About this Event
Join us for a release event with photographer and writer Sally Mann, discussing her new book, Art Work: On the Creative Life. This event will be hosted in The Auditorium, A 106, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street at The New School.
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The much-anticipated new book by artist and New York Times bestselling author Sally Mann about the challenges and transcendent pleasures of the creative process
“Erudite, frank, and funny.” —Amor Towles, bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway
Art Work, by acclaimed photographer and New York Times best selling author Sally Mann, offers a spellbinding mix of wild and illuminating stories, practical (and some impractical) advice, and life lessons. for artists and writers
Written in the same direct, fearless, and occasionally outrageous tone of her bestselling memoir, Hold Still, this new book reaffirms Mann as a unique and resonant voice for our times and is destined to become a classic.
Illustrated throughout with photographs, journal entries, and letters that bring immediacy and poignancy to the narrative, Art Work is full of thought-provoking insights about the hazards of early promise; the unpredictable role of luck; the value of work, work, work, and more hard work; the challenges of rejection and distraction; the importance of risk-taking; and the rewards of knowing why and when you say yes.
In sparkling prose and thoughtfully juxtaposed visuals and ephemera, Art Work is a generous, provocative, and compulsively readable exploration of creativity by one of our most original thinkers.
Photo credit: Mollie Grace Smith
Sally Mann is a Guggenheim Fellow and three-time recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. She was named “America’s Best Photographer” by Time in 2001. In 2021, she received the Prix Pictet and was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame. She has been the subject of two documentaries: Blood Ties (1994), which was nominated for an Academy Award, and What Remains (2006), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Emmy for Best Documentary. Mann’s Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs (2015) received universal critical acclaim, was a finalist for the National Book Award, and won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. Mann is based in Lexington, Virginia.
The New School prepares students to understand, contribute to, and succeed in a rapidly changing world, making it better and more just. Through education grounded in intellectual freedom and academic excellence, we will ensure that our students develop the competencies and creativity essential for success, collaboration, and leadership in the fields that will shape the future. We will also lead in generating practical and theoretical knowledge that enables people to understand our world and improve life locally and globally.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, New York, United States
USD 42.64
