Joyce J. Scott

**Joyce J. Scott** (bɛ dɔɣi o la yuuni 1948) ka o nyɛ African-American nuuni tuunbaŋda, ŋun mɛri binyɛra, neen-pirintira, ni karimba. O daa di la MacArthur Fellow yuuni 2016, ka di Smithsonian Visionary Artist yuni 2019, Scott nyɛla ŋun mali yuli binyɛra mɛbu ni. 

### ''Memorial Pool''

## Exhibitions
Scott's exhibits include:

* 2024     Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams, The Baltimore Museum of Art, MD; traveling to Seattle Art Museum, WA. Curators: Cecilia Wichmann and Catharina Manchanda (catalogue)
* 2024     Bearing Witness: A History of Prints by Joyce J. Scott, Goya Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, MD.  Curator: Amy Eva Raehse
* 2023     Joyce J. Scott: Messages, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA (traveling, catalogue).  Curators: Mobilia Gallery
* 2019    REALITY, Times Two: Joyce J. Scott & Elizabeth Talford Scott, Goya Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, MD. Curator: Amy Eva Raehse
* 2020 *Visibilities: Intrepid Women of Artpace*, Artpace, San Antonio, TX. Curator: Erin K. Murphy
* 2018    Joyce J. Scott: It’s Happening in 2018, Goya Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Curator: Amy Eva Raehse

*2018  *Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths*, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, N.J. Curators: Lowery Stokes Sims and Patterson Sims
*2016  Generations: Joyce J. Scott | Sonya Clark, Goya Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, MD. Curator: Amy Eva Raehse
* 2016  Joyce J. Scott*, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA. Curator: Bruce Hoffman*
* 2015  Joyce J. Scott: Truths & Visions,* Sarah Moody Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL(catalog). Curator: Patterson Sims*
* *2015  Joyce J. Scott: Truths and Visions,* Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH(Catalogue). Curator: Patterson Sims
* 2014  *Can’t We All Just Get Along?,* Goya Contemporary, Baltimore MD (Catalogue). Curator: Amy Eva Raehse
* *2014  Maryland to Murano: Neckpieces and Sculptures by Joyce J. Scott,* Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY (catalogue). Curator: Lowery Stokes Sims
* 2012  *On Kilter*, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD (Catalogue). Curator: Amy Eva Raehse
* *2012  Joyce J. Scott: A Solo Exhibition of Prints*, Film and Performance, The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
* 2010-2011   *Li’l Lies and Purty Thangs*, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD (Catalogue).  Curator: Amy Eva Raehse
* 2010  McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
* *2010  The Wine Dark Sea*, The Mitchell Gallery at St. John's College, Annapolis, MD (Catalogue)
* *2010  Love Letters*, Mobilia, Cambridge MA
* 2008  *Joyce J. Scott: PAINFUL DEATH/PAINLESS LIFE*, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD (Catalogue) Curator: Amy Eva Raehse
* *2008  Joyce J. Scott in Tampa*, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, Tampa University, Tampa, FL
* 2007  *Kickin’ It with Joyce J. Scott*, Houston Center for Contemporary Art, Houston, TX. Curator: George Ciscle/ Exhibits USA
* *2007  Kickin’ It with Joyce J. Scott*, Polk Art Museum, Lakeland, FL. Curator George Ciscle/ Exhibits USA
* *2007  Joyce J. Scott: Breathe*, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD (Catalogue) Curator: Amy Eva Raehse
* *2005  Joyce J. Scott, Dirtwork*, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
* *2005  This Hand Washes That Hand Too*, Mesa Contemporary Arts at the Mesa Art Center, Mesa, AZ.
* 2004  *Kickin' It with Joyce J. Scott*, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA. Curator George Ciscle/ Exhibits USA
* *2004  Joyce J. Scott*, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
* *2004  Joyce J. Scott*, Walter Gropius Artist, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV
* *2004  Still Alive in 2004*, Ward Center for the Arts, St. Paul Schools, Brooklandville, MD
* 2003  *Joyce J. Scott, Untethered,* George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
* *2003  What a Long, Strange, Bumpy Trip it’s Been!, Sculpture & Monoprints by Joyce J. Scott,* Center of Contemporary Arts (COCA), St. Louis, MO
* 2001  *Joyce J. Scott, In Search of Self-Unfathomable*, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
* *2001  Joyce J. Scott, WTC Series*, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
* 2000  *Joyce J. Scott, Kickin' it With The Old Masters*, Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore, MD (catalogue). Curator: George Ciscle and the students at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
* *2000  Life After Fifty*, Noel Gallery, Charlotte, NC
* *2000  Treacherous Tickles:  Recent Sculpture & Prints*, Main Gallery, University of Texas, El Paso, TX
* *2000  Joyce J. Scott*, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
* 1999   *Incognegroism*, Richard Anderson Gallery, New York, NY
* *1999  Joyce J. Scott, A Muse*, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
* *1999  Joyce J. Scott, The Radiance of What Is*, Contemporary Art Center of  Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
* *1999  Joyce J. Scott: New Lithographs and Monoprints*, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
* 1998  *Things That Go Bump in the Night II,* Gallery 181, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
* 1996  *Joyce Scott, Mixed Bag*, Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO
* 1995  *Images Concealed*, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (catalogue)
* *1995  Joyce J. Scott, The Hand and the Spirit*, Scottsdale, AZ
* 1994  *Hard Choices,* Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO (catalogue)
* 1994  *Joyce J. Scott,* Okun Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
* *1992  Joyce J. Scott*, Brooklyn College of Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (traveling, catalogue)
* 1992  *Dimensional Objects and Jewelry, Politics of the Body,* Esther Saks Fine Art, Ltd, Chicago, Illinois[10]
* 1991  *I-con-no-body / I-con-o-graphy*, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (catalogue)
*1991  *Believe I've Been Sanctified, "*Places with a Past: New Site-Specific Art in Charleston," Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina
* 1988  *Thru the Veil*-, Textile Center for the Arts, Chicago, Illinois[10]
* 1985  *Dreamweave*r, The Cultural Center, Chicago Public Library, Illinois[10]
* 1981  *Something Got a Hold on Me,* Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC[10]
* 1981  *Something Got a Hold on Me,* Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC

