Talk:Amy Sherald

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November 2017
ORES says C class https://ores.wmflabs.org/v2/scores/enwiki/wp10/810976644 Brock-brac (talk) 18:53, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Michelle Obama portrait
I went ahead and redirected Michelle Obama (Sherald), Portrait of Michelle Obama, and Official Portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama to this article, but a standalone article might be appropriate given the amount of coverage. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:38, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I've started the new article here: Michelle Obama (painting).--Pharos (talk) 01:32, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Lowercase of exhibition name
Hi and  -- I'm tagging both of you with this question because you've been editing the article recently (thank you!)  I originally typed the name of Sherald's 2019 exhibition in lowercase: "the heart of the matter..." I did this because it's like that on the gallery's website here. I don't know a ton about art exhibitions, and maybe you do -- do you think it should be lowercase in the article? Thanks, and let me know! You can reply by saving an edit under this one. -- Cloud atlas (talk) 05:13, 10 March 2020 (UTC)


 * This seems like the right move to me. NYT has it capitalized, but that's probably from their own style guide. I would go by the official gallery listing. --Kiraface (talk) 17:52, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

List of sources to work from
Below is a list of links that I've gathered from a Google Alert on Amy Sherald. We can use these to expand and improve the article. I'm not familiar with all these sources, so we should make sure they are reliable. Please check them off by placing a ✅ template before each of them that you've gone through! -- Cloud atlas (talk) 05:23, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
 * It just occurred to me that most of these sources revolve around the Michelle Obama portrait. Maybe as we go through these, we can simultaneously add information to this article and to that article. -- Cloud atlas (talk) 05:38, 10 March 2020 (UTC)


 * https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/a-peek-into-the-process-behind-the-popular-obama-portraits/2020/01/29/341e105a-3d5b-11ea-baca-eb7ace0a3455_story.html
 * https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-obama-portraits-international-art-destination
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/arts/design/beautiful-project-metropolitan-museum.html
 * https://www.michiganradio.org/post/two-detroit-artists-how-they-use-painting-photography-capture-complexity-black-life
 * https://www.cnn.com/style/article/obama-portraits-kim-sajet-smithsonian/index.html
 * https://www.culturetype.com/2020/02/21/national-portrait-gallery-african-americans-and-racial-justice-are-popular-subjects-at-outwin-boochever-portrait-competition/
 * https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-amy-sherald-michelle-obama-portrait-explained-0220-20200219-bnf4267cyrekrdbtkomybuh4dy-story.html
 * https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-audacity-of-art/Content?oid=77893218
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/arts/design/showwall-arthur-lewis.html
 * https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-emerging-black-artists-future-figurative-painting
 * https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/47804/1/art-shows-to-leave-the-house-for-this-month-los-angeles-february-2020
 * https://www.npr.org/2020/02/07/802778807/obamas-portraits-going-on-tour-next-year
 * https://ew.com/books/obama-portraits-exclusive-images/
 * https://www.laweekly.com/meet-an-artist-monday-shizu-saldamando/

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— Marchjuly (talk) 21:15, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion
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 * "Equilibrium" mural (2018; Amy Sherald), Parkway Theater (1915), 5 W. North Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201 (45950088965).jpg

Let’s discuss
Let’s see if we can’t all work together to improve this entry. For my part I think it’s become overly long but care should be taken in condensing, and in process we should aim to simplify the language. What other changes do folks see as necessary? Innisfree987 (talk) 22:54, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I can especially help trim the section on the Obama painting because I wrote most of the main entry for that so it doesn’t need to be repeated here. However recent contributors found some material I didn’t so I’d like to move it before deleting it here.
 * I’ll continue to help with the rest of this entry as well. Innisfree987 (talk) 23:00, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I’ll continue to help with the rest of this entry as well. Innisfree987 (talk) 23:00, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Pronouns
Hi and thank you for your additions to this entry. I wanted to ask about two sentences you added to the section on the Obama painting:
 * “Sherald set up a photography session in D.C. and went through many dresses with her stylist, going with something casual and sleeveless...Sherald discussed her use of grayscale with Obama to ensure that she would not be marginalized and could produce a universal piece, giving the audience a way to see themselves within the portrait.”

Some of these pronouns are unclear to me amd it’s sourced to a video I’m unable to watch. Could you tell me: in the first sentence, is “her stylist” about Meredith Koop, Michelle Obama’s stylist, or did Sherald bring a stylist? In the second, “she would not be...”: is the she Sherald or Obama? Thanks for your help! Innisfree987 (talk) 15:35, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
 * , Sherald, in the cited video at 2:10 says "... and this is after a process that I went through with her stylist, Meredith Koop". Vexations (talk) 15:55, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
 * , thank you very much! Will update accordingly. Innisfree987 (talk) 16:05, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * National Portrait Gallery visitors view First Lady Michelle Obama.jpg