American Struggle

Teens Respond to Jacob Lawrence

Chul R. Kim, Jacob Lawrence, Barbara Earl Thomas

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English

Six Foot Press
05 March 2020

Art: general interest (Children's&YA); History & the past: general interest (Children's&YA)

Published to accompany the first major museum exhibition of Lawrence's Struggle series, opening at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, in January 2020.

The exhibition then travels nearly two continuous years around the United States. The museums hosting this landmark exhibition are: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Birmingham Museum of Art (AL), the Seattle Art Museum, and the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.

The museums and SFP will be posting on YouTube a series of videos of the 35 teens whose works featured in the book. They will be reading their entries and talking about how this project pertains to their lives.

Coordinated publicity and marketing campaign with Peabody Essex Museum. Readings, workshops, and other events scheduled with the four other venues.

By (artist): Jacob Lawrence
Preface by: Barbara Earl Thomas
Edited by: Chul R. Kim
Imprint: Six Foot Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781644420218
ISBN 10: 164442021X
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 05 March 2020
Recommended Age: From 14 to 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jacob Lawrence (1917 - 2000) was an American painter, and the most widely acclaimed African-American artist of the 20th century. Chul R. Kim is Publisher of Six Foot Press and former Associate Publisher of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He is a longtime editor of scholarly writings, fiction, and nonfiction.

Reviews for American Struggle: Teens Respond to Jacob Lawrence

A fresh lens for viewing Jacob Lawrence's art: through the perspective of teens of color. Created in cooperation with seven art institutions, including the Peabody Essex Museum and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, this anthology features teen-authored prose and poetry responses to Lawrence's 30-panel visual narrative, Struggle: From the History of the American People. Some pieces articulate what teens see in the art; in others, the art inspires reflections about their lives. All address the difficulties of growing up minoritized in the U.S....The volume includes all of the Struggle paintings, their original captions, and a brief commentary on each. An invaluable resource amplifying marginalized teen voices and conveying Lawrence's relevance to their own lives. * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> *