WAUKESHA – Coordinating with the University of Wisconsin System Women’s Studies conference to be held at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha campus November 2-3, the campus Fine Arts Center Gallery will display work by women artists. The Women’s Studies Invitational exhibit will open October 15 and remain hanging through November 16.
Gallery hours are 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, during special events, or by appointment (phone 262-521-5445). Admission is free and open to the public. The Fine Arts Center Gallery is located in the Fine Arts Center, adjacent to the lobby of the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, at 1500 N. University Dr., Waukesha.
UW-Waukesha assistant professor of art Barbara Reinhart and director of the Women’s Studies Consortium Helen Klebesadel co-curated the exhibit. They believe that artists who are also feminists document their critical and creative thinking through art in the same way writers document their thinking via text.
All the women who have work in the show live in Wisconsin and are involved in art education in some way. Klebesadel is a conference organizer and she, Rae Atira-Soncea, Melanie Herzog, and Yumi Roth will make presentations at it.
Exhibiting artists include:
- Nicala Aiello, Racine, fiber
- Amy Arntson, Lake Mills, watercolor
- Rae Atira-Soncea, Madison, sculpture
- Sally Bowker, Menomonie, painting
- Leslie Fedorchuk, Milwaukee, mixed media
- Lee Ann Garrison, Milwaukee, painting
- Melanie Herzog, Madison, ceramics
- Helen Klebesadel, Madison, watercolor
- Lindsay Lochman collaborating with Barbara Ciurej, Wauwatosa, photography
- Gabrielle L. Mayer, Menomonie, painting
- Susan Messer, Whitewater, mixed media
- Yumi Roth, Appleton, sculpture
- Jennifer Williams Terpstra, La Crosse, painting
Carrying the feminist theme further, the UW-Waukesha fall theatrical production, Talking With by Jane Martin, consists of 11 women’s monologues. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, November 2, 3, 9, and 10, at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, November 4, at 2:00 p.m. in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. For ticket information, contact the ticket office at (262) 521-5212. The gallery will be open before the shows and during intermission. |
