{"id":47,"date":"2020-02-04T11:53:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T16:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/the-art-of-elizabeth-catlett\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2024-07-30T14:07:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T19:07:57","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/the-art-of-elizabeth-catlett\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/the-art-of-elizabeth-catlett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/07\/Exhibition_Catlett_Fall2019_web_noartwork-820x461-1.jpg\" alt=\"Poster for &quot;The Art of Elizabeth Catlett&quot; exhibition.\" class=\"wp-image-59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/the-art-of-elizabeth-catlett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/07\/Exhibition_Catlett_Fall2019_web_noartwork-820x461-1.jpg 820w, https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/the-art-of-elizabeth-catlett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/07\/Exhibition_Catlett_Fall2019_web_noartwork-820x461-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/the-art-of-elizabeth-catlett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/07\/Exhibition_Catlett_Fall2019_web_noartwork-820x461-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) is widely considered one of the most important African American artists of the 20th century. She enjoyed a prolific career spanning more than seven decades. Her politically charged works blend art and social consciousness, confronting disturbing injustices. Best known for her printmaking and sculpture, Catlett\u2019s powerful figures are grounded and stately, embodying a graceful nobility well poised to acknowledge the plight of the underserved while calling for action among the influential. Her activism inspired social change; her impact as a mentor, teacher, and change agent touched many. The granddaughter of enslaved workers, Catlett\u2019s life and art were fueled by that legacy and by a strong sense of responsibility to become the voice of those whose own voices are too often silenced: women, African Americans, Mexican laborers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition comes from the collection of Dr. Samella Lewis (b. 1924), an artist, collector, historian and author who was Catlett\u2019s lifelong friend. In addition to celebrating Catlett\u2019s art, the exhibition includes examples of work by Catlett\u2019s husband, Mexican artist Francisco \u201cPancho\u201d Mora (1922 &#8211; 2002) and by Samella Lewis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition was organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) is widely considered one of the most important African American artists of the 20th century. She enjoyed a prolific career spanning more than seven decades. Her politically charged works blend art and social consciousness, confronting disturbing injustices. Best known for her printmaking and sculpture, Catlett\u2019s powerful figures are grounded and stately, embodying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-exhibition-home.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-47","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/the-art-of-elizabeth-catlett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/the-art-of-elizabeth-catlett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/the-art-of-elizabeth-catlett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/the-art-of-elizabeth-catlett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/the-art-of-elizabeth-catlett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/the-art-of-elizabeth-catlett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/the-art-of-elizabeth-catlett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/the-art-of-elizabeth-catlett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}