Define the Great Migration? Explain.
Describe Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series. Give details.
How did the Great Migration play a role in the development of the Harlem Renaissance? Explain.
How does Jacob Lawrence’s own life relate to the Migration Series?
How did the Harlem Renaissance “uplift” the races?
Why was it common for many Harlem Renaissance artists to move to Paris, France? Explain.
Who did James Van Der Zee document through his photography?
Describe how Aaron Douglas’s paintings differ from other Harlem Renaissance artists?
Why was Aaron Douglas considered the “Father” of the Harlem Renaissance?
How did women artists of the Harlem Renaissance have it harder? Explain.
Where was James Van Der Zee’s photography studio?
According to James Van Der Zee, why was Sunday his busiest day taking pictures?
Why was the 1969 exhibition, Harlem On My Mind, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art important for James Van Der Zee?
Explain how the painting The Janitor Who Paints is often interpreted as a self-portrait of Palmer Hayden.
Why does The Kitchen Table Series by Carrie Mae Weems center around the kitchen table? Explain.
Explain how Carrie Mae Weems is a storyteller.
Describe Kara Walker’s installation piece the Marvelous Sugar Baby. Give details.
Why did Kara Walker use sugar to create the sculpture Sugar Baby?
How does Adrian Piper fight racism with her art? Explain.
Select one of the artists that we explored in class this semester that appeals to you. Tell why (in paragraph form) you find their work of interest. Select one artist from the list: Jacob Lawrence, Archibald Motley, Charles White, William H. Johnson, Loïs Mailou Jones, James Van Der Zee, Palmer Hayden, Aaron Douglas, Carrie Mae Weems, Kara Walker, Adrian Piper, and Kerry James Marshall.
