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CURRENT AND UPCOMING EVENTS (FOR DETAILS SEE BELOW) UPCOMING EVENTS at Suffolk County Community College, Brentwood, NY "Visual Diaries"
NYFAI Visual Diaries Panel, WAAM, Woodstock, NY, Sat. April 10th, 2010 Artists on panel: Nancy Azara, Darla Bjork, Mari-Claire Charba, Sarah Greer Mecklem; moderated by Nancy Azara. NYFAI (1979-1990) was a school and community resource for women in the arts and their friends located in downtown New York City founded to create an environment for the training of women in the arts. The challenge was to discover a teaching method which encouraged women to use personal experience to create radiant art of “our” own. One of these methods was articulated in the Consciousness-Raising, Visual Diaries, Art-Making Workshop, created and facilitated by Nancy Azara, a visual expression of wordless feelings; personal hieroglyphics linked with content through consciousness raising by making an artist’s book. The panel started out by showing slides of the visual diaries beginning in the early 1980s and continuing for some, as well as images of the founders, with personal statements from the participants, 3 of whom were on the panel. Founders included: Nancy Azara, Lucille Lessane, Irene Peslikas, Miriam Schapiro, Carol Stronghilos and Selena Whitefeather. (flyer below). There will be a visual diaries workshop in Woodstock: Saturday August 7th, 2010. For more information contact: nancy@nancyazara.com
PAST EVENTS
"REPRESENT: Feminism(s) and Art" Intergenerational Dialogue
REPRESENT 2010 A.I.R. Gallery Criticism is an important part of the creative process and often opens up a lot of new possibilities in our work. We’re all influenced in some way or another by higher education culture where “no pain, no gain” seems to be the standard. We’ll talk about different strategies and perspectives on criticism and the artist. This event is free and open to the public
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ "Bridging Generations: Women Artists and Organizations from Rutgers' Collection" "Bridging Generations: Women Artists and Organizations from Rutgers' Collection"
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. 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." REPRESENT: An inter-generational response to: WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, P.S.1 REPRESENT: Continues, Feminism + Art . REPRESENT: Feminism(s) + Art Dialogue Flyers (2007-09)
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
NYFAI ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, Rutgers University Library
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