Freida High Wasikhongo Tesfagiorgis Explained

Freida High Wasikhongo Tesfagiorgis
Occupation:	painter professor art historian

Freida High Wasikhongo Tesfagiorgis (born October 21, 1946)^[1] is a painter, art historian, and visual culturalist who focuses on African American, modern and contemporary African art, African Diaspora, and modern European Art and Primitivism.^[2] She is Professor Emerita, Departments of African-American Studies, Gender & Women’s Studies, and Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2021 she was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 31st Annual James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art at Howard University.^[3]

Education

Tesfagiorgis received her A.A. from Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa, her B.S. from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, her M.A. and M.F.A. from University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her Ph.D. from University of Chicago.^[4]

Publications

• Tesfagiorgis, Freida High W.. 1987. “Afrofemcentrism in the Art of Elizabeth Catlett and Faith Ringgold.” Sage; Atlanta, Ga. 4 (1).^[5]
• Tesfagiorgis, Freida High W. 1993. “In Search of a Discourse and Critique/s That Center the Art of Black Women Artists.” Included in:

• 1993. Theorizing Black Feminisms: The Visionary Pragmatism of Black Women, edited by Stanlie M. James and Abena P. A. Busia. London ; New York: Routledge.^[6]

• 1997. Gendered Visions: The Art of Contemporary Africana Women Artists, edited by Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art and Salah M. Hassan. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press.^[7]

• 2001. Black Feminist Cultural Criticism. Keyworks in Cultural Studies, edited by Jacqueline Bobo. 3. Malden, Mass: Blackwell.^[8]

• 2015. Feminism-Art-Theory: An Anthology 1968-2014, edited by Hilary Robinson. Second Edition. Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell.^[9]
• High, Freida. 1999. “An Interwoven Framework of Art History and Black Feminism: Framing Nigeria.” In Contemporary Textures: Multidimensionality in Nigerian Art, edited by Nikru Nzegwu. Binghamton, N.Y: International Society for the Study of Africa, Binghamton University.^[10]

External links

• Official website at University of Wisconsin—Madison
• Artifacts Feature: Freida High Wasikhongo Tesfagiorgis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Freida High Tesfagiorgis . MOWA Online Archive . 31 July 2021.
2. Web site: High W. Tesfagiorgis, Freida. 2021-02-02. Department of Afro-American Studies. en-US.
3. Web site: Honorees and Distinguished Speakers . Howard University Art Department . 31 July 2021.
4. Web site: Freida High W. Tesfagiorgis, Faculty, Department of Afro-American Studies . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306171716/https://afroamericanstudies.wisc.edu/people/tesfagiorgis.html . dead . 2016-03-06 . . www.wisconsin.edu . 2019-11-16 .
5. ISSN 0741-8639
6. Web site: Theorizing black feminisms: the visionary pragmatism of Black women. Stanlie M.. James. Abena P. A.. Busia. November 18, 1993. Routledge. catalog.loc.gov Library Catalog.
7. Web site: Gendered visions: the art of contemporary Africana women artists. November 18, 1997. Africa World Press. catalog.loc.gov Library Catalog.
8. Web site: Black feminist cultural criticism. Jacqueline. Bobo. November 18, 2001. Blackwell. catalog.loc.gov Library Catalog.
9. Web site: Feminism-art-theory: an anthology 1968-2014. Hilary. Robinson. November 18, 2015. Wiley Blackwell. catalog.loc.gov Library Catalog.
10. Web site: Contemporary textures: multidimensionality in Nigerian art. Nkiru. Nzegwu. November 18, 1999. International Society for the Study of Africa, Binghamton University. catalog.loc.gov Library Catalog.