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Women’s Art Symposium
Thrall’s Opera House, February 26-28, 2009
Friday:
4 p.m.- 5 p.m. 'Feminist History of New Harmony' tour with
guide, Jan Kahle. Meet at the Atheneum for the start
of the tour.
7 p.m. “The Body Politics of Decoration and Handicraft: Re-Visioning 1970s Feminist Art” Lecture by Fu Chia Wen Lien, Assistant Professor of Art History, Lamar University and Director of the Dishman Art Museum
Reception following
Saturday:
9:00 a.m. Lecture Yara Cluver Considering the Female
Nude: Personal Truth, Public Controversy. Associate Director, Collins Living-Learning Center, IU
10:00 Break
10:15 a.m. Artist’s Presentations
- Drawing the Invisible Narratives of Gender, Community,
Culture, and Home. Anila Agha-Assistant Professor of Drawing at the Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI
- Color Etchings. Sarojini Jha Johnson-Professor of Art at Ball State University
- Sara Bielski-Instructor of Art, University of Southern Indiana
12 -1:15 p.m. Break for lunch
12:30-1:30 p.m. 'Feminist History of New
Harmony' tour with guide, Jan Kahle. Meet at the Atheneum for
the start of the tour.
1:30-3:30 Panel Discussion Topic: Teaching Feminism in a Post-Feminist World, Moderator:
- Peg Brand, Associate Professor of Philosophy, IUPUI
- Jean Robertson, Professor of Art History, at the Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI
- Hilary Braysmith, Art History, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Southern Indiana
- Brenda Weber, Assistant Professor of Gender Studies, IU
4:00 -6:00 p.m. Reception for Feminist Art of Indiana Exhibition, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art
Sunday:
9: 30 a.m. Breakfast Reception at the Women’s Institute and Gallery
10:30 a.m. Presentation by WIG Gallery Directress Lena Feiner
11:00 a.m. Closing
Sponsored by the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art
and the University of Southern Indiana |
