Joyce Scott

Background

Scott was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1948, the daughter of Charlie Scott Junior. and noted quilt maker Elizabeth Talford Scott.

Education

She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art (graduated 1970), and an Masters of Fine Arts from the Instituto Allende in Mexico.

Career

Best known for her figurative sculptures and jewelry using free form, off-loom bead weaving techniques, similar to a peyote stitch. One piece may be constructed with thousands of glass seed or pony beads, and incorporate various other found objects and materials such as glass, quilting, and leather. Scott is renowned for her social commentary on issues such as racism, sexism, violence and stereotypes. as well as themes of spiritual healing.

"I make jewelry to be worn.

And if it tells about scary, icky subjects, then so much the better for the person who has the cojones to wear it in public." Scott is also influenced by craft traditions in her extended family of "quilters, woodworkers, basketweavers, chair caners, planters and blacksmiths", where people developed skills in more than one craft so that they could survive. Her Solo Exhibits include: 1981 Something Got a Hold on Maine Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, District of Columbia 1985 Dreamweaver The Cultural Center, Chicago Public Library, Illinois 1988 Thru the VeilTextile Center for the Arts, Chicago, Illinois 1992 Dimensional Objects and Jewelry, Politics of the Body Esther Saks Fine Art, Limited, Chicago, Illinois 1999 Lithographs and Monoprints Goya-Girls Press, Baltimore, Maryland Scott"s works are held by the Baltimore Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri, the Mint Museum of Art, North Carolina, the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas, and the Smithsonian Institution.

Selected Honors and Voices, 1993. Museum of Arts and Design Lovers, 2002.

Museum of Arts and Design Water Mammy 1, 2012.

Museum of Arts and Design Three Graces Oblivious While Los Angeles Burns, 1992. The Corning Museum of Glass Scott. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland Rodney King"s Head Was Squashed Like a Watermelon, 1991.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Flaming Skeleton #3, 1993.

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan The Sneak, 1989. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas Sixteen Days in His Life, 1997-1999.

Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri Scott. Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina Necklace, 1994.

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington District of Columbia, Africa, ca.

1980. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington District of Columbia Caffeine, 1994-1999. Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Beaded Necklace.

Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin.

Achievements

• Below are a few selected awards, honors and fellowships Scott has received so far in her career: Masters of the Medium, James Renwick Alliance, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia (2006) Governor"s Arts Award at Artsalute: Maryland Citizens for the Arts Foundation, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Doctor of Medicine (2002) Fellow, American Craft Council, New York, New York (2001) National Living Treasure Award, Maryland Nominee (1996) Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Award (1994) Pace Roberts Fellowship (1994) National Printing Fellowship (1992) Mid Atlantic Consortium Award (1990) Maryland State Arts Council Fellowship (1987, 1981) Fellowship, National Endowment of the Arts (1980).