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FIRST FRIDAYS
Free! First Fridays
Mary Ann Steggles: How The Renaissance Torpedoed Women’s Art
Friday March 5, 2010, noon-1 pm at MAWA
As intelligent women, as artists and as feminists, we might agree that feminism, as we know it today was born out of the Humanist movement of the Renaissance. Ironically, it was the establishment of the category “fine art” during that same period and with the same group of learned individuals who supported the Humanist movement that has been so vigorous to exclude women and their art. This talk explores the historical and contemporary position of women artists.
Mary Ann Steggles received her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Leicester in 1993. She taught at Bishop’s University (where she received the Chancelor’s Award for Teaching Excellence) and at Acadia University before returning to Manitoba. In 2006 she was awarded the Olive Beatrice Stanton Award for Teaching Excellence at the University of Manitoba. Her writing has appeared in History Today, Marg, The Sculpture Journal, The New Zealand Asian Studies Journal, Chowkidar and Kalkspatz. Dr. Steggles has lectured throughout North America, Asia, the United Kingdom and Germany. She was one of the founders of the Manitoba Craft Council and a participating ceramic artist in the Manitoba Arts Council’s Artist in the Schools program for eleven years.
crys cole: Women in Audio Art
Friday April 9, 2010, noon-1 pm at MAWA
crys cole will examine an often-overlooked artform, audio art. What is it? What is its history? What is its relationship to music and visual art? This will be a great opportunity to better understand a new, often-marginalized medium. Sound samples will be played to "illustrate" the talk, with an emphasis on women audio artists.
crys cole is a sound artist who both performs and curates. Her personal approach to sound emphasizes subtlety and discretion, guided by a fascination with microsonics that test the limits of audibility and intentionality. She has worked and performed with artists from various disciplines around the world and has presented her work in Canada, France, Italy, Germany and Belgium. She is currently the Artistic Director of send + receive, one of Canada’s only audio art festivals.
Note: this talk has been rescheduled from November 2009, and falls on the SECOND FRIDAY of April.
crys cole live at Kunst Praxis Staab, Cologne. Photo: Bernd Wendt
Helen Delacretaz: What Gets Collected?
Friday May 7, noon-1 pm at MAWA
Curators are tasked with the daunting responsibility of building collections to be held in the public trust. What sorts of considerations are taken under advisement when selecting works for purchase or accepting works offered by donation? Using The Winnipeg Art Gallery's studio craft collection as a base example, Helen Delacretaz will expand upon the hows and whys of collecting at public museums and art galleries.
Helen Delacretaz is the Chief Curator at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. She joined the Gallery in 1998 and has held positions in both the Education and Curatorial departments. Her areas of curatorial responsibility are decorative arts, contemporary studio craft, and non-Canadian art. She is Adjunct Professor, Universtiy of Winnipeg, where she teaches Islamic Art and Architecture and non-Christian Religions and Art.
Followed by a special presentation honouring Marian Yeo
Please join us following the Friday May 7 First Friday for a special presentation and reception in honour of Marian Yeo. Marian curated the first exhibition of Manitoba women’s art, entitled “Women As Viewer”, at The Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1975, and was Director of the Festival of Life and Learning on Feminism at the University of Manitoba in 1978.
