:10.1215/10757163-1496471.
  6. ↑ Allen, Catherine (1981). Transformations: Women in Art 70's-80's, New York Coliseum, March 5-9, 1981. New York: New York Feminist Art Institute / ARTEXPO N.Y. p. 9.
  7. ↑ Brown, Kay (1989-09-01). Willy's Summer Dream (1st ed.). San Diego: Harcourt Childrens Books. ISBN 9780152006457.
  8. ↑ Brown, Kay (1989). Willy's summer dream. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. ISBN 0152006451.
  9. ↑ "Children's Book Review: Willy's Summer Dream by Kay Brown, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $13.95 (132p) ISBN 978-0-15-200645-7". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  10. ↑ McCarthy, David (2015-07-07). American Artists Against War, 1935 2010. Univ of California Press. p. 106. ISBN 9780520286702.
  11. ↑ "Willowbrook by KayBrown". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  12. ↑ Brooklyn Museum. "First Kick of Life". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  13. ↑ "Black Mother and Male Child by KayBrown". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  14. ↑ Painter, Nell Irvin (2006). Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present. Oxford University Press. p. 421. ISBN 9780195137552.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.