During free museum hours, the museum charges non-members $5 to see this show. The exhibition is included with museum admission, which is $20 for adults. "In The Company of Women" officially opens on Saturday, July 7, and runs through Sunday, August 12, in the Steele Gallery. “Institutions have a responsibility to correct gender imbalance in the arts.” Zebro is hoping for a good turnout, in part because the exhibition has a relatively short run, and she wants as many people as possible to experience it.īut she’s also thinking about the big picture, and why the museum chose to spotlight women artists. The opening also includes short films, live music, a durational performance, artist demonstrations, a panel discussion with local creatives, sketching with live models, an exhibit-related bingo game, a living installation, and more. for a meet and greet with artist Annie Lopez.įrom 6 to 9 p.m., Patricia Sannit will reprise Welcome My Love, developed for FORM Arcosanti 2018 in partnership with the museum. if you want to hear a bilingual gallery talk in honor of Frida Kahlo’s birthday, or by 7 p.m.
You’ll see the local focus during July First Friday, when more than a dozen visual and performing artists will be part of the opening reception from 6 to 10 p.m. Created using pearl corsage pins, fabric, steel, and oak, it references the artist’s Mormon upbringing and feminist sensibility. The Tempe-based artist is represented by Lisa Sette Gallery.
It also includes Seer Bonnets, a Continuing Offense by Angela Ellsworth. It’s a paper dress form made with family naturalization records using the cyanotype photography that creates a characteristic blue color. Lynn Trimble “In the Company of Women” includes Naturalized Citizen by Phoenix-based artist Annie Lopez. In some cases, artists used unconventional materials such as immigration documents and corsage pins. Fashion buffs can look forward to seeing pieces by several designers, from Ana Sui to Miuccia Prada. The lineup includes ceramics, paintings, photographs, sculpture, and several other media. About half the works will have extended labels, which help viewers appreciate their historical and cultural significance. The exhibition is organized around three themes, including artistic production, identity, and representation. Phoenix-based artists Patricia Sannit and Saskia Jorda received solo exhibitions after getting artist awards from the museum’s Contemporary Forum support organization.įor “In the Company of Women,” Zebro focuses on 20th- and 21st-century artists – including Mary Cassatt, Viola Frey, Frida Kahlo, Chieko Katsumata, Faith Ringgold, Cindy Sherman, and Louise Nevelson. And they’ve got two solo exhibitions by women up now – spotlighting Valeska Soares and Betsy Schneider. In recent years solo exhibitions have featured women artists Magdalena Fernández, Sheila Pepe, and Iris van Herpen.
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