Podcast Episode 58: Augusta Savage

Welcome back to Accessible Art History: The Podcast! In this episode, I'm discussing Augusta Savage. She was a sculptor, educator, and racial equality advocate!

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Cover Image:

Augusta Savage Sculpting

Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Augusta Savage with her sculpture

Photograph by Andrew Herman, c. 1938

Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Gamin

ca. 1929

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Lift Every Voice and Sing (The Harp)

1939

Fair Use via Wikimedia Commons

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Sources

https://americanart.si.edu/artist/augusta-savage-4269

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/us/augusta-savage-black-woman-artist-harlem-renaissance.html

https://www.biography.com/artist/augusta-savage

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/15/740459875/sculptor-augusta-savage-said-her-legacy-was-the-work-of-her-students

https://mymodernmet.com/augusta-savage/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Savage

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/may/08/augusta-savage-black-artist-new-york