Performance by Artist Joyce Scott to Conclude Race and Pedagogy Conference
September 1, 2006

Tacoma, Wash. – Internationally acclaimed artist Joyce Scott will give a live performance, Walk a Mile in My Drawers, at Schneebeck Concert Hall on the University of Puget Sound’s campus on Saturday, September 16, at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $20. The performance is open to the public. Scott’s high-energy, thought-provoking performance will conclude the Race and Pedagogy National Conference, which runs September 14-16 at Puget Sound.

Scott is well known for her performance and exhibition art, which attack the ethnic stereotyping of all races. She uses her art to speak directly to her audience about racism, sexism, and other prejudices. 

If the themes of her artwork are sometimes harsh, they are leavened by her wry humor and masterful technique. Regarding her art, she comments, "I want to be confused, ignited, knocked down by my own work."

Born in Baltimore in 1948, Scott draws inspiration from her Scottish, Native American, and African heritage. She is a descendant of three generations of basketmakers, quilters, and wood, metal, and clay workers. Her passion and skill formed early in life as she watched her mother, renowned fiber artist Elizabeth Talford Scott, craft exquisite quilts. Scott's signature element is her beadwork, but she also incorporates glass, ceramics, cloth, and metal into her designs.

Scott earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in arts education at the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1970, and a Master of Fine Arts in crafts in 1971 from the Instituto Allende in San Miguel Allende, Mexico. She is active in arts education and has received many national and international awards, including those of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation in 1995, and Anonymous Was a Woman in 1997.

Other public events related to the Race and Pedagogy National Conference include: lectures by Beverly Daniel Tatum, Lucius Turner Outlaw, and Robert P. Moses, a juried student poster exhibition, and an exhibit of selected works by John Hall and Jacob Lawrence at Kittredge Gallery.

Held in conjunction with the Race and Pedagogy National Conference, the Museum of Glass featured the exhibit Kickin' It with Joyce Scott, a comprehensive overview of Scott's varied and potent artistic career, including sculpture, jewelry, prints and textiles, as well as videos and photographs of Scott's performance and installation art.

Editors Note: Print-quality photos of Scott and her art, as well as other conference speakers and artists are available online. For interviews with conference presenters, Puget Sound faculty, administrators, and other conference organizers, please contact University of Puget Sound Office of Media Relations at 253.879.2611 or mediarelations@ups.edu.
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