Augusta Savage

What she did

Created sculptures including Gamin and Lift Every Voice and Sing, taught artists in Harlem and directed the Harlem Community Art Center.

Impact and significance

Her teaching and institutional work widened access to art education for Black artists, alongside the contribution of her own sculpture.

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Works recorded in the archive

• Gamin (c. 1929)
• Lift Every Voice and Sing (The Harp), 1939 New York World’s Fair

Sources and access

• Augusta Savage, Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Bearden, Romare and Henderson, Harry. A History of African-American Artists. Pantheon, 1993.Bibliographic reference. Consult the named edition through a library or publisher.
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library.Bibliographic reference. Consult the named edition through a library or publisher.

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