The Feminist Art Project (TFAP), a program of the Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities at Rutgers University, now in its 17th year of successfully shining a spotlight on feminist art and its impact on culture and politics worldwide, announces the schedule for a two-day symposium focused on ART, GENDER, AND DISABILITY: AESTHETICS … Read More
The Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities is pleased to announce that renowned artist Sandy Rodriguez, has been named the 2022-23 Estelle Lebowitz Endowed Visiting Artist at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The Lebowitz program annually brings to the University community and general public the work and ideas of exceptional women … Read More
Rejoinder Call for Submissions Textual-Sexual-Spiritual: Artistic Practice and Other Rituals as Queer Becoming and Beyond Guest Editor: Dr. Jocelyn E. Marshall (Emerson College) This issue of Rejoinder addresses the relationships between text/artwork, sexuality, and spirituality to navigate tensions of being and becoming. As E. L. McCallum and Mikko Tuhkanen have argued, the idea of ‘‘queer becoming” involves not … Read More
Join us for a series of events this fall semester highlighting the exhibition, Collective Yearning: Black Women Artists from the Zimmerli Art Museum! Opening with a SAS Scarlet Speakers Series lecture by Dr. Amber Wiley on September 20, there will also be events with Rutgers alumnae Stephanie A. Johnson-Cunningham (Museum Hue), Heather Hart (Mason Gross) … Read More
Featuring prints, photographs, and multimedia artworks, this exhibition is the first time the university has conducted a comprehensive and methodical review of its holdings of art by Black women artists. Many of the artists have ties to New Jersey, New York City, and Philadelphia, ranging from canonical figures such as Rutgers faculty and artists Emma … Read More
After almost fifty years, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade eliminates the constitutional right to an abortion. As an institute that strives to increase awareness of the critical importance of women’s rights and progress to equality, we are processing many emotions in the wake of this shattering news. In New … Read More
DRC Global Village Annual Student Exhibitions highlight artworks produced by students in the Global Village at Douglass Residential College. The Global Village is a Living-Learning Community that seeks to develop language skills, intercultural appreciation, global awareness, and a sense of community among students at Douglass Residential College. In this unique residential environment, students live together … Read More
Hana Janečková: Toxic Contingencies – Now on Vimeo! Watch here: https://vimeo.com/709228764 This lecture considers the notions of toxicity, trace and contamination in the work of artists Anicka Yi, Serina Tarkhanian and Anetta Mona Chisa & Lucia Tkáčová, who all use their own bodily fluids in their artistic processes.
Rejoinder is an online journal published by the Institute for Research on Women (IRW) at Rutgers University in partnership with The Feminist Art Project, a program of the Rutgers Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities. What does it mean to speak of trauma? The word is one that has meaning across academic disciplines, … Read More
Congratulations to Tatiana Flores, CWAH director and Professor in the Departments of Latino and Caribbean Studies and Art History on receiving the 2022 Best Essay prize from the Visual Culture Section of the Latin American Studies Association for her 2021 essay “‘Latinidad is Cancelled’: Confronting an Anti-Black Construct”. The article may be accessed here. A … Read More