President Dr. Kyle Marrero | Georgia Southern University
President Dr. Kyle Marrero | Georgia Southern University
Women in the Arts Symposium: "We're All Playing Dress-up"
This year's theme is inspired by non-binary poet and activist ALOK who speaks beautifully about the confines of the gender binary, the role of play in art and self discovery, and the power of clothing to define and redefine. Presenters include faculty, students, and community members. Light refreshments will be served. PresentationsAmanda Konkle "Performing Gender in Classical Hollywood: Some Like It Hot"Geneisa Ragin, "An Exploration of the Black Female Cosplayer Experience”Eliot Joanna Angel, "Dress and Shift: My Reducible Realities"Brittney Washington, “The Itty Bitty Titty Committee meets Mississippi Goddamn”Casidy Byrum, “Pompadour and The Constructed Self”Kimberly Rodriguez, “Generational Clothing”Ruby Clark, “Why I did not think twice about shaving my head”Eden Hollers, "Clown Makeup"Kya Kelly, “The Boundless Nature of Femininity”Nina Samuels "The Perception of Women in Art vs Craft"Jessica Harrison, "More of an Art..."Plus curator Dr. Addie Martindale's introduction to the GSU museum's current exhibition "Let's get Dressed."
Friday, April 7 at 10:00am to 2:00pm
Fine Arts Auditorium (Armstrong Campus)11935 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA 31419
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