MacArthur Fellow Joyce J. Scott is known for her figurative sculpture and jewelry using bead weaving techniques, glass, and found objects to unapologetically confront difficult themes which include race, misogyny, stereotypes, history, politics, violence, and discrimination. Born in Baltimore to Southern sharecroppers, Scott earned her BFA (MICA), MFA (Instituto Allende, Mexico), and was conferred honorary doctorates from Johns Hopkins University, MICA, and California College of Arts. The subject of countless books, articles, commissions, residencies, and honors, Scott’s work is included in museum collections worldwide. Represented globally by Goya Contemporary, Scott recently opened a 50-year traveling retrospective co-organized by the Baltimore Museum of Art and Seattle Art Museum.