In honor of Women’s History Month the Carnegie Museum of Art will be presenting two performances that highlight issues facing women today. Artist Suzanne Bocanegra’s work Bodycast: An Artist Lecture will star actress Frances McDormand and The Guerilla Girls who have been hailed as international art-world provocateurs will also perform as part of the museum’s “What Are Museums For?” series.
Ranging from the personal to the global, these performances focus on everything from a teenager struggling with her body image to a farcical look at the place of women in the scheme of art history.
Bodycast: An Artist Lecture
By Suzanne Bocanegra
Starring Frances McDormand
Friday, March 1, 7:30 p.m.
CMA Theater
$27 ($22 students and museum members)
Limited seating; tickets required and non-refundable, call 412.622.3288.
Suzanne Bocanegra spent two years (from ages 13-15) in a body cast due to scoliosis. From this experience, this New York based visual artist has developed a conceptual artistic piece starring Academy Award winning actress Frances McDormand. The work delves into how the body cast influenced Suzanne’s development as an artist and a woman while at the same time becoming a touchstone for discussion on the ideas of female beauty in the history of art as well as in life.
Through talk, performance, essay and multimedia, Bodycast releases Suzanne to talk through McDormand, weaving a tale of ancient Rome, Texas rose queens, scoliosis, Scottish tartans, a discussion on how art students are taught to make art and how these lessons influence us to look at the art created.
This will be the debut performance of Bodycast; it will have its New York premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in the fall.
What Are Museums For?
The Guerrilla Girls
Wednesday, March 20,
7:00–8:00 p.m.
Empowering Women exhibition in
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History open 5:00–9:00 p.m.
Carnegie Lecture Hall
$15 ($12 members, $10 students)
Limited seating; tickets required and non-refundable, call 412.622.3288.
This self titled “conscience of the art world” anonymous feminist collaboration has been in the front lines fighting sexism and racism for more than 25 years.
Donning full jungle drag, The Guerrilla Girls will take the stage on March 20 with their own brand of outrageous humor while challenging the cultural norms. The artists plan to narrate their history about their creation of posters, books and actions designed to expose discrimination in art, film, politics and more.
The museum presents this event as part of its series What Are Museums For? After the performance, Henry J. Heinz II Director Lynn Zelevansky will engage the Guerilla Girls in a dynamic exchange of ideas about the evolving role of women in the art world.
Support
Generous support for Bodycast and the Guerrilla Girls has been provided by Larirmor's. General operating support for Carnegie Museum of Art is provided by The Heinz Endowments and Allegheny Regional Asset District. Carnegie Museum of Art receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Carnegie Museum of Art
Located at 4400 Forbes Avenue in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art was founded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1895. One of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, it is nationally and internationally recognized for its distinguished collection of American and European works from the 16th century to the present. The Heinz Architectural Center, part of Carnegie Museum of Art, is dedicated to enhancing understanding of the physical environment through its exhibitions, collections, and public programs. For more information about Carnegie Museum of Art, call 412.622.3131 or visit our website at www.cmoa.org.
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