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National Museum Of Women In The Arts: July Programs

Posted by pqresident
July 7, 2014

We heard from the Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association about the July programs at the National Museum of Women in the Arts which is at the corner of 13th St, New York Ave, and H St NW. It’s one of the neighborhood’s hidden gems among the many museums that dot Washington. On to the details:

Programs

Conversation Piece: Mwangi Hutter’s Neger Don’t Call me (2000)
Wednesday, July 9, 12:00 – 12:30pm
Assistant Educator Ashley Harris facilitates a conversation about Mwangi Hutter’s Neger Don’t Call Me (2000). Meet at the Information Desk in the lobby

Gallery Talk: Meret Oppenheim
Wednesday, July 16, 12:00 – 12:30pm
Curator of Book Arts Krystyna Wasserman discusses selections from the exhibition that she curated. Meet at the Information Desk in the lobby.

Conversation Piece: Michal Rovner’s Data Zone, Cultures Table #3 (2003)
Wednesday, July 23, 12:00 – 12:30pm
Curatorial Assistant Stephanie Midon leads a discussion about Michal Rovner’s Data Zone, Cultures Table #3 (2003). Meet at the Information Desk in the lobby.

Conversation Piece: Janaina Tschäpe’s Lacrimacorpus (2004)
Wednesday, July 30, 12:00 – 12:30pm
Curatorial Fellow Rachel Gustafson facilitates a conversation about Janaina Tschäpe’s Lacrimacorpus (2004). Meet at the Information Desk in the lobby.

Exhibitions

Meret Oppenheim: Tender Friendships
Through September 14
Surrealist artist Meret Oppenheim (1913 – 1985) is best known for the fur-lined teacup and saucer she made in 1936, but it represents just one facet of her work. During her career, she created sculpture, paintings, and drawings that explored themes of sensuality and desire, friendship and love, nature and culture, and reality and imagination. This exhibition explores friendship as a source of inspiration and support. Inspired by the friendship between two 18th-century poets, Bettina Brentano and Karoline von Günderode, Oppenheim created paintings and prints dedicated to the two women, some of which are featured in the exhibition. Many of the works on view are part of a recent donation to NMWA made by Vassar College art librarian Thomas Hill in honor of his friendship with late librarian of the Walker Art Center Rosemary Furtak. Tender Friendships includes Oppenheim’s Table with Bird’s Feet, one of her school-girl notebooks, prints, photographs, and letters from the artist.

The First Woman Graphic Novelist: Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová
Through November 14
Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová (1894 – 1980) was a Czech graphic artist whose 1929 novel Z Mého Dĕtstvί (From My Childhood) is widely acknowledged to be the first wordless novel created by a woman. Bochořáková-Dittrichová’s woodcut style was influenced by pioneering Belgian graphic artist Frans Masereel. This exhibition showcases five of her published novels as well as her unpublished book Malίřka Na Cestách (The Artist on her Journey), which contains 52 original woodcuts about a young woman artist studying abroad, mirroring Bochořáková-Dittrichová’s own life at the beginning of her career.

Total Art: Contemporary Video
Through October 12
Women artists around the world were pioneers of video art in the 1960s and 1970s. Early videos were often single-channel shorts, made with experimental techniques and political content that critiqued mainstream media. A half-century later, video artists are attuned to popular media formats rather than critical of them. To create immersive, experimental works, today’s artists design elaborate stage sets, film at remote locations, incorporate digital technology and animation, and meticulously plan viewing spaces. Featuring recently acquired works in NMWA’s collection as well as loans from private and public collections, Total Art highlights the inventive processes that sustain women artist’s position at the forefront of video. Total Art reflects the continued global scope of video. The exhibition will feature works by Dara Birnbaum, Mariko Mori, Mwangi Hutter, Alex Prager, Michal Rovner, Janaina Tschäpe, among others.

Admission
Adults $10
Students and seniors over 65 $8
Members and 18 and under no charge

National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, NW
202.783.5000
www.nmwa.org
Metro: Metro Center, exit 13th and G streets

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