Carver Museum hosts artist Deborah Roberts for a book signing

Deborah Roberts, an Austin-based mixed-media artist whose work challenges notions of ideal beauty, will be hosted next month by the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center for a signing of her new monograph, “Deborah Roberts: Twenty Years of Art/Work.” The expansive monograph contains new texts that dive into Roberts’ archive and offer a comprehensive view of this significant social observer’s work. It is published by Radius Books. Roberts challenges stereotypes using images from American history, Black culture, pop culture and Black history in her art, combining found and manipulated images with hand-drawn and painted details. The signing will take place 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, at 1165 Angelina St. The event is sponsored by Art Galleries at Black Studies at The University of Texas at Austin, Austin African American Book Festival, the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, Radius Books and soulciti.