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Aisha Cousins
Aisha Cousins (born 1978) is New York-based artist. Cousins writes performance art scores that encourage black audiences to explore their parallel histories and diverse aesthetics. Her work has been widely performed at art institutions such as Weeksville Heritage Center, BRIC, Project Row Houses, the Kitchen, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, MoCADA, and MoMA PS1. Early life and education Cousins was born in Boston, Massachusetts and is of Afro-American and Caribbean descent. In 2000, Cousins received a B.A. in Studio Art with coursework in Black Studies and Sociology from Oberlin College. Career From 2008 to 2012, Cousins worked as a performance artist, doing private studies and working with Fluxus artists Ben Vautier and Geoff Hendricks. In 2012, she was awarded a grant from the Brooklyn Arts Council to produce a guide for her project designed for black youths whose schools have lost visual arts funding. Artistic practice Aisha Cousins writes performance art scores – do- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second oldest continuously operating List of coeducational colleges and universities in the United States, coeducational institute of higher learning in the world. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. In 1835, Oberlin became one of the first colleges in the United States to admit African Americans, and in 1837 the first to admit women (other than Franklin & Marshall College, Franklin College's brief experiment in the 1780s). It has been known since its founding for progressive student activism. The College of Arts & Sciences offers more than 50 majors, minors, and concentrations. Oberlin is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association and the Five Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
