Participation Type
Paper
Session Title
Session 5.02 Architecture and Visual Arts
Presentation #1 Title
Exhibiting Women Artists in South Eastern Ohio: How Does the Appalachian Experience Shape Artists?
Presentation #1 Abstract or Summary
We would like to discuss our three part series of exhibitions of the work of women artists in the Kennedy Museum of Art collection with an emphasis on the local women artists whose work was exhibited. Women Artists at the KMA: Part I, explored works from the Kennedy’s collection created by American women artists working prior to the feminist movement (pre 1970). It included work by local artists such as Isabel Work and Katherine McQuaid. The second iteration, Women Artists at the KMA: Part II highlighted two local artists: Anne Clark Culbert, whose eccentric ceramic sculptures of animal-headed humans often commented on social inequities, and Bernarda Shahn, wife of the well-known social realist painter Ben Shahn and a native of Athens, OH. Both women were colorful characters whose art making represented one aspect of their prodigious output. Women Artists at the KMA: Part III will include a performance by the collective The Bridge Club: Annie Strader (OU alumni), Emily Bivens and Julie Willis. The Bridge Club will be performing The Trailer, a mobile installation that addresses the local and regional characteristics of the site in which it is located. All three of these exhibits highlight the vibrant and independent art scene that existed in Athens, Ohio.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #1
Jennie Klein is an associate professor of art history at Ohio University. Her areas of expertise include feminist art and performance art.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #2
Babz Jewell studies art history, visual ethnography, the German language, and English-teaching at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
Exhibiting Women Artists in South Eastern Ohio: How Does the Appalachian Experience Shape Artists?
Corbly Hall 244
We would like to discuss our three part series of exhibitions of the work of women artists in the Kennedy Museum of Art collection with an emphasis on the local women artists whose work was exhibited. Women Artists at the KMA: Part I, explored works from the Kennedy’s collection created by American women artists working prior to the feminist movement (pre 1970). It included work by local artists such as Isabel Work and Katherine McQuaid. The second iteration, Women Artists at the KMA: Part II highlighted two local artists: Anne Clark Culbert, whose eccentric ceramic sculptures of animal-headed humans often commented on social inequities, and Bernarda Shahn, wife of the well-known social realist painter Ben Shahn and a native of Athens, OH. Both women were colorful characters whose art making represented one aspect of their prodigious output. Women Artists at the KMA: Part III will include a performance by the collective The Bridge Club: Annie Strader (OU alumni), Emily Bivens and Julie Willis. The Bridge Club will be performing The Trailer, a mobile installation that addresses the local and regional characteristics of the site in which it is located. All three of these exhibits highlight the vibrant and independent art scene that existed in Athens, Ohio.
