The Black Botany Studio occasionally hosts (virtual) independent artist-scholars, cultural workers, and makers. For 2021-2022, we’re excited to collaborate with independent scholar and multimedia scholar Jennifer Steverson. Interested in future opportunities or developments with this initiative? Sign up for updates.
Jennifer Steverson | Virtual Visiting Artist-Scholar, 2021-2022
Jennifer Steverson (she/her/hers) is an independent scholar and multi media artist based in Central Texas. Her work is informed by the cultural ecologies of the African Diaspora, specifically by the way that Black people have crafted community and resilience practices through art, craft, and agriculture. Jennifer completed her undergraduate work at Eugene Lang College, a division of the New School and her masters degree in Community and Regional Planning at UT Austin.
Jennifer was a Hive Collective Artist in Residence in 2019. In 2020, she completed a Texas Folklife Apprenticeship focused on quilting. She was a researcher on the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center’s African American Presence exhibit which opened in February 2020. Her work has appeared in the Rootwork Journal.
Learn more about Jennifer’s work at www.genevajean.com. As a Visiting Artist-Scholar with the Black Botany Studio, Jennifer will present on her process and practice with botanical dyes throughout the 2021-2022 school year through class visits, a virtual campus studio tour, and (upcoming) virtual workshops.
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