Maya Jeffereis

Artist, Professor, Museum Educator

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@uwsoa @arthistorianone Thanks for sharing!! Our new site is https://t.co/L6agrgQ3QZ

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Mark your calendars for a series of virtual discussions about art with NYC-based alum @MayaJeffereis & @arthistorianone (both are museum educators): https://t.co/BhYi6gfrbA

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Join us on Thursday, September 30 at 6pm and 8pm (EST) over Zoom for a talk on Georgia O'Keeffe & Yayoi Kusama, two women artists who formed an unlikely friendship and mentorship in a male-dominated art world of the 1950s--60s. https://t.co/S9oJJHyGwX #kusama #okeeffe

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We're talking about the unexpected friendship between #artists #GeorgiaOkeeffe and #YayoiKusama on Thursday, September 30 at 6pm and 8p (EST) over Zoom. Sign up here: https://t.co/xEBnLpue7f #infinitymirrors #contemporaryart #kusama #nyc #art

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Just posted a video @ Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum https://t.co/Q1rtAPkXfp

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Join me & @arthistorianone on Thursday, May 20 from 6-6:45 for a talk on artists Ana Mendieta & David Hammons! https://t.co/DTadHNCdxB

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TONIGHT! Join for a virtual art talk on #artists #DawoudBey & #HowardenaPindell #contemporaryart https://t.co/RzAdtkNQSr

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6/ Front-of-house bearing the brunt of these layoffs and cuts. Also: seems likely that another round of layoffs will come at the end of most fiscal years, July 1...DEI efforts of last 5-10 years are under threat, if not entirely rolled back.

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I woke up super early to lead a Quiet Drawing session in the Matisse gallery this morning—tired but worth it. It’s such a relaxing way to start the day when the museum is empty and we can… https://t.co/RJM0avalxB

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Gotta go to bed soon so I can wake up *early* for Quiet Mornings @museummodernart tomorrow. The museum is open from 7:30-9 am and you can see the art & meditate before the crowds arrive.… https://t.co/wXU3Qoc3Ya

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Gearing up for my Gallery Sessions @museummodernart in May. I’ll be leading conversations in “New Order: Art and Technology in the Twenty-First Century.” We’ll talk about how artists… https://t.co/IZRYA8ijmL

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Sunday Paintings after Byron Kim. One of my students made this work in response to Kim’s Sunday Paintings series that features paintings of the sky and reflections on life. Text reads: “I… https://t.co/9IeuGmAlP4

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Vacation vibes 🌸
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#richardserra #serra #sculpture #installation #sitespecific #pulitzerartsfoundation #art #minimalism #minimalart #contemporaryart #artist #stlouis #museum… https://t.co/1a0Aw1VVcM

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Richard Serra’s “Joe” at midday
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#richardserra #serra #sculpture #installation #sitespecific #pulitzerartsfoundation #art #minimalism #minimalart #contemporaryart… https://t.co/ixInQ3sLPW

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#tbt to February when I gave a performative lecture @thededalusfndn called “You were always there but you were never really there” that focused on the uncredited Asian/Asian American… https://t.co/rXfc65e0cL

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What were you doing on this day 29 years ago? I asked visitors this question on my tour today. On Kawara’s work often leaves us with more questions than answers. I take it as an invitation… https://t.co/cHbvM5W1DA

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How can we use language to see art more closely? Yesterday I experimented with using verbal description (non-visual language that conveys visual imagery, usually used on tours for people… https://t.co/v1jf0RanoW

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Today I gave some pop-up talks on artists from the Asian diaspora. Isamu Noguchi was half Japanese and half Caucasian American, born in Los Angeles. He designed “Table (IN-50)” in… https://t.co/M9HjoQTft2

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One of my students made this On Kawara Date Paintings as a response to the artist’s practice. My students are NOT art or art history majors but I want them to engage directly with… https://t.co/eLzyk21I2t

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One of my students snapped this pic and titled it “Switching Spots.” 😂 The teacher becomes the student and the student becomes the teacher. Just trying to do Jacques Rancière proud… https://t.co/CvxqGmskZu