Betye Saar: Call and Response and the Los Angeles County

and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

She draws her imagery from the social and political movements

Samella Lewis

Interview by Christine Y

which presents Southern California artists in focused exhibitions

Betye Saar: Call and Response and the Los Angeles CountyText by Carol S. Eliel. This publication presents Betye Saars sketchbookswhich she has kept during her entire careerfor the first time and offers insights into the artists creative process. A child of the Great Depression and one of the only African American students in her UCLA art program, Betye Saar has, over the course of more than six decades, made work that exposes stereotypes and injustices based on race and gender. From early prints and