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The places where women artists were inspired to produce their work is as significant as their artwork. Yet too often these sites of creativity are not considered critical when assessing an artist’s work, influences, or impact.

In this event, a panel of geographically, culturally, and thematically diverse places of women’s artistry and creativity will consider both “how” and “why” it is important to recognize and preserve these places where women made art. In doing so we’ll explore a range of approaches for tackling the challenges of preserving the place-based legacy of women artists, examine the manner in which the artists’ stories are presented to the public to bring women artists the recognition and respect they deserve, and how these historic places can continue to inspire education, activism, advocacy, and new artwork in their communities.

Speakers

• Valerie Balint, Director, Historic Artists Homes and Studios—a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Franklin Johnson-Norwood, Jr., Past President of VSU Alumni Association, owner of Azurest South, the self-designed home and studio of an LGBTQ Black architect and artist, Amaza Lee Meredith
• Dr. Lucha Martinez de Luna, Associate Curator of Latino Heritage at History Colorado and Director of the Chicano/a Murals of Colorado Project
• Victoria Munro, Executive Director of The Alice Austen House Museum
• Giustina Renzoni, Curator of Historic Properties at the Georgia O’Keefe Museum
• Nellie Scott, Director, Corita Art Center Studio of Sister Mary Corita of Immaculate Heart College
• Moderator: Chris Morris, Program Manager of Where Women Made History, National Trust

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How do contemporary women artists draw on personal histories and cultural heritage to create a unique body of work? Independent curator Rebecca Hart leads a panel discussion with three contemporary artists who are featured in Lyndhurst’s “Women’s Work” exhibition. Beatrice Glow, Daisy Quezada Ureña, and Nafis M. White each use their artistic vision to address complex social and political issues that include migration, colonialization, gender and racial discrimination, and cultural identity.

Using a wide range of different media and sensory experiences, each artist explores identity, community, and the power of resilience in their vast body of work, community activism, and teaching. Rebecca Hart will engage these artists in conversation about their chosen methodologies and the ways in which they examine their role as artists within the historical context of artistic practice.

Speakers:

• Beatrice Glow
• Daisy Quezada Ureña
• Nafis M. White
• Moderator: Rebecca Hart, Independent Curator
• Introduction: Chris Morris, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Where Women Made History

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With more than 125 objects, ‘Women’s Work’ explores the adoption of the domestic handcraft tradition by contemporary women artists by placing historic precedents next to contemporary examples. Join the curatorial team for an inside look at this special exhibition profiled in the New York Times. Howard Zar, Lyndhurst’s Executive Director and a graduate of New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts, shares insights into the creation of this culturally diverse exhibition. Nancy Carlisle, a graduate of Winterthur and Senior Curator of Collections at Historic New England, highlights the history of domestic handcrafts through its surviving objects. Rebecca Hart, a Cranbrook graduate, and independent contemporary art curator will discuss the often difficult history of the adoption of historical techniques by contemporary women artists.

• 1 pm: Lecture with Executive Director, Howard Zar followed by Q&A. (60 minutes)
• 2 pm: Lecture with Senior Curator of Collections at Historic New England, Nancy Carlisle followed by Q&A. (60 minutes)
• 3 pm: Lecture with Curator Becky Hart followed by Q&A. (60 minutes)
• 4 pm: Private Tour in the Mansion in Howard Zar. (in person only) (60 minutes)

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Writer, activist, curator, co-founded various artists’ feminist and activist organizations and publications, and author of 25 books on contemporary art and cultural criticism, Lucy Lippard, will be joined by Harmony Hammond, a leading figure in the development of the feminist art movement in New York in the early 1970s, and co-founder of A.I.R., the first women’s cooperative art gallery in New York. You won’t want to miss this spirited and thought-provoking conversation between two leading figures of the feminist art movement—and two long-time friends—as they reflect on their careers from the 1970s up to the present, and the evolution of “women’s work” in the art world as reflected in the artists and artwork of the Women’s Work exhibition at Lyndhurst.