Joyce Scott

Art Brokerage: Joyce Scott American Artist: b. 1948. Joyce J. Scott (born 1948) is an American artist, sculptor, quilter, performance artist, installation artist, lecturer and educator. 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. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1948, the daughter of Charlie Scott Jr. and noted quilt maker Elizabeth Talford Scott. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and an Masters of Fine Arts from the Instituto Allende in Mexico. She 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. Scott's works are held by the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, the Mint Museum of Art, North Carolina, the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas, and the Smithsonian.