Edmonia Lewis and the complexity of identity

Edmonia Lewis, The Old Arrow Maker, modeled 1866, carved c. 1872, marble, 50.8 x 35.6 x 35.6 cm (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art).
A conversation with Dr. Mindy Besaw, Curator, American Art and Director of Fellowships and Research, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and Dr. Beth Harris.

[@suecaroledevale4463]

Superb artistry! Wonderful searching, learning, creative history! SOOOO thrilled the USPS has given her a commemorative stamp!

[@sherryzimmerman9220]

So much to contemplate here……. as always You leave us wanting to educate ourselves further by following your trails of speculations and factual interpretations letting us free to contemplate………..yet my first thought about the artist herself is seemingly “we want to box one in always “when creativity is screaming to be unleashed…..

[@danielharris2456]

Great information

[@miglena2s]

"Until I was twelve years old I led this wandering life, fishing and swimming...and making moccasins. I was then sent to school for three years in [McGrawville], but was declared to be wild-they could do nothing with me." - Edmonia Lewis

[@yvettemarshallTWN]

After that, her brother “Sunrise” struck Gold Rush, paid for her studies and she excelled. She persevered. She became quite wealthy. Later, Lewis painted a honeymoon portrait of Frederick Douglass and his second wife, Suffragette Helen Pitts Douglass, on tour in Italy. The Pope blessed Lewis’s work. In short, Edmonia Lewis was the most successful artist of the 19th century you’ve never heard of!

[@miglena2s]

@@yvettemarshallTWN ...that's what they say 👍

[@clumsydad7158]

Native Americans, Indigenous ... the true heirs and explorers of these continents we've trampled in avarice.

[@enricolagomarsino945]

Thank you!!

[@overseasafrican9899]

A superb video! Thank you.

[@smarthistory-art-history]

Thank you.

[@berthasherman5212]

Just brilliant❤

[@Joanierainville]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@yvettemarshallTWN]

😍😘😍😘 Born “Wildfire”…English 2nd language. Artist.

[@unreal_taxi]

Nice!

[@jessie551]

Is this a re-upload? I swear I've already watched this video...

[@smarthistory-art-history]

Yes! We caught a tiny typo!

[@christophermahon1851]

Another artist seeking escape from American bigotry in Europe. That's a subject in itself.

[@christianfrommuslim]

And vise versa. Going somewhere different is a common solution.