Now–December 8
Feminism, women's rights and women's stories are at the forefront of our discussions in America right now. With the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements sweeping the country, empowered women are speaking up and standing out after years of being confined to the background. There is still more work to do—pushing forward and continuing to ensure that women are celebrated and included in every field and position available. In printmaking, The Future is Female, but so is the past.
With or without the recognition they deserve, female printmakers have engaged in the craft from the very beginning. With origins in eighth-century Japan, where designs were rubbed onto paper from wooden blocks, to the second half of the twentieth century, where an explosion of interest in the potential of printmaking gave birth to methods such as etching, engraving and silkscreen, women have long been using this medium to tell their stories and explore themes of gender, sexuality, race and economic class.
This exhibition at Lehigh University's Teaching Museum highlights contemporary women artists like Faith Ringgold, Janet Fish, Morgan Maud and many more. It celebrates that the past, present and, of course, the future is female. On October 18, professor Lucy Gans hosts a gallery talk to discuss the exhibit and its artists, with a reception to follow.
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