Beauty Fierce as Stars*, Groundbreaking Women Painters 1950s and Beyond
May 9 - June 21
Opening Reception is Friday, May 9 5:30 to 8:30 pm
This exhibition is the first of two to showcase a sampling of Women Painters who arose out of the Abstract Expressionist and Figurative movements of the 1950s, a period, which on the surface often appears to be largely dominated by men. We will be highlighting a few of the women during this period, who were often behind the scenes, and women in subsequent generations who evolved from these traditions.
Featured Painters in this first exhibition: Ariel, Bernice Bing, Adelie Landis Bischoff, Nell Blaine, Lyn Brockway, Lisa Esherick, Mary Fabilli, Lynn Faus, June Felter, Lilly Fenichel, Lin Fischer, Deanna Forbes, Jane Freilicher, Sonia Gechtoff, Ann Morency, Ursula O'Farrell, Mary Lovelace O'Neal, and Deborah Remington.
*title from author Jeremy Balfour
Scheduled Events:
Friday May 9, 5:30 - 8:30 Opening Reception. Entertainment: Vocalist Stephanie Bruce. Refreshments.
Saturday May 17, 2 - 5pm A Second Reception, featuring Bay Area jazz vocalist Lady Sunrise and friends. Refreshments. Donation for the musicians.
Saturday May 24, 3 - 4:30pm, Poetry Reading with Boadiba, a Haitian poet based in the Bay Area, and Tennessee Reed.
Refreshments. $5 at the door.
Saturday May 31, 7:30 - 9pm, Filmmaker, Mary Kerr, will show film clips and provide commentary on women painters from the period in the Bay Area. Refreshments. $5 at the door.
Friday June 6, 7 - 8:30pm. Film event. Two short films about New York painters, Joan Mitchell and Grace Hartigan. Refreshments. $5 at the door.
Saturday June 14, 7:30. Film event. 'The Worlds of Bernice Bing' with commentary by Alexa Young and Lenore Chin and other members of the Asian American Women Artists Association. Refreshments. $5 at the door.
May 9 - June 21
Opening Reception is Friday, May 9 5:30 to 8:30 pm
This exhibition is the first of two to showcase a sampling of Women Painters who arose out of the Abstract Expressionist and Figurative movements of the 1950s, a period, which on the surface often appears to be largely dominated by men. We will be highlighting a few of the women during this period, who were often behind the scenes, and women in subsequent generations who evolved from these traditions.
Featured Painters in this first exhibition: Ariel, Bernice Bing, Adelie Landis Bischoff, Nell Blaine, Lyn Brockway, Lisa Esherick, Mary Fabilli, Lynn Faus, June Felter, Lilly Fenichel, Lin Fischer, Deanna Forbes, Jane Freilicher, Sonia Gechtoff, Ann Morency, Ursula O'Farrell, Mary Lovelace O'Neal, and Deborah Remington.
*title from author Jeremy Balfour
Scheduled Events:
Friday May 9, 5:30 - 8:30 Opening Reception. Entertainment: Vocalist Stephanie Bruce. Refreshments.
Saturday May 17, 2 - 5pm A Second Reception, featuring Bay Area jazz vocalist Lady Sunrise and friends. Refreshments. Donation for the musicians.
Saturday May 24, 3 - 4:30pm, Poetry Reading with Boadiba, a Haitian poet based in the Bay Area, and Tennessee Reed.
Refreshments. $5 at the door.
Saturday May 31, 7:30 - 9pm, Filmmaker, Mary Kerr, will show film clips and provide commentary on women painters from the period in the Bay Area. Refreshments. $5 at the door.
Friday June 6, 7 - 8:30pm. Film event. Two short films about New York painters, Joan Mitchell and Grace Hartigan. Refreshments. $5 at the door.
Saturday June 14, 7:30. Film event. 'The Worlds of Bernice Bing' with commentary by Alexa Young and Lenore Chin and other members of the Asian American Women Artists Association. Refreshments. $5 at the door.
