Presentation Guidelines

For the presentation, make a powerpoint with at least five slides, with at least one image per slide (not more than two per slide).  Give a brief bio of your artist, then talk about why you chose to study that person and her work.  What was visually interesting to you?  Does her bio indicate any issues in her career that were related to gender? The goal is to organize your thoughts about the artist and teach the class about her.
It should be at least 5 minutes and not more than 10.
Email with any further questions.

Those of you who were there last week know your date assignment, either this week or next.  If you were not in class last week, email me to find out your date!

Elizabeth Catlett, a great artist, passed away this week at 96

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/arts/design/elizabeth-catlett-sculptor-with-eye-on-social-issues-dies-at-96.html

Assignment for Class April 4th

We will be touring the Tanner show with curator Anna Marley on April 4th.  There are two aspects of your assignment to prepare for class.
1.  Walk through the show, you don't have to spend a lot of time, but do take in the different sections and aspects of the show.  Take special notice of the images of women and formulate at least one question to ask Anna about the show.  Bring these questions to class in written form to turn in to me.
2. Read the chapter in the exhibition catalogue, Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit, by Michael Leja, "Reproduction Troubles: Tanner's "Mothers of the Bible" for the Ladies Home Journal," pg. 147-156.  Be ready to discuss the issues in the article with the class while we are meeting with Anna. 

She is being very generous with her time for us.  Please give her the respect she deserves by being prepared.

Bartram's Garden Lecture this Saturday

http://www.bartramsgarden.org/?page_id=24

Black Nature Panel Discussion

Saturday, March 24, 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Join us as we explore the meaning of “black nature” and the connections between African-African identity and the environment. Panelists include: Syd Carpenter, Chris Bolden Newsome, Evie Shockley, and Jeanne Thompson. Admission is a sliding scale of $5-$10, or free for members. RSVP to kmassare@bartramsgarden.org.

Philadelphia Art Alliance Lectures

Thursday, March 29th, 7pm - Jenni Sorkin on Post-War Ceramics: The Syracuse Annuals and the Search for Form

Thursday, April 5th, 7pm - Yarnbombing: Presentation by Jessie Hemmons, aka “ishknits”

Thursday, April 11th, 7pm - Digital Technology and Textiles:Presentation by artists Hitoshi and Heather Ujiie 

 http://philartalliance.org/programs.htm

Stats

http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/stats-on-human-rights/statistics-on-discrimination/statistics-on-discrimination-of-women/

In case you're interested, some economic information about the gender gap.

Guerilla Girls at MoMA - Watch for next week

http://www.moma.org/explore/multimedia/videos/16/162

In lieu of a reading, please follow the link above and watch the video, Guerilla Girls at MoMA:
Keep in mind, it is tongue in cheek!  But all the statistics are accurate, so jot down some thoughts or surprising facts for our class discussion.

The Feminist Future: Guerrilla Girl

The Feminist Future: Theory and Practice in the Visual Arts

Friday, January 26, 2007
Panel: Activism/Race/Geopolitics
Guerrilla Girls Frida Kahlo and Kathe Kollwitz, two founding members of the feminist activist group

Women of Abstract Expressionism

The First Annual Distinguished Art History Alumni and Scholars Lecture

Dr. Joan Marter, Distinguished Professor of Art History, Rutgers University

"Women of Abstract Expressionism:  Artists and Their Critics"

Thursday, March 15, 2012 | 4 p.m.

Tyler School of Art |  Room B004

Dr. Joan Marter, a distinguished Temple alumna, is an internationally respected and widely-published art historian and curator.  She is editor of Woman’s Art Journal and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Grove Encyclopedia of American Art.  In 2011, Marter received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Caucus for Art at the College Art Association meetings.  Guest curator for 16 exhibitions, her show Women and Abstract Expressionism was honored by the International Association of Art Critics (AICA).

This paper problematizes the received canon of Abstract Expressionism by presenting the critical reception of women artists from the 1950s to the present.  As the organizer of the only exhibition devoted to these artists—Women and Abstract Expressionism—she will also consider some of the ethical problems in working as a guest curator.

Joan was among the first to receive a B.A. in Art History from Temple in University graduating magna cum laude in 1968.

Photographers in the News

Other photographers to think about after our trip to Zoe Strauss
Cindy Sherman:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/02/19/arts/design/20120219-SHERMAN.html?ref=design
 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/arts/design/moma-to-showcase-cindy-shermans-new-and-old-characters.html?ref=design

Vivian Maier was a completely unknown photographer who died in 2009.  She took thousands of rolls of film, many of which she never developed.  Her images are amazing.
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/vivian-maier/?scp=1&sq=vivian%20maier&st=cse

February 22

Email me if you need a .pdf of the reading:
"Feminism" Art History's History by Vernon Hyde Minor

Next Week

We will be meeting in the Zaha Hadid exhibition at the Perelman Building of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  That's not the main building, but the one at 25th and Fairmount Avenue. 
Be there at 1:30, see you then!

Dorothea Tanning

Important Surrealist Artist Dorothea Tanning passed away on Tuesday at 101.
http://www.dorotheatanning.org/

This piece by Tanning is on view at PAFA: 
http://www.pafa.org/Museum/The-Collection-Greenfield-American-Art-Resource/Tour-the-Collection/Category/Collection-Detail/985/mkey--11083/search--tanning/

Interesting Blogs - American Women in Art

American Women in the 17th Century
American Women in the 18th Century
American Women in the 19th Century

These three blogs have some really interesting entries about women artists and images of women in the three centuries.

Assignment for February 1

Dear Class,
Please read Women, Art and Society, pages 17-28 (not 25 as I stated earlier).  I have the pdf ready to send if you'd like a digital copy, or you can use the book in the library.
We'll have a short writing assignment during class.  Get there on time so you have the most time possible.  You'll have from 1:00-1:25, then we'll be going to meet the curator in the galleries.
You are welcome to use your copy of the reading plus any notes you take during the writing.
Email with any questions.
All best,
Jennifer

Hildegard von Bingen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udf0xdjbMXU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4BGvlwyExI

A couple of examples of HvB's musical composition.

Women, Art and Society

Email me and I will send you the .pdf of the reading or you can photocopy the text at the PAFA Library where the book is on reserve.

Women, Art and Society by Whitney Chadwick
Read the preface, pages 7-16.

http://pamug.iii.com/search/?searchtype=t&SORT=D&searcharg=women%2C+art+and+society&searchscope=7

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Great first discussion this week.

Violet Oakley

Violet Oakley,

June (cover illustration for "Everybody's Magazine" 6, June 1902)

PAFA Collectio

Welcome to Women in Art - PAFA - Spring 2012

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This is a very interesting topic and I look forward to a semester filled with interesting information and great class discussion!