Podcast appearances and mentions of William H Johnson

Ep.142 features Evita Tezeno. A Port Arthur, Texas native and graduate of Lamar University, she lives and works in Dallas. Tezeno's collage paintings employ richly patterned hand-painted papers and found objects in a contemporary folk-art style. Her work depicts a cast of characters in harmonious everyday scenes inspired by her family and friends, childhood memories in South Texas, personal dreams and moments from her adult life—and influenced by the great 20th century modernists Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, and William H. Johnson—scenes of joy animate her vision of a Black America filled with humanity. As the recipient of the prestigious Elizabeth Catlett Award for The New Power Generation, Tezeno has built a career as an acclaimed multi-disciplinary female artist. Her work is included in the permanent collection of the African American Museum of Dallas and the Embassy of the Republic of Madagascar, the Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH; Bill and Christy Gautreaux Collection, Kansas City; and Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Palm Beach; among others. In addition, her work has been acquired by prominent collectors, entertainers, media personalities and athletes, including Esther Silver-Parker, Samuel L. Jackson, David Hoberman, Denzel Washington, Star Jones, Laurie David, and Susan Taylor, among others. She has been awarded commissions by the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, The Deep Ellum Film Festival in Dallas, and the legendary New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ("Jazz Fest"), where in 1999 she became the first female artist to design its celebrated poster. Recent solo exhibitions include Better Days (2021) at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Evita Tezeno and Jas Mardis: Sharing Memories (2021) at ArtCentre of Plano, Plano, TX; Memories Create Our Yesterdays and Tomorrows (2019) at Thelma Harris Gallery, Oakland, CA; Memories That Speak To My Soul (2018) at Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA; and Thoughts of Time Gone By (2017) at Peg Alston Gallery, New York, NY. Selected group exhibitions include Réinterprétation (2020) at C.O.A. Contemporary Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada; Phenomenal Women #UsToo (2019) at the African American Museum, Dallas, TX; Love in the Time of Hysteria (2019) at Prism Art Fair, Miami, FL; Flagrant Rules of Ensued Emancipation 2019 at John Milde Gallery, Dallas, TX; Modern Day Muse (2019) at ArtCenter of Plano, Plano, TX; Arts Past & Present (2018) at George Bush Library, Dallas, TX; Daughter of Diaspora – Women of Color Speak (2018) at Hearne Fine Art, Hot Springs, AR; and New Power Generation 2012, curated by Myrtis Bedolla at Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA. Her work has been published and featured in numerous publications and media outlets, including Artforum, Artillery Magazine, Art Matters with Edward Goldman, Document Journal, Black Art in America, Collective Arts Network Journal, Culture Type, The Dallas Examiner, D Magazine, Dallas Woman, North Dallas Gazette, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Dallas Morning News, Eclipse Magazine, ONYX Magazine, The Shreveport Times, Visionary Art Collective, Visual Art Source, NBC 5 - DFW (video), and MAG-RAW Creations (video). Photo credit: Henry Miner Artist https://evitatezeno.com/ Luis de Jesus Gallery https://www.luisdejesus.com/artists/evita-tezeno Artillery Mag https://artillerymag.com/gallery-rounds-luis-de-jesus-los-angeles/ Art Now LA https://artnowla.com/2022/05/14/evita-tezeno-my-life-my-story/ Glasstire https://glasstire.com/2022/04/22/dallas-museum-of-art-announces-2022-art-fair-acquisitions-including-three-texas-artists/ Thelma Harris Gallery https://www.thelmaharrisartgallery.com/evita-tezeno Platform Art https://www.platformart.com/artists/evita-tezeno Black Art in America https://www.blackartinamerica.com/products/tezeno-evita-pookie Town and Country https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a39981945/dallas-art-fair-2022/ Two x Two https://twoxtwo.org/catalogue/2022/i-am-proud/

Episode No. 538 features curator Virginia Mecklenburg and artist Elizabeth Alexander. Mecklenburg is the curator of "Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice," which is at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston through August 7. The exhibition features a series of paintings Johnson made in the 1940s. It shows mostly Black activists, scientists, and educators, and spotlights their impacts on their communities and on the American nation. Johnson's subjects include Crispus Attucks, Harriet Tubman, Marian Anderson, and John Brown. The series also the international heads of state who brought an end to World War II. The exhibition was organized from the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, which holds over 1,000 Johnsons within its collection. Mecklenburg is a senior curator at SAAM. The exhibition will travel to SAAM in 2023-24; a significant national tour is in development. Elizabeth Alexander is included in "Reckoning and Resilience: North Carolina Art Now" at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. The exhibition features over 100 works by 30 artists working across North Carolina. Alexander's sculptures and installation are often made from deconstructed domestic materials and address America's history, especially the construction and memory of white supremacy. She's been included in exhibitions at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh; and the Museum of Art and Design, New York. Museums such as the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Ark., and the Mint Museum, Charlotte hold her work in their collections.

