{"product_id":"augusta-savage-the-shape-of-a-sculptors-life-9780316298025","title":"Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis powerful biography in poems​ tells the life of Augusta Savage, the trailblazing artist and pillar of the Harlem Renaissance. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A Claudia Lewis Award Winner for Poetry by the Bank Street College of Education  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Black Caucus ALA Children \u0026amp; Young Adult Award Winner \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA CCBC Children's Choice - A CBC Teacher Favorite\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Augusta Savage was arguably the most influential American artist of the 1930s. A gifted sculptor, Savage was commissioned to create a portrait bust of W.E.B. Du Bois for the New York Public Library. She flourished during the Harlem Renaissance, and became a teacher to an entire generation of African American artists, including Jacob Lawrence, and would go on to be nationally recognized as one of the featured artists at the 1939 World's Fair. She was the first-ever recorded Black gallerist. After being denied an artists' fellowship abroad on the basis of race, Augusta Savage worked to advance equal rights in the arts. And yet popular history has forgotten her name. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Deftly written and brimming with photographs of Savage's stunning sculpture, this is an important portrait of an exceptional artist who, despite the limitations she faced, was compelled to forge a life through art and creativity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeatures an afterword by the curator of the Art \u0026amp; Artifacts Division of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eHorn Book\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e - Bank Street College\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ★ \"A stunning portrait of artistic genius and Black history in America.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ★ \"A wonderful addition to young people's literature on African American artists.\" --\u003ci\u003eHorn Book\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ★ \"In a rich biography in verse, Nelson (\u003ci\u003eA is for Oboe\u003c\/i\u003e) gives voice to the Black sculptor Augusta Savage (1892-1962), a key Harlem Renaissance figure.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ★ \"Nelson's arresting poetry, which is accompanied by photographs of Savage's work, dazzles as it experiments with form. ... A lyrical biography from a master of the craft.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ★ \"A master poet breathes life and color into this portrait of a ­historically significant sculptor and her remarkable story.\" --\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarilyn Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many award-winning books, including \u003ci\u003eAugust Savage\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named to \u003ci\u003eKirkus, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book's\u003c\/i\u003e Best of Year lists in addition to receiving a Black Caucus ALA Honor and the Bank Street College of Education's Claudia Lewis Award for Poetry. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eCarver: A Life in Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a National Book Award finalist, a Newbery Honor Book, and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book, and \u003ci\u003eA Wreath for Emmett Till\u003c\/i\u003e, which garnered a Coretta Scott King Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor. Marilyn lives in Connecticut. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTammi Lawson\u003c\/b\u003e is the curator of the Art and Artifacts Division at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the steward of a collection of over fifteen thousand items that visually document the Black Diaspora. The Schomburg also houses the largest collection of art by Augusta Savage in a public institution. The New York Public Library recently awarded Lawson the 2020 Bertha Franklin Feder Award for Excellence in Librarianship. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Christy Ottaviano Books-Little Brown and Hach","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631428210962,"sku":"9780316298025","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b89b8f4d-8475-44cd-a644-9dca2cb38c96.jpg?v=1732771945","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/augusta-savage-the-shape-of-a-sculptors-life-9780316298025","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}