Exhibit dates: September 6 - 29

Opening Reception: Sunday, Sept 8, 2-5pm

Artist Talk: Sat, Sept 7, 2-4pm

Three artists will be presenting women who inspired their art practice.

Explore questions of gender and bodily expression in Western paintings in the Grand Gallery with artist and scholar Cicek Beeby. The conversation will be guided with questions such as: How are gender norms delineated through bodies in art? What roles do skin, nudity, gaze, hair, clothing, and adornment play? How do postures, gestures, and emotional expressions map onto gender? Can we spot fluidities and transgressions? Participants will start with a close-looking exercise at an 18th-century painting, and divide into groups to explore more within the gallery.

Free. To attend this in-person program, please click the register button below. Space is limited and light refreshments will be provided. 

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Image credit: Guillaume Guillon, called Lethière (French, 1760-1832), The Death of Camilla, 1785, Oil on canvas, 117.2 x 148.4 cm (46 1/8 x 58 7/16 inches), Mary B. Jackson Fund 72.144. Courtesy of the RISD Museum, Providence, RI.

Major Revisions: Bridging Academic Research with Creative Practice

Please join us at an artist talk by Critical Classical Studies Fellow Dr. Cicek Tascioglu Beeby as she discusses her academic background, her personal journey through the art world, and her artistic process.

The talk coincides with “Major Revisions”—an exhibit of some of her work at McFarlane House.

Artist talk: March 15th, 4:30-5:30, Macfarlane Seminar room.

Exhibit dates: March 11-April 15, 2024, Macfarlane House.