We discuss several major Black visual artists from before, during, and after the Harlem Renaissance (with a nod to philosopher Alain Locke): Henry Ossawa Tanner, Aaron Douglas, William H. Johnson, Lois Mailou Jones, Charles White, Kerry James Marshall, Kara Walker, and Amy Sherald.  Poems by Nikki Giovanni and Langston Hughes.

“If it is to be, it is up to me!” William H. Johnson Part 1: The People Professors: Develop a passion for learning! You must never stop learning. Professionals: "Talent imitates, genius steals!" Wisdom is only gained by experience. Learn from professionals and develop your own method. Mentors: Seek multiple mentors. Peers: People around you should also have high performance. They should push you to be better! Producers: People building businesses and creating jobs and opportunities! Producers help others win! Being in proximity to them will help you get opportunities. Part 2: The Places The place where you are: Leave no stone unturned. Try every possibility where you are in order to achieve your goal. Law of the Zip code: everything that you need is within your reach. A place to learn: Take the place where you are as a school. Universities and colleges can be fine but traditional education might not be the best way to do what you want to do. A place to practice: Convert education into execution. Failure is an essential part of the process. Practice without pressure. A place to perform & a place to grow: Find a place where you share the same value. A place where you can advance your career. Part 3: The Practices Focus on the present! Embrace your role! Accept your role. Help people in other areas of your organization! This isn't in my job description! Maximize your role! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nadjmat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nadjmat/support

Today is the 120th birthday of the artist William H. Johnson. His primitive style of painting African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance has become the visual record of the jazz and poetry that was created in that period. His works are complexly simple and effortlessly convey entire stories. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. This episode is also available as a blog post. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waldina/message

Station 3 - Jesus Falls for the First Time "In Jesus's fall, we can see our selves - our own fallings, our own failings." Narrated by the Rev'd Bingham Powell, Rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Eugene. In this episode: Art: The Breakdown by William H. Johnson, ca. 1940–41  All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from "Stations of the Cross at SAAM," developed by Victoria Emily Jones of Art & Theology, and is part of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC. View full Stations of the Cross at SAAM.  Music: Were you there when they crucified my Lord, sung by Jessica Rossi Love Unknown, played by John Jantzi (Music Director & Organist at St. Mary's) Poetry: Excerpt from Made for Goodness, by Archbishop Desmond Tutu & Mpho Tutu For a version of this episode with closed-captioning, view it on our YouTube channel. --- This series of weekly audio reflections will help you learn to link the divine with your daily life. How might Jesus’ final hours feel different when juxtaposed with a walk in the neighborhood, or in a quiet corner at home, or while driving to pick up take-out? Pause a few times a week for scripture, prayers, and music led by Trinity clergy and priests from across the Diocese of Oregon.  New Stations drop every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning, through Holy Week. Be sure to click subscribe! --- Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events, at trinity-episcopal.org. To support this podcast and all our work, which is supported in part by the generosity of our listeners, visit trinity-episcopal.org/give

After William H. Johnson's Painting "Seated Woman In Flowered Dress" I am curating this mix as a love letter to the mundane. I am identifying the beauty of mundanity in my everyday life. Intuition, self-belief, and the radical acceptance of earthly imperfection are my friends. I schedule dinner with them several times a week just to ensure that I never forget what their faces look like at my table. Track List: 1.)Trust Your Judgement_Yves Jarvis 2.)Welcome_Dougie Stu 3.)Decant - Demo_ Taves 4.)Harmonee_ Joel Ross 5.)w/ me interlude_MHYSA 6.)The Joy_Prince Josh 7.)Trill Suite, No.1 (Daydreaming| Skylark)_ Melanie Charles 8.)Welcome_Sam Wilkes 9.)Bolted Orange_M.Sage 10.)Furniture In The Valley_North Americans 11.)Pork Belly_ Bastien Keb 12.)Naima - Take 2_ John Coltrane 13.)ラビリンス (thousand tears orchestra instrumental)_ Mondo Grosso 14.)Relax_Labi Siffre 15.)It's My Time_ Mansur Brown 16.Abject_Taves 18.)Nostalgia_ Dougie Stu 19.)I'm Free_ Yves Jarvis 20.) A special overlap Thanks to KeiyaA, Barry, and Baby :)

Episode Forty features Peg Alston. For nearly four decades since establishing Peg Alston Fine Arts, she has emerged as this country’s foremost private dealer specializing in works by African American artists and other artists of African descent, as well as select pieces of traditional African sculpture. In addition to handling art created by gifted emerging and mid-career artists, Peg Alston has sold works by some of the most renowned 20th Century Black masters, including Aaron Douglas, William H. Johnson, Laura Wheeler Waring, William T. Williams, Horace Pippen, Charles White, and Elizabeth Catlett. She has also sold works by some of the leading names on the contemporary scene, among them: Sam Gilliam, Richard Yarde, Betye Saar, Howardena Pindell, Frank Bowling, Ronald Burns, Edward Clark, David Driskell, Al Loving, Lubaina Himid, Oliver Johnson, Faith Ringgold, and Raymond Saunders. Peg Alston emerged on the New York art scene in 1972, a time when art by African Americans was limited. Early giants such as Romare Bearden and Norman Lewis generously served as informal mentors during the beginning stages of her career. Thanks to her keen eye and tastes, commitment to her specialty, and dedication to educating the public through lectures and activism, she has played a pivotal role in cultivating an interest all around the country for investing in African American fine art, and formed close associations with many of today’s most important African American artists. Long active with theStudio Museum in Harlem and many other major New York City cultural institutions, Peg Alston organized some of the first seminars on collecting, appraising and cataloguing African American art. Today, Peg Alston is a member of the Private Dealer’s Association (PADA) and ArtTable, and recently had the honor of being interviewed by History Makers for their visual and oral archival collection. http://www.pegalstonfinearts.com/ https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/peg-alston-41 https://www.instagram.com/pegalston/?hl=en

