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Kara Walker’s *A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby…*: Sugar, Slavery, and Monumental Art – Explore Kara Walker’s Massive Sugar Sculpture of a Sphinx-like Female Figure and How this Temporary Public Artwork Used Materials and Form to Directly Confront the Brutal History of Slavery, Labor, and Exploitation Associated with the Sugar Industry, Creating a Powerful and Unforgettable Statement about Enduring Legacies in American History and Culture.

Kara Walker's A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby...: Sugar, Slavery, and Monumental Art (Lecture Begins - Cue dramatic music, preferably Nina Simone) Alright everyone, settle in, grab your metaphorical…
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Kara Walker’s *A Subtlety*: Confronting History with Sugar and Symbolism – Explore Kara Walker’s Monumental Sugar Sculpture of a Sphinx-like Figure and How This Artwork Used Materials and Form to Directly Confront the Brutal History of Slavery, Labor, and Exploitation Associated with the Sugar Industry, Creating a Powerful and Unforgettable Statement.

Kara Walker's A Subtlety: Confronting History with Sugar and Symbolism (Lecture Begins) Alright, settle down, settle down, art lovers, history buffs, and sugar addicts! 🍬 Today, we're diving headfirst into…
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Kara Walker’s *The Rich Soil Down There*: Sugar, Landscape, and History – Explore Kara Walker’s Use of Sugar and Other Materials to Create Installations That Reference the Landscape of the American South and Its Connection to the History of Slavery and the Labor of Enslaved People.

Kara Walker's The Rich Soil Down There: Sugar, Landscape, and History (A Lecture in Sweetness and Shadows) (Warning: This lecture contains discussions of slavery, violence, and racism. Viewer discretion is…
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Kara Walker’s *A Subtlety*: The Sweet Smell of History – Explore the Materials Used in Kara Walker’s Massive Sugar Sculpture and How the Sweetness of the Sugar Contrasts with the Bitter History of Slavery It Represents, Creating a Multi-Sensory and Thought-Provoking Experience.

Kara Walker's A Subtlety: The Sweet Smell of History (A Lecture in Sugar & Spice, and Everything Not So Nice) Welcome, everyone! Grab a seat, settle in, and brace yourselves.…
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Kara Walker’s *The Sugar Sphinx*: Monumental Art and Historical Memory – Revisit Kara Walker’s Massive Sugar Sculpture *A Subtlety* and Explore Its Role as a Temporary Monument That Forced Viewers to Confront the Brutal History of Slavery and the Sugar Industry in a Visceral and Unforgettable Way.

Kara Walker's The Sugar Sphinx: Monumental Art and Historical Memory (Lecture - Hold onto your hats, folks, this is gonna be a sweet and sour ride!) Alright, settle in, art…
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Kara Walker’s *A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby…*: Sugar, Slavery, and Sculpture – Examine the Massive Sugar Sculpture of a Sphinx-like Female Figure and Child-sized Figures Made of Molasses, Confronting the History of Slavery and the Sugar Industry with Provocative and Ephemeral Art.

Kara Walker's A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby...: Sugar, Slavery, and Sculpture – A Lecture on Provocative Ephemerality (Welcome slide with a picture of the Sugar Sphinx in all…
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Avoiding Sugar Crashes.

Avoiding Sugar Crashes: A Hilariously Practical Guide to Staying Upright (Lecture Starts: Cue dramatic music, perhaps the Benny Hill theme song played on a kazoo) Alright everyone, settle down! Settle…
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Breaking Sugar Cravings.

Breaking Sugar Cravings: A Hilariously Honest Lecture Alright, class, settle down! Today's lecture is on a topic near and dear to my heart (and probably your expanding waistline): Breaking Sugar…