Green Worlds in Black and White: Feminist Readings of the 1930s Wood Engraving Revival
Join us! 8th Annual Ink & Electricity: Advancing Liberal Learning in the Digital Age lecture
A talk by Kristin Bluemel, Ph.D.
The enchanting black and white pictures featured in this talk tell a forgotten feminist tale of personal freedom and commercial success achieved by women artists whose creations of wood, ink, and paper brought joy and beauty into the dark days of the Great Depression and World War I.
This fall the DiMattio Gallery is hosting an exhibition of Sheryl Oring’s “I Wish to Say” and related works. Since 2004, Oring has traveled with her typewriter, asking the public to dictate and mail postcards to the US President. To date, she has typed over 4241 postcards in her attempt to use art as a catalyst for social change. Part of our exhibition programming will be a teach-in series from Monmouth University faculty, including Bluemel, about topics related to themes that intersect with Oring’s project as art reaches across disciplinary bounds.
This event is free and open to the public. Typists will be available so guests can dictate their own postcard to the US President.
For more information, please contact Dr. Corey Dzenko or Dr. Kristin Bluemel.
