Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and … Read more
RSVP: Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event. Join us for the official kick-off party for the Feminist Futures: Art, Design & Activism Event Series. The afternoon will include participatory readings of texts and poetry on feminism, queerness and gender written by Gloria Anzaldúa, Zach Blas, Lucy Lippard, Audre Lorde, Fred Moten, and Wu … Read more
Anonymous Autonomous is a robotic art installation being developed by Katherine Behar, Artist in Residence at the University of Michigan, together with a team of U-M students. As the Fall 2019 semester draws to a close, we invite the U-M community to meet the team and see the work in progress with live demos of … Read more
Curators Grace Mahoney and Jessica Zychowicz will introduce the exhibit. Join us on Thursday, September 15th in Lane Hall, home to the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, for the Opening Reception of the fall exhibit “‘I have a crisis for you’: Women Artists of … Read more
Curators Grace Mahoney and Jessica Zychowicz will moderate a discussion among several of the featured artists. There will be time at the end for Q&A. Join us on Friday, September 16th from 3:30 to 5:00pm in Weiser Hall 1010 or on Zoom for the hybrid Artists’ Roundtable discussing the Lane Hall Gallery’s fall exhibit … Read more
Celebrate the artists in our current exhibit, Portraits of Feminism in Japan with a reception and roundtable conversation. Reception (in person): 6:00 – 7:00 pm ET, Lane Hall Exhibit Space Artists’ Roundtable (hybrid): 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. ET in Lane Hall 2239 or on Zoom This event is cosponsored by the Institute for Research on Women & … Read more
In this hands-on workshop, participants will be able to paint their own kokeshi dolls with Takatoshi Hayashi. Hayashi-san is an artist building creative, powerful, and playful reimaginings of the kokeshi, a traditional wooden doll. You can explore his work as part of the exhibit Portraits of Feminism in Japan (in Lane Hall through May 2023), on his Instagram … Read more
Iranian artist Orkideh Torabi’s work is a captivating exploration of the intersection of personal narratives, cultural heritage, and societal norms. Through her vibrant and intricate paintings, Torabi challenges traditional notions of femininity, power dynamics, and identity. Her unique artistic style blends elements of Persian miniature painting with contemporary imagery, blurring the boundaries between the … Read more
Emilia Yang (interdisciplinary artist, Nicaragua) Gloriann Sacha Antonetty (writer, Puerto Rico) Lujain Jo (Iraqi filmmaker & performance artist) A world for women without fear is one where she can walk home at night, go to work, get an education, travel abroad, and do so much more without the risk of experiencing violence, harassment, or abuse. … Read more
Join the Union of Feminists Against the System (UNFAS), led by Stamps Assistant Professor Emilia Yang, Guatemalan Curator Maya Juracan, and Central American feminist artists, for a performance, reading, and info session about how you can get involved. This event is part of Professor Yang’s Transnational Feminist Portals Multi-Year project and the Arts & Resistance Theme Semester, and … Read more
Currently featured in the exhibit space of Lane Hall is My Gender States, a visual art presentation conceived and brought to life by Professor Rogério M. Pinto (Social Work). The exhibit comprises photographs of assemblage sculptures from The Realm of the Dead, a site-specific installation performance by Pinto, with text from his related one-person play, Marília. These … Read more