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  1. Judith Scott is an American actress known for her roles in L.A. Doctors, Jake 2.0, and Dexter. Early life [ edit ] She was born at Fort Bragg , North Carolina [1] on Dec 22, 1965.

  2. Apr 29, 2024 · This is the work of Judith Scott. Scott was fanatical about fibre. She would work on her sculptures for months at a time, going for hours without stopping. She would smack her hands together when ...

  3. Judith Scott was a self-taught artist who made fiber and mixed-media sculptures that encase forever-softened objects. She overcame debilitating physical and mental challenges from birth and became an artist of great renown. Her works are not autobiographical, but they embody an alternate language of emotion and description.

    • May 2, 1943
    • March 15, 2005
    • Birth and Separation
    • Early Adulthood
    • The Epiphany
    • Creative Discovery
    • Judith Scott’s Body of Work
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    Born in 1943 into a middle-class family in Cincinnati, Ohio, Joyce Scott was a healthy baby. There was no reason not to assume that she would lead anything other than a ‘normal’ life. In fact, her life has been extraordinary, partly due to the fact that her twin sister, Judith was born with an extra chromosome. In 2011, speaking on the BBC Culture ...

    As a young adult, sub-consciously seeking to heal the wound left by the loss of her sister, Joyce spent her time caring for other children who had been tarnished by society with the label ‘outcast’. Even this did not bring peace. All those years earlier, Judith had become a ward of the state of Ohio and had since been living in institutions for the...

    After many years of heart-ache, Joyce took the decision, after further objections from her mother, to become Judith’s legal guardian. She describes the moment as ‘epiphanal’. It was not a straightforward process; negotiations were drawn-out and difficult. But finally in 1986, a period of deep-healing began, when Judith moved to California to live w...

    Joyce enrolled Judith at the Creative Growth Art Centre in Oaklandas a means of occupying her time; Joyce was working as a pediatric nurse so 24-hour care of her sister was impossible. Creative Growthis a visionary arts centre where people with mental or psychological difficulties are given total artistic freedom. Joyce Scott describes it as ‘joyfu...

    Her work-cycle was constant; five days a week for eighteen years. She produced over 200 cocoon-like sculptures in that time, many of which can be found in international museums and private collections. Some are small and intimate, others almost unmanageable in size. Her work is an abstract reflection of her life. The colourful, idyllic childhood, t...

    Judith Scott was a world-renowned fiber artist who created cocoon-like sculptures by wrapping threads and yarns around anything she could find. She was born with a disability and separated from her twin sister Joyce at a young age, but they reunited later and supported each other's artistic journey.

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  5. Judith Scott (May 1, 1943 – March 15, 2005) was an American fiber sculptor. She was deaf and had Down Syndrome. She was internationally renowned for her art. In 1987, Judith was enrolled at the Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, California, which supports people with developmental disabilities.

  6. Dec 13, 2012 · How Judith Scott became the first artist with Down Syndrome to have her work featured in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art -- and then in permanent collections in New York, London, and Paris

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