American Women Artists 1840-1940: Finding Her Way
Learn about American women artists, as they find their voices to show daily life and the challenges of women's careers, from 1840 to 1940
Cost: $12. Please note that this fee helps keep our small business going during the crisis so we can get up and running right away when it is safe to bring people together again in person.
2 TYPES OF TICKETS:
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Can't make the live event? Buy a ticket for the recording and watch the event in your own time! Details in FAQs below.
Join us for a Mother's Day artful treat as we take a close look at American women artists working from the mid 1800s to the Great Depression. Together, their work shows us what life was daily like for middle-class, urban women. You might be surprised!
While the American experiment has allowed for many forms of societal rule-breaking, historically, women artists often found themselves bound by old-world conventions. These artists often faced difficult choices—making sacrifices in their personal lives or in their careers. Who says women can’t have it all? This image-rich talk lays out the arguments.
Despite evident talent and success, most of these artists have fallen into obscurity with their death. Come discover and closely examine works by women artists who collectively paint a picture of a changing America. We will learn about:
what 19th-century society said about appropriate behavior for middle-class women
the American Art Union and its role in shaping artist careers and the art market
clever strategies women artists use to balance their home life with their profession
how a publishing boom created new art careers
new urban technologies liberated women out in the world, and in their sex lives
the New Woman and how she rocked traditional gender roles
And so much more…
Come discover the eye-opening backstories to works you may have seen on museum walls like at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and help bring all these artists back to life.
FYI—If you buy a ticket for the live event, the Zoom invite will be in your confirmation email (scroll to the bottom of the email, it's there!). If you do not receive the confirmation email, check your spam folder first, but please message us IMMEDIATELY if you don't find it and we shall send it to you directly, DO NOT WAIT until the event starts!
Speaker Bio
Rena Tobey is an American Art Historian. Rena’s greatest passion is making art accessible, invigorating, insightful, and fun. She teaches art history at NYU's School for Professional Studies, conducts lively, interactive tours of museum collections, and provides talks on American art for community organizations. Just for fun, she has created Artventures!® Game--a cheeky party game on the adventures of art and art history.
Prof. Andrew Lear is a renowned expert on same-sex relations in Greek and Roman antiquity. During his academic career, he taught at Harvard, Pomona College, and NYU. In recent years, he has founded Oscar Wilde Tours, the LGBTQ history and culture tour company and Shady Ladies Tours, a women's history and culture tour company. He is also working with actor/author Stephen Fry on a podcast about the "Scandals and Secrets of London's National Portrait Gallery."
When will the Zoom invite come?
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How do tickets for the recording work?
The event will be recorded and you can buy a ticket for the recording above. If you buy a ticket for the recording you will be emailed automatically a couple of hours after the live event with a link to the recording and a password to access it. It will be available to view for 1 week after the live event. If you do not receive the link to the recording a couple of hours after the live event please email us—sometimes Eventbrite emails can get lost in spam/social folders. If you bought a ticket for the live event but couldn't make it please email us and we will send you the link to the recording.
What time zone is the event scheduled in?
The event is scheduled for 2pm EST (i.e. New York time). You can watch it in any time zone but please adjust to the time zone you are in.