Searching for Augusta Savage: Film Screening and Discussion

Join us for a special film screening of Searching for Augusta Savage to celebrate the life of leading Harlem Renaissance sculptor Augusta Savage (on her leap year birthday).

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion about Savage—one of the unsung artists and advocates for art education in this country—with Tammi Lawson, curator of the Art and Artifacts Division at NYPL’s Schomburg Center, and filmmakers Sandy Rattley and Charlotte Mangin. Panelists will explore why this civil rights activist and artist is important to know and teach about in the classroom.

This event will introduce participants to new teaching tools to support the incorporation of Savage’s story into social studies classes.

Presented by MyLibraryNYC, WNET-Channel 13, and Audacious Women Productions

Image credit: Augusta Savage, Gamin, ca. 1930, bronze, 6.5 x 8.25 x 6 in, Art and Artifacts Division, Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library Digital Collections. Image ID: 58767788

Want to hear about the upcoming events? Sign up for the Educators at NYPL newsletter here.

PUBLIC NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER

​PRIVACY | The New York Public Library’s Center for Educators and Schools collects a limited amount of personal information during this registration process to later assess the impact of our services and evaluate our programs.

NYPL will not share your personal information with any third parties and we will retain this information for only as long as it is needed for our programs. For more information about NYPL’s privacy policy, please visit this link.

Because we use Eventbrite for registration and for collecting this information, Eventbrite retains your personal information for NYPL’s exclusive use and does not share with any third parties. Eventbrite’s privacy policy can be found here. For more detailed information about how you can control your personal information held by Eventbrite, see this link).

AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING | Programs are photographed and recorded by The New York Public Library. Attending this event indicates your consent to being filmed/photographed and your consent to the use of your recorded image for all purposes of The New York Public Library.