IWA PROGRAMS

Estelle Lebowitz Visiting
Artist-in-Residence Lectureship
brings to the Rutgers University community and general public the work of a renowned contemporary woman artist through exhibitions, classes and public lectures.
IWA Exhibition Series
exhibitions curated by IWA co-directors Judith K. Brodsky and Ferris Olin presented at selected venues.
The Feminist Art Project
is an international collaborative initiative recognizing the aesthetic, intellectual and political impact of women on the visual arts, art history and art practice, past and present. The project promotes diverse feminist art events, education and publications through its website and online calendar; and facilitates networking and regional program development throughout the world
Mary H. Dana Women Artist Series
at the Douglass Library Galleries, Rutgers University, founded in 1971, is the oldest continuously running exhibition venue for contemporary women visual artists in the U.S. 
Miriam Schapiro Archives
contains files related to women artists and art organizations. These collections are housed in Rutgers University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives and are open by appointment to scholars, curators, researchers and students who seek documentation about women's art practices.
On-Line Education
E-course about women artists, their achievements, and impact on culture and society.
Women Artists Archive National Directory
is an innovative web directory to U.S. archival collections of primary source materials by and about women visual artists active in the U.S. since 1945.

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Audrey Flack, Daphne Speaks, 2007, ink jet print with hand tinting, 35 x 24"

GENDER, ART & SOCIETY
E-course created by Judith K. Brodsky and Ferris Olin
Learn about woman artists, their achievements and impact. Social and cultural reasons for their neglect in the visual arts and how that neglect is being remedied today. Different ways in which men and women are depicted in art and how those differences relate to culture and society. Please note that this is a online course. MORE INFO

 Fall 2012: The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society
The Fertile Crescent Project is a showcase of women artists, filmmakers, writers, scholars, and  performers of Middle East heritage organized by three of New Jersey's preeminent academic institutions--Rutgers and Princeton Universities and the Institute for Advanced Study--along with the public libraries of East Brunswick, New Brunswick, and Princeton, the Arts Councils of Princeton and West Windsor, and the New Jersey International Film Festival and under the leadership of Judith K. Brodsky and Ferris Olin, IWA directors. These exhibitions and programs explore matters of gender, homeland, geopolitics, theology, the environment, transnationalism, and the interaction between Muslim culture and its Diaspora and Jewish, Christian, and Euro-American relationships. All events are free and will take place in New Brunswick and Princeton, New Jersey.   (Website coming soon!)

Funding the project is provided by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, the National Endowment of the Arts, the Andy Warhol Foundation, the Viiolet Jabara Charitable Trust, the Harris Finch Foundation, and the partnering institutions.

Parastou Forouhar, Friday (Freitag), 2003, Aludobond, 4 panels, each 86 x 170 cm, image courtesy of the artist and RH Gallery, New York

Spring 2014: Momentum: Women/Art/Technology Project
Momentum: Women/Art/Technology focuses on the concepts, innovations, and impact of women artists who embrace technology as their mode of personal expression. The title, Momentum: Women/Art/Technology, sums up the theme of a series of programs, including an exhibition at Mason Gross Galleries, and refers to the fact that women artists have been not only partly responsible for establishing the field of new media, but also responsible for moving forward within the field. Momentum will include the work of emerging as well as established artists to demonstrate how women have, and are, consistently pushing the boundaries of artistic vision through digital language over time. There will be physical installations in the gallery complimented by live feeds emanating from the internet, projected into the gallery. The interactive website facilitates the global exchange by networking gallery viewers to an online audience.  Check the website for updates and the schedule of events. (www.momentum-women-art-technology.com/)

Funding is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.

In Honor of the IWA's 5th anniversary, the IWA has published the poster After Gerhard Richter by artist Joyce Kozloff! In his original work, Richter listed the most prominent intellectuals in world history, only three of whom were women. Kozloff's After Gerhard Richter replaces all the male names with women-naming those who have made significant contributions in the same fields, i.e., architects, artists, composers, philosophers, and writer. FOR MORE INFO ON HOW TO PURCHASE AFTER GERHARD RICHTER...