UPCOMING EVENTS (FOR DETAILS SEE BELOW)

REPRESENT Intergenerational Dialogue, Friday, Jan. 15th @ 6pm

Visual Diaries, Rutgers University, October 5th - January 31st, 2010
Visual Diaries, Suffolk County Community College, March 17 - April 14, 2010
Opening Reception: Wed. March 17th at 11AM
Visual Diaries, Farleigh Dickinson University, TBA

"REPRESENT: Feminism(s) and Art" Intergenerational Dialogue


Unknown Graffiti Artist, Salvation Army Steps, Brooklyn, NY, Photo E. Harris, 2009

REPRESENT 2010
A Feminist Dialogue Across Generations

SOHO20 GALLERY*
547 West 27th Street, #301
NYC, NY 10001
 
Friday, Jan 15th, 2010 from 6 – 8pm

Continuing an intergenerational dialogue about the creative process
Becoming more conscious about your process.

In continuing with our interchange about artists and their work, we will share how our work has been shaped by the last decade, making connections within a larger political and economic context.

REPRESENT 2010: What do we want from Feminism and how can we achieve it? Continuing in the tradition of the New York Feminist Art Institute, NYFAI (1979-1990), http://www.nyfai.org and an event of  

For further information contact: Nancy Azara @ 212-925-5777, nancy@nancyazara.com

*SOHO20 has a new location!
Directions to SOHO20 Gallery: Take the C or the E Train to 23rd Street. Take the crosstown bus or walk West to 11th Ave.

This event is free and open to the public

REPRESENT: Feminism(s) + Art is a series of intergenerational dialogues to encourage discussion across generations about contemporary issues for women in the arts and feminism(s) in the arts. The topics originate from the participants. Questions have included: What is feminist art? How should it be historicized? Personal definitions of “power” in your art, in life? How do you see yourself within the canon of white male artists? Everyone is welcome.

CURRENT EVENTS at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

"Bridging Generations: Women Artists and Organizations from Rutgers' Collection"
Exhibition Dates: October 5th - January 31st, 2010,
The Alexander Library

Visual Diaries from the New York Feminist Art Institute (1979-1990) will be featured in the exhibition "Bridging Generations: Women Artists and Organizations from Rutgers' Collection” at the Alexander Library at Rutgers University October 5th – January 31st, 2010. The books are from the “Consciousness-Raising, Visual Diaries, Art-Making” workshop that was facilitated by Nancy Azara at NYFAI and span from 1979 to the present. They are being shown for the first time.

UPCOMING EVENTS at Suffolk County Community College, Brentwood, NY

"Visual Diaries"
Exhibition Dates: March 17th - April 14th, 2010
Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 17th at 11am
Suffolk Couty Community College, Grant Campus, Crooked Hill Road, Brentwood, NY 11717
For Directions, Call (631) 851-6702

Past EVENTS at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ:

"Bridging Generations: Women Artists and Organizations from Rutgers' Collection"
Keynote speaker: Hillary Robinson, Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University.
Opening reception: Monday, October 5th, 2009 at 4pm,
Alexander Library, 4th Floor Auditorium;


“New York Feminist Art Institute, NYFAI, (1979-1990) Its Programs and Its Legacy”
Panelists: Nancy Azara, Joan Arbeiter, Emily Harris and Rhonda Schaller
Thursday, November 19th, 2009, 4-6pm
Alexander Library, Pane Room, 1st Floor

A discussion of the development of the New York Feminist Art Institute from 1977, its opening in 1979 and its struggles and achievements. The panel with Nancy Azara, Joan Arbeiter and Rhonda Schaller, NYFAI participants, will discuss their experience at NYFAI; Emily Harris (born in 1977) will discuss her involvement in the oral histories and how this relates to her experience as a younger artist.

For more information contact Fernanda Perrone, hperrone@rci.rutgers.edu

 

Past REPRESENT Topics:

REPRESENT: "Creative Process" Continuing an intergenerational dialogue about the creative process. What words do you use to describe your work? What inspires you? How do you decide when a work is finished? How do you problem solve in your work, trust your decisions? Friday, Nov 20, 2009 at A.I.R. Gallery

REPRESENT: "Creative Process" By examining facets of the art process, we hope to cull similarities and differences in the working habits of women artists and arts professionals. How is your work generated and developed? What does your studio look like? How has your life and education influenced your practice? Friday, Sept 25, 2009 at Soho20 Gallery

REPRESENT: "Politics of Power: Round 2" Continuing a discussion on the politics of power. What do we want from Feminism? How do we define power in this regard? What are the experiences of younger women and older women with power in relationship to their artwork in the studio and the artworld? Friday, May 15, 2009 at A.I.R. Gallery

REPRESENT: "Politics of Power" and personal definitions of "Power" in life and art.
How do you see yourself in relationship to power? Do you think of your artwork as powerful? Do others? What artists or artworks do you find powerful? Friday, March 20, 2009 at Soho20 Gallery

REPRESENT: "Feminist Engagement with the Canon of Male Artists" How do you see yourself engaging in a lifetime or artmaking? How do women artists and art professionals rebel against, agree with, integrate the male cannon of artists - going back to the Renaissance - into their thinking about art, and art practice? How do you see yourself in the histor(ies) of art? Friday, January 23, 2009 at Ceres Gallery

REPRESENT: "The Personal is Political."
A contemporary, intergenerational response to the 70s Feminist mantra. How does this philosophy apply today? How has it changed in relative to the current climate? Friday, October 24th, 2008 at A.I.R. Gallery

REPRESENT: An inter-generational response to: WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, P.S.1
Looking at an historic portrayal of Feminist Art and its relevance to now. Visiting the past, inventing the future. Friday, April 25th 2008 at A.I.R. Gallery

REPRESENT: Continues, Feminism + Art .
What are our commonalities and differences? We will explore commonalities and differences of feminism and art. Bring print-out, photos of your work. Friday, January 18th, 2008 at A.I.R. Gallery

REPRESENT: A Feminist Dialogue Across Generations
Join us and participate in an open discussion about mainstreaming of the women's movement, contemporary attitudes about Feminist Art with multiple view points and perspectives. Friday, October 19th 2007 at A.I.R. Gallery

REPRESENT: Feminism(s) + Art Dialogue Flyers (2007-09)
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REPRESENT: Feminism(s) + Art is a series of intergenerational dialogues to encourage discussion across generations about contemporary issues for women in the arts and feminism(s) in the arts. The topics originate from the participants. Questions have included: What is feminist art? How should it be historicized? Personal definitions of “power” in your art, in life? How do you see yourself within the canon of white male artists? Everyone is welcome.

The REPRESENT dialogue grew out of a small group that was meeting to talk about The New York Feminist Art Institute and to explore how the school could gain recognition and visibility for its contribution to the feminist art movement and artworld. As curious younger women, not involved in the institute, began to come to meetings, a group evolved to create regular discussions between generations. REPRESENT dialogues currently alternate between AIR Gallery and SOHO20 Gallery and are scheduled every three months.

To be added to the email list for future dialogues, please email nancy@nancyazara.com



Helen Stockton-NYFAI’S oldest student in conversation
with younger students, Winter 1980

NYFAI ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, Rutgers University Library

 
New York Feminist Art Institute

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