{"id":853,"date":"2020-02-04T03:45:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T03:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/?p=853"},"modified":"2020-04-06T19:02:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T19:02:18","slug":"persistence-sculpture-by-mana-hewitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/2020\/02\/04\/persistence-sculpture-by-mana-hewitt\/","title":{"rendered":"“Persistence,” Sculpture by Mana Hewitt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2020: Focus on Women Series
\n<\/em>March 3, 2020<\/h3>\n

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5-6pm:<\/span><\/strong> 100th Anniversary of Women\u2019s Suffrage A lecture in the Cardinal Foley Campus Center with Mana Hewitt, Arist & Senior Instructor at the University of South Carolina& Katherine Sibley, Ph.D., Professor & American Studies Director at Saint Joseph\u2019s University
\n6-7pm:<\/strong><\/span> Reception in Merion Hall Gallery<\/p>\n

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\nPersistence<\/em>
\nby Mana Hewitt
\nFebruary 10 – March 20, 2020<\/h2>\n


\nPERSISTENCE<\/em> presents a series of commemorative medals in recognition of the courage and perseverance of women who have challenged societal perceptions and worked to improve conditions for all.\u00a0 They are intended to familiarize and instruct, lest we forget the women that have forged a path to give us voice today.\"\"<\/p>\n

Alice Paul <\/strong>1885-1977 American Suffragist, Feminist and Women\u2019s Rights Activist, one of the main leaders of the campaign for the 19th<\/sup> Amendment to the US Constitution and author of the Equal Rights Amendment.<\/p>\n

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\nHARRIET TUBMAN<\/strong> Perhaps the best known conduct of the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman made 19 trips into the south over a 10 year period and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom.<\/p>\n

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Persistence<\/em><\/strong>
\nby Gabriella Youshock \u201820
\nGallery Exhibition Research Assistant<\/p>\n

Mana Hewitt is an artist living and working in South Carolina.\u00a0 Having a father that was in the military and a diplomat, throughout her life she has lived in various places throughout the U.S. and England. \u00a0Inspired by her mother, Hewitt always knew that she wanted to study art or music. \u00a0Hewitt originally wanted to study costume design, but when it wasn\u2019t offered at the University of South Carolina, she had to change paths. \u00a0She finished with a MFA in ceramics. For Hewitt, her love of ceramics was as much about painting the clay as it was forming the clay.\u00a0 Hewitt has been teaching for 41 years, first at Columbia College in Chicago and for the past 28 years at her alma mater, the University of South Carolina.<\/p>\n

Hewitt was inspired to create \u201cPersistence\u201d after the election of President Trump. Within her collection of medals, Hewitt currently features 65 different women, with an end goal of 100. \u00a0The women she chose were very influential during their time, and have forged the path for women today. \u00a0She starts each piece on Adobe Illustrator, designing them in black and white and then using copper nitrate and electricity she transfers the image and text etching it into the metal. Once the metal portion is complete, she creates portrait out of porcelain enamel.\u00a0 The powered glass is carefully placed and then fired to fuse the material together.<\/p>\n

Virginia Woodhull<\/em> is Hewitt\u2019s favorite piece. Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in the 19th<\/sup> century. She ran before women even had the ability to vote! This piece is different from the others because it contains a lock of hair. \u00a0A popular trend during the 19th<\/sup> century, when loved ones went away to war, was to take a piece of their hair, braid it, and wear it as a piece of jewelry.<\/p>\n

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\nList of medals included in this exhibit:<\/p>\n

19th Amendment
\nMadeleine Albright
\nElizabeth Anderson
\nMaya Angelou
\nSusan B. Anthony
\nDiane Arbus
\nElla Baker
\nGwendolyn Brooks
\nCoco Chanel
\nShirley Chisholm
\nHillary Rodham Clinton
\nBessie Coleman
\nBabe Didrikson
\nAbigail Scott Duniway
\nGeorge Elliot
\nAretha Franklin
\nIndira Gandhi
\nArtemisia Gentileschi
\nAlthea Gibson
\nMata Hari
\nBillie Holiday
\nZora Hurston
\nBarbara Jordan
\nFrida Kahlo
\nKathe Kollwitz
\nHedy Lamar
\nElisabeth Vigee Lebrun
\nHarper Lee
\nEdmonia Lewis
\nMargaret Mead
\nAngela Merkel
\nSandra Day O\u2019Connor
\nGeorgia O\u2019Keeffe
\nRosa Parks
\nAlice Paul
\nEdith Piaf
\nBeatrix Potter
\nJ.K. Rowling
\nNina Simone
\nElizabeth Cady Stanton
\nHarriet Beecher Stowe
\nMargaret Thatcher
\nMother Theresa
\nSojourner Truth
\nHarriet Tubman
\nKara Walker
\nFrances Willard
\nVictoria Claflin Woodhull<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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