Mickalene Thomas, Visiting Artist Lecture 2013

In this lecture at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture multidisciplinary artist Mickalene Thomas talks about the life circumstances that led her to become an artist and shares extensively from her work in painting, photography, video and installation, from her earliest efforts at Yale to very recent work, and also discusses her curatorial practice. Questions from the audience touch on social and political aspects of her art with particular emphasis on what it means to be a Black artist, a lesbian artist, a woman artist, her relationship with her mother, and the role those things play in the work she makes.