WINNIPEG – Join the Institute for Women's Gender Studies (IWGS), Gallery 1C03 and Mentoring Artists for Women's Art (MAWA) for the first screening of Lynn Hershman Leeson’s "!Women Art Revolution" in Winnipeg. This free, public event will take place in Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall at the University of Winnipeg, on March 2, 2012 at 7 p.m.
"!Women Art Revolution" shows the evolution of and major role played by the Feminist Art Movement in the United States through interviews with visionary artists, historians, curators and critics who shaped its beliefs and values, as well as art, and rarely seen archival films and images. Carrie Brownstein composed an original score to accompany the film. The soundtrack also features music by Laurie Anderson, Janis Joplin, Sleater-Kinney, The Gossip, Erase Errata and Tribe 8.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with local feminist artists Roewan Crowe, Shawna Dempsey and Sherry Farrell-Racette.
For more information, contact Kim Hunter at 786-9921 or Jennifer Gibson at 786-9253.
This event is part of International Women’s Day 2012.
The University of Winnipeg is located at 515 Main Street, in Winnipeg.
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Cendrine Marrouat may be contacted for potential interviews, reviews and general enquiries at info@cendrinemarrouat.com. Website: www.cendrinemarrouat.com.
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