"Following her retirement from Princeton University, celebrated historian Dr. Nell Irvin Painter surprised everyone in her life by returning to school--in her sixties--to earn a BFA and MFA in painting. In [this memoir], she travels from her beloved Newark to the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design; finds meaning in the artists she loves, even as she comes to understand how they may be undervalued; and struggles with the unstable balance between the pursuit of art and the inevitable, sometimes painful demands of a life fully lived"--Amazon.com.
"Following her retirement from Princeton University, celebrated historian Dr. Nell Irvin Painter surprised everyone in her life by returning to school--in her sixties--to earn a BFA and MFA in painting. In [this memoir], she travels from her beloved Newark to the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design; finds meaning in the artists she loves, even as she comes to understand how they may be undervalued; and struggles with the unstable balance between the pursuit of art and the inevitable, sometimes painful demands of a life fully lived"--Amazon.com.
NELL IRVIN PAINTER is the Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, at Princeton University. Her acclaimed works of history include Standing at Armageddon, Sojourner Truth, and the New York Times bestseller The History of White People, which have received widespread attention for their insights into how we have historically viewed and translated ideas of gender, value, hierarchy, and race. She holds an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts. Her visual artwork has been shown at numerous galleries and in many collections, including the San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, the Brooklyn Historical Society, and Gallery Aferro. She lives in Newark, New Jersey and the Adirondacks.
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1. How old are you? 3 2. Leaving My Former Life 10 3. Getting There 25 4. So Much to Learn 36 5. Familiar Artists, New Ways 56 6. Illustration Versus the Context of Art 66 7. Transcription 79 8. Look Like an Artist 92 9. Drawing 100 10. I Could Not Draw My Mother Dying 112 11. A Bad Decision 133 12. Euphoria 145 13. Grief 164 14. Peers 180 15. Crit 193 16. Art School + History History 209 17. You'll Never Be An Artist! 224 18. Discovery 242 19. MFA Thesis 259 20. And Now? 275 21. Newark Artist 293 22. Art History by Nell Painter 303 Coda. Happy Ending 317
1. How old are you? 3 2. Leaving My Former Life 10 3. Getting There 25 4. So Much to Learn 36 5. Familiar Artists, New Ways 56 6. Illustration Versus the Context of Art 66 7. Transcription 79 8. Look Like an Artist 92 9. Drawing 100 10. I Could Not Draw My Mother Dying 112 11. A Bad Decision 133 12. Euphoria 145 13. Grief 164 14. Peers 180 15. Crit 193 16. Art School + History History 209 17. You'll Never Be An Artist! 224 18. Discovery 242 19. MFA Thesis 259 20. And Now? 275 21. Newark Artist 293 22. Art History by Nell Painter 303 Coda. Happy Ending 317
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