In 1971, during her United States exile and the height of the Black Power Movement, Elizabeth Catlett once said, “Art for me must develop from a necessity within my people. It must answer a ...

As a young girl, Elizabeth “Betty” Catlett—born in Washington ... slavery and who took care to teach the child about her people’s ongoing struggle for basic rights. In the summers ...

“The Art of Elizabeth Catlett from the Collection of Samella Lewis,” will continue through June 15 at the Mattatuck Museum, ...

Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012 ... of her sure sense of line and beauty. “Homage to My Young Black Sisters” (1968) most clearly defines Catlett’s Black Power spirit—a dynamic, abstracted ...