TheFeministArtProject: CAA 2007

Contact: Anne Swartz (aswartzcaamail.com)

In conjunction with the upcoming 2007 annual conference of the College Art
Association, there will be a series of events sponsored by
TheFeministArtProject, co-organized by the late internationally-renowned art
critic Arlene Raven and art historian Anne Swartz. The College Art
Association is the membership organization that promotes excellence in
scholarship and teaching in the history and criticism of the visual arts and
in creativity and technical skill in the teaching and practices of art.
TheFeministArtProject is a national initiative recognizing the aesthetic and
intellectual impact of women on the visual arts and culture.

On Saturday, February 17 from 9:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., a series of panel
presentations, interviews, performances, and other panel formats will be
held. They will provoke, intrigue, and engage audience members with the
developments and topics surrounding Feminist Art and women¹s involvement in
cultural production.

The schedule of panels is as follows:

9:00-10:00
Are We There Yet? The Status and Impact of Second- and Third-Wave Feminism,
Women's Art, the Women's Art Movement, and "Feminist Art"
Anne Swartz, Savannah College of Art and Design

10:10-11:10
Feminism, Women, and Museums
Elizabeth Mansfield, The University of the South

11:40-12:40
American Art and Sexual Trauma
Vivien Green Fryd, Professor of the History of Art, Vanderbilt University

12:50-1:50
Back to the Front
Helena Reckitt, Toronto-based independent critic/curator

2:00-3:00
Occupying Our Hearts: Performing Self-Transformation through Feminist Art
Joanna Frueh, Distinguished Professor, School of Art, University of Arizona
and Professor Emerita of Art History, University of Nevada, Reno

3:10-4:10
"Life of the Mind, Life of the Market": A Reevaluation of the Contribution
of Theory to Feminist Art from 1980 to 2006
Mira Schor, Faculty, Parsons The New School for Design

4:20-5:20
Re-gendering Public Practice
Suzanne Lacy, Chair of Fine Arts, Otis College of Art and Design, Los
Angeles

In addition to panels featuring renowned and emerging visual arts
professionals, there will be receptions at Chelsea galleries, which will
host Feminist art exhibitions. The first reception will be held on Thursday,
February 15 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at A.I.R. Gallery, West 25th Street, Suite
301, Chelsea, in conjunction with the exhibition, "The Changing Room: Object
and Metaphor," new work by Daria Dorosh and "One True Thing," a group show
of work by A.I.R. Gallery Artists curated by Dena Muller. The second
reception will be held on Friday, February 16 from 5:30-8:00 p.m. at Ceres
Gallery for ³Agents of CHANGE: Women, Art, and Intellect,² curated by Dr.
Leslie King-Hammond, Maryland Institute College of Art, at Ceres Gallery,
547 West 27th Street, Suite 201, in Chelsea.

THESE EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

For information on TheFeministArtProject:
http://feministartproject.rutgers.edu/
For information on CAA 2007: http://conference.collegeart.org/2007/special

Anne Swartz, Ph.D.
Professor of Art History
Savannah College of Art and Design
Post Office Box 3146
Savannah, Georgia 31402-3146