Tanya Mosley

And describe for people who don't know Carrie Mae Weems what her art articulates. Like it really does showcase like everyday life.

And describe for people who don't know Carrie Mae Weems what her art articulates. Like it really does showcase like everyday life.

And describe for people who don't know Carrie Mae Weems what her art articulates. Like it really does showcase like everyday life.

Was that the first time when you started to consider that art could be a profession?

Was that the first time when you started to consider that art could be a profession?

Was that the first time when you started to consider that art could be a profession?

If you're just joining us, my guest is multidisciplinary artist Mickalene Thomas. She has a new art exhibit at the Barnes in Philadelphia that showcases 50 paintings, collages, and photography that Thomas has created over the last two decades. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air. Before your mother died, you had a chance to...

If you're just joining us, my guest is multidisciplinary artist Mickalene Thomas. She has a new art exhibit at the Barnes in Philadelphia that showcases 50 paintings, collages, and photography that Thomas has created over the last two decades. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air. Before your mother died, you had a chance to...

If you're just joining us, my guest is multidisciplinary artist Mickalene Thomas. She has a new art exhibit at the Barnes in Philadelphia that showcases 50 paintings, collages, and photography that Thomas has created over the last two decades. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air. Before your mother died, you had a chance to...

ask her a series of questions about your your life growing up um you've alluded to her drug use you also found out though that she sold drugs and that was part of what afforded the life that you all had it was modest but you also always had nice things and yeah what was the story that you grew up with and then the one that you came to understand is true

ask her a series of questions about your your life growing up um you've alluded to her drug use you also found out though that she sold drugs and that was part of what afforded the life that you all had it was modest but you also always had nice things and yeah what was the story that you grew up with and then the one that you came to understand is true

ask her a series of questions about your your life growing up um you've alluded to her drug use you also found out though that she sold drugs and that was part of what afforded the life that you all had it was modest but you also always had nice things and yeah what was the story that you grew up with and then the one that you came to understand is true

What did it mean for you to know and understand it?

What did it mean for you to know and understand it?

What did it mean for you to know and understand it?

What did it mean for you to find out all of this?

What did it mean for you to find out all of this?

What did it mean for you to find out all of this?

I wanted to ask you, as part of your art practice, you posed your mom as Pam Greer. Yes.

I wanted to ask you, as part of your art practice, you posed your mom as Pam Greer. Yes.