ARE
ARE FIGHTING SO MUCH AND WHY GEN X JUST SEEMS TO NOT CARE. WELL, THE SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
REOPENS TODAY AND VISITORS ARE
IN FOR A REAL TREAT.
A NEW EXHIBIT IS THE AMERICAN
STRUGGLE BY ARTIST JACOB
LAWRENCE.
PLUS THE EXHIBIT INCLUDES A
SPECIAL GALLERY OF WORKS
CREATED BY YOUTH ARTISTS LIKE
WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL ARTISTS
SUMMER DE BOOM AND MUSEUM
CURATOR TERESA PUPPER NICHOLAS
SHARED MORE.
THE EXHIBITION WAS ORGANIZED BY
THE PBS IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
AND SAM IS THE WORK THAT THE
SHOW HAS GONE TO AND TRAVELING
ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY REALLY
ATTRACTING A LOT OF NATIONAL
ATTENTION, A LOT OF ATTENTION
FOCUSED ON AWARDS AND THE FOCUS
OF THE EXHIBITION IS ON
LAWRENCE'S SQUABBLES WHICH IS A
SERIES OF 30 PAINTINGS OVER 50
AT THE HEIGHT OF THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT THAT TALK ABOUT
A REALLY INTERROGATE THE
HISTORY OF AMERICA IN HISTORY
AND YOU GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER
IN THAT THERE IS AN EXTRA
SPECIAL COMPONENT TO THE JACOB
LAWRENCE EXHIBIT.
TERESA, COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT
THE THIRTY FIRST PANEL IS?
JACOB LAWRENCE PAINTS A SERIES
OF THIRTY PANELS AND THEY ARE
REALLY THE SORT OF HIGH POINTS
OF AMERICAN HISTORY BUT TOLD
FROM ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES
PERSPECTIVES
OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS, NATIVE
PEOPLE, WOMEN HEROES AND UNSUNG
HEROES ALL OF THIS YOU KNOW,
MANY, MANY VOICES GO INTO THE
PANELS THAT MAKE UP THE SERIES
AND OUR ARTS BURGETTSTOWN,
WHICH IS A GROUP OF TEENAGE
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE
VERY INVOLVED WITH THEM THEY
MEET REGULARLY.
THEY PROGRAMING CAME UP WITH
THE IDEA TO ISSUE A CALL TO
ARTISTS TO IMAGINE WHAT THE
THIRTY FIRST PANEL OF THE
SERIES WOULD LOOK LIKE.
WHAT WOULD JACOB LAWRENCE IF HE
WERE PAINTING THE NEXT PANEL
AND THEN ESPECIALLY REPEATING
THAT PANEL TODAY?
SO THE ISSUE OF HOW THE ARTIST
THEY GOT ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT
SUBMISSIONS OF THOSE THEY
SELECTED 12 SO THEY ORGANIZED
THIS WHOLE THING AND ALL
OF THESE TWELVE ARTISTS WERE
THINKING ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT
FOR THE STRUGGLE.
SUMMER IS ONE OF 12 STUDENTS.
YEAH, THAT IS CONGRATULATIONS.
NO, YOU SHOULD BE SO PROUD
OF YOURSELF.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR PIECE AND
WHY YOU THINK IT IS SO
IMPORTANT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
SPECIFICALLY TO BE GETTING INTO
ART.
I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT ART
IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE
THINGS IS IS AND IS GOING TO BE
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONNECTS
EVERYBODY AND CONNECTS A LOT
OF PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE.
AND MY PIECE THE INSPIRATION
FOR IT CAME FROM A VIDEO I SAW
AND IT WAS THIS LITTLE GIRL
PARTICIPATING IN A BLACK LIVES
MATTER MARCH AND SHE WAS
SHOUTING NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SHE WAS SO YOUNG AND IT WAS
VERY INSPIRATIONAL WATCH TO SEE
KIDS WHO ARE LIKE YOUNGER THAN
ME PARTICIPATING IN AN ACTION
THAT WILL THAT ARE GOING TO
CHANGE THE WORLD AT SOME POINT
AND SO I WANTED TO SHOW THAT
EVEN KIDS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
NO MATTER WHAT RACE OR COLOR
THEY ARE.
AND SO IN MY PIECE I GOT A I
HAVE A LITTLE BLACK GIRL WHO'S
VERY YOUNG AND SHE'S STANDING
AGAINST ALL ODDS STANDING UP
FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVES IS
STANDING UP FOR HER RIGHT.
STANDING UP FOR WHO SHE IS AS A
PERSON AND FOR WHAT HER FUTURE
IS GOING TO HOLD SHOWING THE
STRENGTH OF CHILDREN, OF PEOPLE
OF COLOR AND OF THE FUTURE
GENERATIONS ARE GOING TO HOLD
FOR THE FOR AMERICA AND THE
WORLD TECHNICALLY SO WELL THAT
I REALLY INSPIRES HOPE ARE
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
THANK YOU.
ONE ANOTHER OR THREE STEP
BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, WHAT ELSE
CAN PEOPLE EXPECT TO SEE IT
WHEN THEY CAN EXPECT TO SEE IN
ADDITION TO THE STRUGGLE SERIES
OF WORK BY THE CONTEMPORARY ART
SHOW NEW YORK ADULTS HANK
WILLIS THOMAS COLLINS ALL
OF WHOM DID WORK DRAWING FROM
AMERICAN HISTORY AND THINKING
OF THEMES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO
THAT LAURENCE DEALT WITH IN THE
STRUGGLE SERIES AND THIS IS AND
THIS IS THE ONLY WEST COAST
VENUE FOR THE FOR THE FIRST
TIME BEING REUNITED IN DECADES.
IT'S A VERY SPECIAL SPECIAL
EXPERIENCE FOR OUR VISITORS, A
SPECIAL MOMENT FOR SAM ALSO THE
VIEW IS WILL BE PART OF THIS
EXHIBITION OF GEOGRAPHY
OF INNOCENCE WHICH OPENS IN
NOVEMBER SHORTLY WE HAVE BEFORE
WE HAVE TO CLOSE OUR SECOND
TIME SO THAT WILL BE REOPENED
OPEN FOR SOMEONE SO AND IT'S A
BEAUTIFUL LIFE ALSO SUPER
INSPIRING EXHIBITION.
SO THOSE TWO SPECIAL
EXHIBITIONS PLUS OUR WONDERFUL
PERMANENT COLLECTION ARE ALL
GOING TO BE ON YOU TODAY.
THE MUSEUM OF WELL AGAIN THE
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM OPENS TODAY
,MARCH 5TH.
THE LORDS EXHIBIT IS ON DISPLAY