Publication

2018 - Counterpoint Press, California

Language

English

Word Count

82,750 words, Guess

Page Count

331 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101640090614
  • ISBN-139781640090613
  • AmazonB0771HQPNX
  • Library of Congress Control Number2017055407
  • OCLC Control Number1014011372
and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC700.92
  • LCCN6537.P23 A2 2018
  • LCCN6537.P23A2 2018

Description

Following her retirement from Princeton University, celebrated historian Dr. Nell Irvin Painter surprised everyone in her life by returning to school--in her sixties--to earn a BFA and MFA in painting. In Old in Art School, she travels from her beloved Newark to the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design; finds meaning in the artists she loves, even as she comes to understand how they may be undervalued; and struggles with the unstable balance between the pursuit of art and the inevitable, sometimes painful demands of a life fully lived. How are women and artists seen and judged by their age, looks, and race? What does it mean when someone says, "You will never be an artist"? Who defines what "An Artist" is and all that goes with such an identity?--from publisher's description.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting OverCounterpoint Press2018-01-01

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