{"id":8739,"date":"2021-01-18T17:11:56","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T17:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/?p=8739"},"modified":"2021-01-22T19:52:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T19:52:52","slug":"baia-bits-james-lesesne-wells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=8739","title":{"rendered":"BAIA BITS: James Lesesne Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>BAIA BITS: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James Lesesne\u00a0Wells<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Little Moments Where Knowledge Meets Art<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/967965523&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"900\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;m a man of simple needs. My interest has been primarily in my art and as long as I made enough to get by, I was satisfied<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are the simple yet poignant words of graphic artist and teacher, James Wells, an influential figure in 20th century art. True to his words, offered to the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Post<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in February 1977, Wells focused his 60-year art career on expressing himself freely and teaching others more than striving for popularity or commercial success.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consistently, his influence on generations of artists was substantial, including the likes of Elizabeth Catlett and other prominent artists of the 20th century.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Atlanta in 1901, Wells\u2019 family soon relocated to Florida. As a young teen, Wells won top prizes in painting and woodworking at the Florida State Fair before attending Lincoln University and subsequently transferring to Columbia University. In New York, he was particularly inspired by<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an African sculpture exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum and, more broadly, by the printmaking and woodcuts of 15<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> century artist, Albrecht Durer, and the German Expressionists of the 1920s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Printmaking became his passion. Though many of his peers saw little value in this art form, Wells nonetheless made a name for himself during the Harlem Renaissance. Upon graduating from Columbia, he<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">created block prints to highlight Negro life from the articles and publications of the day. In 1929, he was hired by Howard University to teach crafts,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ceramics, sculpture, and clay modeling along with metal and block printing.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the Civil Rights Era, Wells protested<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">segregation along with his Howard students at lunch counters and police departments. Like his students, he was harassed and threatened. These experiences further impacted his art as he incorporated more social and religious themes. In turn, his art would impact others, earning him numerous honors throughout his teaching career and after his 1968 retirement from Howard. Among them were major exhibitions and retrospectives at the Brooklyn Museum, the Philadelphia Museum, the Smithsonian, Howard University, and Fisk University, along with a 1980<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presidential Citation for Lifelong Contribution to American Art from President Jimmy Carter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet, even with his accomplishments, the late Wells ultimately felt that the artist\u2019s primary responsibility is to himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy belief is that art has a social message and should be expressive of the artist&#8217;s reaction to society,&#8221; Wells told the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Post<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cBut first there&#8217;s always the esthetic of joy and happiness for the perpetrator of the art.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BAIA BITS are produced in part by the generous support of our Patreon members with a special shout out to Zadig &amp; Voltaire.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7471\" style=\"width: 548px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shopbaiaonline.com\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7471\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7471\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/buy-black-art-graf_5.jpg?resize=538%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"538\" height=\"349\" data-id=\"7471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/buy-black-art-graf_5.jpg?w=855&amp;ssl=1 855w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/buy-black-art-graf_5.jpg?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/buy-black-art-graf_5.jpg?resize=768%2C499&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Browse and shop for fine art from our growing network of artists, collectors, estates, galleries &#8212; specializing in works by Black American artists with great values on premier art.<\/p><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"post-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">START COLLECTING ART<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sign up for our\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/index.php\/startcollectingart\/\"><u>free\u00a0email course<\/u><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>on how to begin your collection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8639\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Stephanie-Robinson-PIC-218x300.jpg?resize=218%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"8639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Stephanie-Robinson-PIC.jpg?resize=218%2C300&amp;ssl=1 218w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Stephanie-Robinson-PIC.jpg?resize=744%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 744w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Stephanie-Robinson-PIC.jpg?resize=768%2C1058&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Stephanie-Robinson-PIC.jpg?w=854&amp;ssl=1 854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Stephanie Robinson, Esq.<\/strong>\u00a0is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, a national media figure, author, former Chief Counsel to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and former President and CEO of The Jamestown Project, a national think tank focusing on democracy.\u00a0\u00a0Ms. Robinson hosted her own national radio show,\u00a0<em>Roundtable with Stephanie Robinson<\/em>, a popular weekly 30-minute, talk-radio program focused on culture, politics, and relationships that aired on TSN.\u00a0\u00a0For over half a decade, Ms. Robinson was Political and Social Commentator for the\u00a0<em>Tom Joyner Morning Show<\/em>\u00a0where she spoke to between 9 and 10 million people weekly, offering her perspective on the day\u2019s most pressing social and political issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robinson is co-author of\u00a0<u>Accountable: Making America as Good as Its Promise<\/u>, (Atria Books, 2009). She is a nationally recognized expert on issues relating to social policy, women, race, family, and electoral politics.\u00a0\u00a0She was featured as one of the 30 Young Leaders of the Future in Ebony Magazine and was profiled in the book\u00a0<u>As I Am: Young African American Women in a Critical Age<\/u>, by Julian Okwu.\u00a0\u00a0Robinson is a frequent speaker expressing her views in countless media outlets including the\u00a0<em>Associated Press, The Washington Post, C-Span, Fox News, NewsOne\u00a0<\/em>and<em>\u00a0NPR<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephanie was a Member of President Clinton\u2019s first Mission to Africa regarding children orphaned by AIDS. Robinson, a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Maryland and the Harvard Law School, is a native of Steubenville, Ohio. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two sons.<\/p>\n<p>Would you buy stock in BAIA if you could? 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