Margaret and Terry Stent Distinguished Lecture in American Art: Women Artists Before U.S. Suffrage

Event Description

Please Note: Tickets are required for admission to the lecture. Admission to the lecture includes entrance to the Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon.

Explore and enjoy the aesthetic achievements of American women artists before 1920, the year of women’s suffrage, in a variety of media with curator Erica Hirshler of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Her illustrated talk will examine their accomplishments within the context of social history and the accessibility of an artistic education. As painter Cecilia Beaux wrote in 1915, she looked forward to the day “when the term ‘Women in Art’ will be as strange sounding a topic as the title ‘Men in Art’ would be now.”

Erica Hirshler, Croll Senior Curator of American Paintings, Art of the Americas

 Also Happening at the High:

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Join us for the Art+Feminism Edit-a-Thon and be part of an international movement to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia. How can you participate? Learn about how to get started on Wikipedia, take a tour about women artists in the High’s collection, or show your support in the feminist photobooth. Entrance to the Edit-a-Thon is included with your lecture ticket.

This program is generously supported by the Margaret and Terry Stent Distinguished Lecture Series in American Art Endowment.

Sign Language Interpretation
The High Museum strives to make its programs accessible for everyone. Sign language interpretation is provided for all talks.