Schedule

Friday, February 26, 2010

  • 1 pm Wright Hall, Weinstein Auditorium
  • Check-In
  • 1:30 pm
  • Welcome

  • Jessica Nicoll, Director & Chief Curator, Smith College Museum of Art

    Maureen Mahoney, Dean of the College, Director of Women's Narratives Project

  • 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Crossing Boundaries
    Mierle Laderman Ukeles in dialogue with Andrea Miller-Keller

  • Artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles discusses the challenges and rewards she has experienced in determining boundaries between art and life with independent curator Andrea Miller-Keller.

  • 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm
  • Beyond Tradition: Women Artists Bridging Cultural Divides

  • International women artists talk about the challenges they've faced working in traditional art forms and/or environments. The artists will discuss any changes they have experienced for women artists in their native countries and what they believe the future holds for emerging women artists.

    Moderator: Jina Kim, Asst. Professor of East Asian Studies, Smith College

    Panelists: Artists Miwa Hanako, Japan, Jiha Moon, South Korea

  • 4:30 - 6:00 pm Brown Fine Arts Center, Atrium
  • "Celebrating the Artists of Smith" Reception

  • This reception honors Smith alumnae artists for their commitment to leading creative lives. A digital presentation of alumnae work will be shown.

    Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists will be open for a private viewing until 6:30 pm

  • 7:30 pm Wright Hall, Weinstein Auditorium
  • Keynote Susan Hiller '61

  • Susan Hiller will discuss and illustrate the turning points in her career of more than 40 years. The SCMA is pleased to present her audio installation What Every Gardener Knows in conjunction with the symposium.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

  • 9:00 am Wright Hall, Weinstein Auditorium
  • Check-In
  • 9:30 am - 10:45 am
  • Making Choices, Making a Living, Making Art

  • Women artists speak frankly about the pressures and decisions each has faced in earning a living as an artist and their choices about family life.

    Moderator: Susan Heideman, Professor, Studio Art, Smith College

    Panelists: Artists Rebecca Morris '91, Casey Ruble '95 and Esther Pullman '64.

  • 10:45 am - 12:00 pm
  • The Business of Art

  • A panel of women art professionals unravels the inner workings of the art world in order to demystify the business of art.

    Moderator: Wendy Cromwell '86, Cromwell Art

    Panelists: Paula Cooper, Paula Cooper Gallery, Dr. Robin Clark '87, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

  • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
  • Buffet Lunch
    After Smith

  • Facilitator: Lynne M. Yamamoto, Associate Professor, Studio Art SC
    Sarah Norell '06, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, '09 Nora Rabins '04, Rhode Island School of Design, '09

  • 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
  • Defining "Artist"
    Lucy Lippard '58

  • A closing reflection on how "artist" is being defined in the 21st century as a career and societal role.