Art with a Message: Lola Ogbara, Examining The Black Fem Experience
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Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: In “Pleasure is All Mine” artist Lola Ogbara contemplates, examines, and reconstructs the black female form through conceptual, grotesque, and provocative imagery. Her clay sculptures, photographs, and video challenge the viewer on their own preconceptions as well as Western society’s portrayal of black women. Take a tour with the artist.
Type of Video: Tour*
Unique Video ID: AandA-LOgbara**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- For Discussion: Work in this exhibit focuses on mature themes as students hear directly from the artist. As you preview the video to determine its appropriateness for your students, consider what conversations about art could be developed from the exhibition.
- Activity Idea: Use the video with an art project that has students creating a work commenting on some aspect of their own life experience.
*Tours take students to laboratories, studios, workspaces, museums and other diverse “in the field” and community locations related to the area of study.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