On this episode I give everyone a peak behind the curtain. This is a pre-production meeting between William Johnson and I, as we prepped for an interview with the One and only Jane Elliott. Jane is the creator of the controversial, yet impactful, blue eye-brown eye exercise. This exercise simulates racism for white people.

Join Robert Dillon, District Superintendent of Nassau BOCES, and Dr. William H. Johnson, Rockville Centre School District Superintendent, for a discussion on education amid the coronavirus pandemic on Long Island. Moderated by Newsday Columnist

“The best writers in town have everything in their arsenal.” Janine Sherman Barrois is our guest this week, and she knows what she’s talking about!After growing up in Massachusetts, Janine Sherman Barrois moved to Virginia in high school, and began writing for the school paper. She quickly learned that her love was not of reporting facts, but of telling stories. She attended Howard University, where on the advice of her roommate’s dad, director Gilbert Moses, she did a major in English, and a minor in film, so she could read more books.She moved to Los Angeles… Janine is quick to remind the viewer that it took a few years of odd jobs before she was able to land her first staff gig. An important step along the way was the Warner Bros. Writers Workshop… she had previously been denied, but succeeded in landing a place in the workshop when she paired up with a writing partner.She and her writing partner got several TV comedy staff gigs, including Lush Life, Eddie Murphy’s The PJ’s, and The Jamie Foxx Show. Then, after getting some attention from a feature script they wrote, they got a job on Third Watch. After the first season, Janine stayed in drama, while her partner went back to comedy.After several seasons of Third Watch, Janine worked for several seasons on ER, ending up at the EP level. Then she auditioned for Criminal Minds — and is careful to point out that they actually read her writing samples, though she was an EP already — and joined the staff as EP at the beginning of season 6.Janine was nominated for five NAACP Image Awards and a Humanitas Award for her writing. She also serves on the board of the William H. Johnson Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to giving scholarships to African-American Contemporary artists.Buy Gray’s book for only $4.99! Look for it on Amazon – How To Break In To TV Writing: Insider Interviews.Didn’t get your questions asked? Make sure you follow Gray on Twitter (@GrayJones) so you can get the scoop on who is being interviewed and how to get your questions in. Also check out our TV Writer Twitter Database to find Twitter addresses for over 1,200 TV writers. Find our previous episodes and other resources at www.tvwriterpodcast.com or on Gray’s YouTube channel.First published June 30, 2012.

Art critic Alastair Sooke, in the company of some of the leading creatives of our age, continues his deep dive into the stunning works in the Museum of Modern Art's collection, whilst exploring what it really means “to see” art. Today's edition features London-based fashion designer Duro Olowu. Duro chooses the 1941 painting 'Children' by William H Johnson from MoMA's collection. Johnson depicted scenes of everyday African American life in Harlem and in the south - but what will a modern fashion-conscious eye spot in the work? Producer: Tom Alban Main Image: William H Johnson, Children, 1941. Oil and pencil on wood panel, 17 1/2 × 12 1/2" (44.5 × 31.8 cm). Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange), Agnes Gund, Marlene Hess and James D Zirin, and the Hudgins Family, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 6.2016

Before treatment begins, paintings come to our lab for examination and documentation. If physical deterioration or damage has occurred on any one of the complex layers of a painting, the structural part of a conservation treatment is done here. Conservators try to intervene as little as possible but serious damage does need to be treated so that the artist's work is not lost. In this lab, conservators carefully work to mend tears, secure flaking paint, relax buckling canvas, rejoin cracks, and remove unstable materials.

Session 4 on Day 1 of “American Art in Dialogue with Africa and Its Diaspora” on Primitivism and Modernism. Chair: Tanya Sheehan, Associate Professor of Art, Colby College. Speaker 1: James Smalls, Professor of Art History and Theory, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, “Féral Benga: African Muse of Modernism.” Speaker 2: Mia Bagneris, Assistant Professor of Art History, Newcomb Art Department, Tulane University, “Fighting the Fetish for Fétiches: Africa in the Work of Palmer Hayden.” Speaker 3: Nicholas Miller, PhD Candidate in Art History, Northwestern University, “‘To Paint His Own People’: William H. Johnson’s Avant-Garde Gambits and the Orientalized Black Female Body.” This two-day symposium examined the role of Africa and its diaspora in the development of art of the United States, from nineteenth-century portraiture to American modernism; from the Harlem Renaissance to the contemporary art world.