Old in art school : a memoir of starting over

Summary: 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.

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ISBN: 9781640090613
ISBN: 1640090614
Physical Description: print
xvi, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First hardcover edition.
Publisher: Berkeley, California : Counterpoint Press, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

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