Thursday, January 23, 2020
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Lecture by Erika Doss, PhD, Professor of American Studies at Notre Dame and Author of Memorial Mania: Feeling in America
Rockwell Members: Free, Not-Yet-Members: $10, Students: $5
Online registration has closed. Tickets are available at the door.
Lecture Description
According to one recent estimate, only about 400 of the roughly 5,200 public statues in the U.S. of historical figures depict women. And well through the end of the twentieth century, a majority of public art commissions were awarded to men. In this lecture, art historian Erika Doss discusses how public art in America is changing as communities challenge a lack of female representation with new initiatives centered on recognizing and honoring women.
About Erika Doss
Erika Doss, PhD, teaches in the Department of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Her books include Benton, Pollock, and the Politics of Modernism: From Regionalism to Abstract Expressionism (1991), Spirit Poles and Flying Pigs: Public Art and Cultural Democracy in American Communities (1995), looking at Life Magazine (editor, 2001), Memorial Mania: Public Feeling in America (2010), and American Art of the 20th-21st Centuries (2017). The recipient of several Fulbright awards, Doss has also held fellowships at the Stanford Humanities Center, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
The Rockwell Museum, 111 Cedar Street, Corning, NY 14830
Lecture by Erika Doss, PhD, Professor of American Studies at Notre Dame and Author of Memorial Mania: Feeling in America
Rockwell Members: Free, Not-Yet-Members: $10, Students: $5
Online registration has closed. Tickets are available at the door.
Lecture Description
According to one recent estimate, only about 400 of the roughly 5,200 public statues in the U.S. of historical figures depict women. And well through the end of the twentieth century, a majority of public art commissions were awarded to men. In this lecture, art historian Erika Doss discusses how public art in America is changing as communities challenge a lack of female representation with new initiatives centered on recognizing and honoring women.
About Erika Doss
Erika Doss, PhD, teaches in the Department of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Her books include Benton, Pollock, and the Politics of Modernism: From Regionalism to Abstract Expressionism (1991), Spirit Poles and Flying Pigs: Public Art and Cultural Democracy in American Communities (1995), looking at Life Magazine (editor, 2001), Memorial Mania: Public Feeling in America (2010), and American Art of the 20th-21st Centuries (2017). The recipient of several Fulbright awards, Doss has also held fellowships at the Stanford Humanities Center, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.