## Select honors and awards
Below are a few selected awards, honors and fellowships Scott has received so far in her career:
* Gold Medalist, American Craft Council (2020)
* Smithsonian Visionary Artist (2019) 
* MacArthur Fellow, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL (2016)
* Masters of the Medium, James Renwick Alliance, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (2006)
* Governor's Arts Award at Artsalute: Maryland Citizens for the Arts Foundation, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (2002)
* Fellow, American Craft Council, New York, NY (2001)
* National Living Treasure Award, Maryland Nominee (1996)
* Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Award (1994)
* Pace Roberts Fellowship (1994)
* National Printing Fellowship (1992)
* Mid Atlantic Consortium Award (1990)
* Maryland State Arts Council Fellowship (1987, 1981)
* Fellowship, National Endowment of the Arts (1980)

## Museum collections
* Voices, 1993. Museum of Arts and Design
* Lovers, 2002. Museum of Arts and Design
* Water Mammy 1, 2012. Museum of Arts and Design
* Three Graces Oblivious While Los Angeles Burns, 1992. The Corning Museum of Glass
* Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland http://collection.artbma.org/emuseum/view/objects/aslist/search@?t:state:flow=b88615f6-f0a0-4e20-b8e8-49d86baef46c
*Rodney King's Head Was Squashed Like a Watermelon, 1991. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/89835.html?mulR=253295408|1
*Flaming Skeleton #3, 1993. Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan http://www.dia.org/art/search-collection.aspx?searchType=new&department=&classification=&artist=SCOTT+JOYCE&nationality=&medium=&objectNumber=&keyword=&date_from=&date_to=&action=Search+Art+at+the+DIA 
*The Sneak, 1989. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas https://www.mfah.org/art/detail/58032
*Sixteen Days in His Life, 1997-99. Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri http://www.kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/collection/explore/artist/1131 
*Joyce J. Scott. Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina http://www.mintmuseum.org/resources/collection-database/creator-detail/504677/Joyce-J-Scott 
*Necklace, 1994. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=35189, 
*Africa, ca. 1980. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=71960
*Caffeine, 1994-99. Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas http://collection.spencerart.ku.edu/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=20771&viewType=detailView 
*Beaded Necklace. Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin http://www.ramart.org/content/joyce-scott 
*American Craft Museum, New York, NY
*Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY 
*Charles A. Waustum Museum, Madison, WI
*Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
*Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
*Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
*Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington, DC
*Sheppard & Enoch Pratt Foundation, Towson, MD
*Speed Museum, Louisville, KY
*Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
**None Are Free until All Are Free*, 2006. Yale University, New Haven, CT

## Kundivihira

## Further reading
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*Stankard, Paul J. "Burning Embers." *Glass Quarterly*, no. 136 (Autumn 2014): 26-34.
*Sims, Lowery S, Raehse, Amy E, and King-Hammond, Leslie. "Breathe". (2007)
*Raehse, Amy E. "Can't We All Just Get Along". (2014) ISBN: 978-1-4951-2405-1
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*Sims, Lowery S, Joyce Scott, Patterson Sims, and Seph Rodney. *Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths*. , 2018.
*Scott, Joyce and Raehse, Amy E. "REALITY, Times Two: Joyce J. Scott and Elizabeth Talford Scott" (2019) ISBN: 978-1-7923-1491-9

## External links

*Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths, *Grounds for Sculpture* video. October 27, 2017.
*Oral history interview with Joyce J. Scott, 2009 July 22, from The Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, Archives of American Art. 
*Craft in America, Joyce J. Scott PBS Documentary
*Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, Joyce J. Scott, Artist of the Month July 2010 - http://contempglass.org/artists/entry/joyce-j.-scott
*Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, Joyce J. Scott, Short Resume http://contempglass.org/images/uploads/artists/Joyce%20Scott%20SHORT%20RESUME-%209_27_08.pdf
*Interview with Curtia James, from *[https://www.worldcat.org/title/sources-multicultural-influences-on-contemporary-african-american-sculptors-john-t-scott-martha-jackson-jarvis-denise-ward-brown-joyce-j-scott-melvin-e-edwards-february-2-april-11-1994-university-of-maryland-at-college-park- Sources: Multicultural Influences on Contemporary African American Sculptors]*, February 2 - April 11, 1994, The Art Gallery at the University of Maryland at College Park
**Joyce J. Scott Kickin' It with the Old Masters* exhibition, Prints, Drawings and Photographs Department Records finding aid , Archives and Manuscripts Collections, The Baltimore Museum of Art
*Joyce J. Scott: Painful Death / Painless Life, November 15, 2008 - January 23, 2009, Goya Contemporary - Goya Girl Press, Baltimore, MD
*Joyce J. Scott: Images Concealed, February 9 - March 19, 1995, San Francisco Art Institute
*Breathe: Joyce J. Scott, February 23 - April 20, 2007, Goya Contemporary - Goya Girl Press, Baltimore, MD
*On Kilter: Joyce J. Scott, September 12 - November 10, 2012, Goya Contemporary - Goya Girl Press, Baltimore, MD
*Talking Shop: Craft + Defiance  November 17, 2015 at Baltimore School for the Arts, The Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
*, broadcast ca. July 27, 1977 on WPFW, Washington, D.C.