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Women artists together: a graduate seminar with Professor Amy Tobin
This graduate seminar with Professor Amy Tobin of the University of Cambridge), based around her recent book Women artists together: art in the age of women's liberation (Yale University Press, 2023), will provide the chance to think in depth about feminist methodologies and approaches in relation to postgraduate research, alongside practical information about turning the PhD into a book.
While it will be of particular relevance to PGR students in the modern and contemporary period, it will apply to any students working with feminist art histories and theories, and also more broadly to anyone thinking about writing a book post-PhD who is interested to hear more about this process.
Please register for a spot using the link provided: attendees are asked to read Chapter 1: ‘Consciousness-Raising, Art and Feminist Infrastructure' of Women artist's together in preparation for the seminar, which is available through the University Library in both hard copy and electronic book. PGRs are encouraged to bring questions that relate to both the book and your own research projects.
Women artists together is a thought-provoking study of how the women's liberation movement galvanised a generation of women artists. It offers a fresh perspective on the history of the women's art movement and considers how it was shaped by collaboration and togetherness. Retracing 1970s liberation politics, Amy Tobin emphasises how artworks emerged from, and contested, feminist paradigms and contexts.
Taking class, gender, race and sexuality as central concerns, the book includes examples of inspirational feminist activism as well as disagreements and antagonism. Across four chapters, Amy looks at the work of UK- and US-based artists including Judy Chicago, Mary Beth Edelson, Rose English, Harmony Hammond, Candace Hill-Montgomery, Claudette Johnson, Suzanne Lacy, Howardena Pindell, Ingrid Pollard, Carolee Schneemann, Cecilia Vicuña and Kate Walker. Groups referenced in the work include the Feminist Art Programme at Cal Arts, Women's Workshop of the Artists' Union, Where We At, Black Women Artists Inc., and the South London Art Group, alongside publications such as Heresies and Chrysalis, and writers and curators including Lucy R Lippard and Arlene Raven.