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Between Art and Activism: Sculptor Ruth Asawa and Geometric Choreography with Dr. Jennie Hirsh
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Jennie Hirsh (Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College) is a Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has held postdoctoral fellowships at Princeton and Columbia Universities, as well as pre-doctoral fellowships from the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation, the U.S. Fulbright Commission, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, and the Wolfsonian FIU. Hirsh has authored essays on artists including Giorgio de Chirico, Giorgio Morandi, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Yinka Shonibare, and Regina Silveira, and is co-editor, with Isabelle Wallace, of Contemporary Art and Classical Myth (Ashgate 2011).
This conversation is suitable for all ages.
90 minutes, including a 30 minute Q&A.
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Dr. Hirsh is a very engaging speaker. I very much enjoyed this presentation on Ruth Asawa. She spoke about Ruth's life and how it was reflected in her work. Beautiful images and stories to match!
This lecture was so beautifully narrated by Dr.Jennie Hirsh that I got tickets to see the show in NYC, @ The Whitney.
A wonderful lecture on the life and art of Ruth Asawa. Her art was so varied, but her core principles remained the same throughout her life. I loved that she was an advocate of arts education. She was a multi-faceted woman, balancing her domestic life while continuing to seamlessly produce and show her art. Jennie Hirsh used a mix of text, photo's and short film to bring it all to life. Wonderful lecture. I'm now inspired to learn more about Ruth Asawa, a great American artist.
My wife and I found Dr. Hirsh to be knowledgeable, personable, and a fine speaker.