Tanya Mosley

Nesper and Sabrina Siewert. With Terry Gross, I'm Tanya Mosley.

Nesper and Sabrina Siewert. With Terry Gross, I'm Tanya Mosley.

Nesper and Sabrina Siewert. With Terry Gross, I'm Tanya Mosley.

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Hi, it's Terry Gross. Before we start our show, I want to take a minute to remind you that today is Giving Tuesday, which is so named because it's become a day of expressing gratitude for by giving money or any kind of help to an individual or group or organization that matters to you. We've found a way to turn Giving Tuesday into Giving and Getting Tuesday.

Hi, it's Terry Gross. Before we start our show, I want to take a minute to remind you that today is Giving Tuesday, which is so named because it's become a day of expressing gratitude for by giving money or any kind of help to an individual or group or organization that matters to you. We've found a way to turn Giving Tuesday into Giving and Getting Tuesday.

Hi, it's Terry Gross. Before we start our show, I want to take a minute to remind you that today is Giving Tuesday, which is so named because it's become a day of expressing gratitude for by giving money or any kind of help to an individual or group or organization that matters to you. We've found a way to turn Giving Tuesday into Giving and Getting Tuesday.

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If you subscribe to NPR+, in return, you'll be getting special bonus episodes from a bunch of NPR podcasts. These bonus episodes are available only to NPR Plus subscribers. On Fresh Air's bonus episodes, you'll hear hosted, curated, timely interviews from our archive every week. NPR Plus members also get to listen to all NPR podcasts without interruptions from sponsors.

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I'm Tanya Mosley, and today my guest is multidisciplinary artist Mickalene Thomas. In Thomas's art, Black women are front and center. Her subjects are often at leisure, resting on couches and chairs, sometimes clothed, sometimes fully nude, accentuated by rhinestones and rich, colorful patterns.

I'm Tanya Mosley, and today my guest is multidisciplinary artist Mickalene Thomas. In Thomas's art, Black women are front and center. Her subjects are often at leisure, resting on couches and chairs, sometimes clothed, sometimes fully nude, accentuated by rhinestones and rich, colorful patterns.

I'm Tanya Mosley, and today my guest is multidisciplinary artist Mickalene Thomas. In Thomas's art, Black women are front and center. Her subjects are often at leisure, resting on couches and chairs, sometimes clothed, sometimes fully nude, accentuated by rhinestones and rich, colorful patterns.

The scale of her paintings, often made of unconventional materials like glitter, sequins, and yarn, makes them feel larger than life, with the eyes of her subjects gazing directly at us.

The scale of her paintings, often made of unconventional materials like glitter, sequins, and yarn, makes them feel larger than life, with the eyes of her subjects gazing directly at us.