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The Creativity of Freedom: March 13, 11am In conjunction with the exhibition The Treasure of Ulysses Davis, Quincy Mills, Assistant Professor of History at Vassar College, will give a presentation discussing the social and political culture of African American barber shops in the mid twentieth-century. Black barber shops have historically been places where commerce, culture and community intersect to inform African Americans' individual and collective freedom. The subject of Intuit’s exhibition, Ulysses Davis, cut hair and created sculptures inside his barber shop in Savannah, Georgia as an expression of his economic and artistic freedom. Barbering provided him the skill to maintain control of his economic life and the barber shop provided him the space to exercise his artistic creativity. |
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art promotes public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of intuitive and outsider art through education, exhibition, collecting and publishing. Intuit defines ‘intuitive and outsider art’ as the work of artists who demonstrate little influence from the mainstream art world, and who instead are motivated by their unique personal vision. This definition includes art brut, non-traditional folk art, self-taught art, and visionary art. |
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