Mickalene Thomas has given us vivid and mu ltifaceted artworks&mdash\;paintings\, collage\, photography\, video\, and site-specific installations. Her work addresses our common perceptions of beauty\, sexuality\, celebrity\, and politics\, and expands and subverts these notions in original and complex ways. The subject of a major interna tional tour that began at The Broad in Los Angeles in May of 2024\, and tr avels to The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia on October 20\, and culmina tes at The Hayward Gallery in London from February 11 to May 5\, 2025\, Mi ckalene Thomas has assumed her rightful place in the pantheon of the most important\, original\, and inspiring artists of the 21st Century.
\nAbout the Presenter: Janet Mandel taught in New Jersey&rs quo\;s public schools for 32 years\, the last eighteen of which were at Co lumbia High School in Maplewood\, where she taught English\, art history\, and World Languages and Cultures. In October of 2003 she was named runner -up for the New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH) Teacher of the Ye ar award and was formally recognized by the New Jersey State Legislature a nd Governor Codey for this achievement. In May of 2004 she was the recipie nt of the &ldquo\;Innovations in Special Education Award&rdquo\; from the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA) and the Association of School s and Agencies for the Handicapped (ASAH). Now retired\, Janet presents il lustrated talks on a variety of art history topics at adult schools\, libr aries\, museums\, senior centers\, community centers\, and similar venues.
\nThis event is made possible by the Friends of Roxbury Library and is hosted by Kemmerer Library. \; The Zoom link will be sent the morn ing of the program.
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