REWATCH THE PANEL DISCUSSION HERE:
Screening of 6SKIN a collaborative experimental film by Aideen Barry & Alice Maher. Followed by a discussion "Somatic Encounter; the Politics of the Body in the work of Irish artists, Aideen Barry and Alice Maher" with the artists, the exhibition curator Dr. Tina Kinsella, moderated by Dr. Shirley Graham. This program takes place at NYU, Washington DC, 1307 L Street, NW, Washington DC 20005.
The discussion will feature the artists, Aideen Barry and Alice Maher, Dr. Tina Kinsella, Head of the Department of Design and Visual Arts at the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Dublin, Ireland, and will be moderated by Dr. Shirley Graham, Director of the Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs at George Washington University. The panel will look at the recuperation of the female voice in art and literature, with special emphasis on the social, political and cultural histories of a resurgent Ireland in a globally regressive context.
This event is programmed in conjunction with the exhibition "Aideen Barry / Alice Maher: fair is foul & foul is fair" at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC November 9th (opening reception) – December 15th, 2019.
