Video Library
The videos collected here feature content from the curator of Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe (September 3, 2021–January 9, 2022, High Museum of Art, Atlanta) and the print catalogue’s contributors.
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Curator Video Diary 1: How to Put Together an Exhibition
In this video, which was recorded in late March, Katherine Jentleson, the High’s Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art, shares her process of putting together a new exhibition.
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Curator Video Diary 2: Who Nellie Mae Rowe Was
Folk and Self-Taught Art Curator Katherine Jentleson shares her progress in planning and organizing the upcoming Nellie Mae Rowe exhibition.
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Curator Video Diary 3: Compiling the Catalogue and Preparing Works for Exhibition
The High’s Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art, Katherine Jentleson, shares another behind-the-scenes look as she prepares for Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe.
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Vanessa German Recites a Poetic Tribute to Nellie Mae Rowe
Visual and performance artist Vanessa German recites the poetic tribute she wrote for Nellie Mae Rowe for the catalogue of Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe.
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Destinee Filmore Visits Nellie Mae Rowe’s Former Homesite
Art historian Destinee Filmore visits the hotel that now stands on Nellie Mae Rowe’s former homesite.
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Curator Video Diary 4: Installing the Show
Folk and Self-Taught Art Curator Katherine Jentleson gives a final look at the exhibition as it comes together in the galleries.
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Virtual Curatorial Exhibition Introduction
Katherine Jentleson introduces the High’s newest Folk and Self-Taught Art exhibitions, Gatecrashers: The Rise of the Self-Taught Artist in America and Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe.
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The Power of the Playhouse
Panelists Katherine Jentleson, Kenneth Brown, Cheryl Mashack, and Ruchi Mital discuss the space Rowe’s Playhouse occupied in larger histories of Atlanta.