Sana Musasama Ceramic Artist
Crisis and catharsis in clay.
Sana musasama ceramic artist. A reception for the artist will be held from 1 30 3 p m. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards including an anonymous was a woman award in 2002 joan mitchell painters and sculptors grant in 2013 and was a. The maple tree series the house series the unspeakable series and the unknown unnamed series. The award winning ceramics artist is an associate adjunct professor in studio art at hunter college in new york city.
Musasama will also speak during bluffton university s forum at 11 a m. The many series of large and small scale sculptures and installations speak of musasma s life experiences over a period of thirty plus years of life experiences working and traveling. My journey is a solo exhibition of ceramic sculpture and installation exploring social justice issues by new york clay artist and global citizen sana musasama. In a statement musasama says this work was born out of the devastation of the 9 11 attacks and the hundreds of workers and others whose identity was buried under the rubble the.
Nadelman cynthia where s the art in smart. Her artistic practice parallels her work as an educator and commitment to human rights causes especially the human trafficking of women. Sana musasama 1957 sana musasama is an african american ceramic and mixed media artist based in new york city. The studio museum in harlem artist in residence 1984 curated by schroeder cherry the studio museum in harlem new york.
Sana musasama is an african american ceramic and mixed media artist based in new york city. Last updated on october 21st 2018. 5 in yoder recital hall. An interview with sana musasama studio international november 21 2013 body soul new international ceramics museum of arts and design nyc p 86 89 my journey sana musasama clay art center port chester ny sana musasama shares life experiences at waa the housatonic times october.
American ceramics vol 13 1 march 1999 braff phyllis the new york times sana musasama. Sana musasama at darmouth college. The unknown the unnamed sana musasama s provocative exhibition of ceramic sculptures powerful homage to the victims of humankind s unspeakable inhumanity to one another.