FAQ
12/5/2008
Talks and Tours: Deadline for Call for Papers for Feminism Now Symposium
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor
This symposium will showcase graduate and post-graduate students of art history and related disciplines as they present new scholarship that reflects feminist approaches. The deadline for the call for papers is December 5, 2008. The symposium takes place on March 28, 2009.
Please see the guidelines for submission information.
12/6/2008
Talks and Tours: Discussion
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor
Diana Duarte, a representative from the international organization MADRE discusses its work focusing on women and HIV/AIDS. Free tickets (30) available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.
12/6/2008
Talks and Tours: Artist Talk
7:00 p.m.
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor
Stephen Sollins discusses his work in Burning Down the House: Building a Feminist Art Collection in a Sign Language–interpreted talk. Free tickets (30) available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.
12/13/2008
Talks and Tours: Panel Discussion: "Sex Trafficking and the New Abolitionists"
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor
Acclaimed activist Gloria Steinem leads a panel discussing the fight against human trafficking, sexual exploitation, and violence against women and girls. Joining her will be Taina Bien-Aime, Executive Director of Equality Now; Dorchen Leidholdt, Director of the Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services at Sanctuary for Families; and Rachel Lloyd, Executive Director of GEMS.
12/14/2008
Performance and Discussion: Jennifer Cody Epstein's The Painter from Shanghai
2:00 p.m.
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor
Author Jennifer Cody Epstein reads and discusses her novel The Painter From Shanghai, a richly imagined portrait of Pan Yuliang, one of China’s most celebrated and controversial modernist female painters.
Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum