Leslie King-Hammond Explained

Leslie King-Hammond
Birth Place:South Bronx, NY
Education:BFA, City University of New York, Queens College
MA, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Known For:Founding Director of the Center for Race and Culture at the Maryland Institute College of Art

Leslie King-Hammond (born 1944) is an American artist, curator and art historian who is the Founding Director of the Center for Race and Culture at the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she is also Graduate Dean Emeritus.

Biography

King-Hammond received a BFA degree from the City University of New York, Queens College, and a PhD in art history from Johns Hopkins University. She is chair of the board of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture.[1] [2] [3] Hammond has curated several exhibitions, including the Global Africa Project, that was co-organized with Lowery Stokes Sims, Ph.D., Charles Bronfman International Curator at New York City's Museum of Arts and Design.[4]

In explaining her role and her work, King-Hammond has said:

The intent of my professional activities in the art world at large has centered on facilitating the means to get artists of color and women more ideally represented in the larger arena... My efforts have focused on the redefinition of history as it more correctly profiles the role of the artists in America.[5]

King-Hammond has interviewed other notable artists including Joyce J. Scott.[6] The educator Lawrence Rinder conducted research on art and design from leading schools and spotlights the importance of education, the field of study and instructors and notes King-Hammond. Dr. King-Hammond was also noted as an expert in an article written by Blake Gopnik in The Washington Post.[7]

Awards, honors

King-Hammond was awarded the Kress Fellowship in 1974,[8] a competitive fellowship given to curators and historians at the beginning of their careers.[9] While at the Maryland Institute College for Art, King Hammond earned the Trustee Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1986.[8] She received Mellon Grants for faculty research in 1988, 1989, and 2005. She was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Studio Museum in Harlem (NYC) in 2002; an artist grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2001, an Andy Warhol Foundation curatorial fellowship in 2008, and the Alain Locke International Prize in 2010.[10] [11]

Bibliography

Exhibitions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leslie King Hammond. Maryland Institute College of Art. 3 January 2017.
  2. Web site: King-Hammond, Leslie 1944-. WorldCat Identities. 3 January 2017.
  3. Book: Farrington. Lisa E.. Creating Their Own Image: The History of African-American Women Artists. 2005. Oxford University Press. 9780195167214. registration. leslie king-hammond.. 3 January 2017.
  4. Web site: MICA Communications. Leslie King-Hammond: MICA Icon Has Worked to Make Culture Assessable to All Races. Jan-March Juxtapositions. Maryland Institute College of Art. 6 January 2017.
  5. Book: Hammond, Leslie . Gumbo ya ya : anthology of contemporary African-American women artists . Midmarch Arts Press . New York . 1995 . 1-877675-07-5 .
  6. Web site: CRAFT IN AMERICA Dr. Leslie King Hammond on Joyce J. Scott. Craft in America. en-US. 2018-03-10.
  7. News: Gopnik . Blake . Race issue a two-edged sword for black contemporary artists . The Washington Post . 24 January 2010 .
  8. Web site: Leslie King-Hammond - The HistoryMakers. www.thehistorymakers.com.
  9. Web site: Kress Foundation - Fellowships. www.kressfoundation.org.
  10. Web site: Leslie King-Hammond. thehistorymakers.com. History Makers: African American Oral History Collection. 3 January 2017.
  11. Web site: Leslie King-Hammond. Art Table: The Leadership Organization for Professional Women in the Visual Arts. 3 January 2017.

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