Object Lesson with Jordan Barrant

Inextricably linked to Spelman College’s history is object-based learning. In “The Visual Education of Spelman Women,” M. Akua McDaniel, Ph.D. confirms that the College began collecting objects in 1899, less than 20 years after Spelman College was founded. In honor of this 121-year old legacy, the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art presents a series of interdisciplinary lessons inspired by a work of art from the Spelman College Collection. 

Lesson led by Jordan Barrant, C’2022, Teen Programs Intern at Studio Museum in Harlem.  

Image Credit: Firelei Báez (Dominican, born 1981), Of Love Possessed (lessons on alterity for G.D. and F.G at a local BSS), 2016; Acrylic on Yupo Paper, 84 x 56 inches; Purchased with support from Wish Foundation, Inc. and Drs. Sivan and Jeffery Hines in celebration of the Museum’s 20th Anniversary, 2017.1