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Jeanie Riddle, Seven Restorations, 2012

CONFÉRENCE + RÉCEPTION : Women in Art : Continuing Discourses

Dr. Kristina Huneault | Lesley Johnstone | Jen Kennedy | Dr. Krista Geneviève Lynes | Jeanie Riddle | jake moore

Friday March 23, 6:15 – 8:00 p.m. | Vendredi le 23 mars, 18h15 - 20h00
Conférence : York Corridor Amphithéâtre York corridor – EV 1-615
Réception : FOFA Atrium – EV 1-715

About
Scholars have long questioned both the role and the representation of women in art worlds and art historical discourses. Feminist theory as well as gender studies present methodologies for dialogues concerning space, artistic practice and identity. These ongoing issues of inquiry ignite dynamic and challenging questions for art historians. Re-readings of historical works and engagement of concerns surrounding women’s art and art historical practice are significant strategies through which to initiate dialogues that continue to be relevant for contemporary understandings of art.

Examining the role of feminism and gender theory in contemporary art practice and scholarship, this panel brings in to conversation the work and experience of five women who participate in the broad field of study encompassing the intersection of women and art. The panel aims to demonstrate the continuing issues and strategies involved in negotiating gender and art by engaging in discourses that address curatorial, academic, and practical concerns that are unfolding in the art world. Additionally, as an opening event for the undergraduate conference that is to follow (March 24th), it contextualizes the conversations that will proceed.

À propos
Les chercheurs ont depuis longtemps remis en question le rôle et la représentation des femmes dans le monde des arts et les discours sur l’art. La théorie féministe ainsi que les études sur le genre présentent des méthodologies vouées aux dialogues concernant l’espace, la pratique artistique et l’identité. Ces problématiques de recherche persistantes suscitent des questions stimulantes pour les historiens de l’art. Les relectures d’ouvrages historiques et la prise en compte des préoccupations entourant l’art des femmes et la pratique de l’histoire de l’art chez les femmes sont des stratégies importantes pour entamer des dialogues qui demeurent pertinents pour la compréhension contemporaine de l’art.

En examinant le rôle et la théorie du féminisme et du genre dans la pratique de l’art et les études contemporaines, cette table ronde aborde le travail et l’expérience de cinq femmes qui prennent part au vaste domaine d’étude qui englobe le croisement des femmes et de l’art. Issues d’horizons variés autant dans leur milieu universitaire qu’en conservation de l’art et en pratique artistique, Jeanie Riddle, Dr. Huneault, Lesley Johnstone, Dr. Lynes, et Jenn Kennedy discuteront des questions contemporaines auxquelles elles font face dans leur travail. La table ronde a pour but de révéler les problématiques et les stratégies courantes impliquées dans les négociations relatives au genre et à l’art par le biais de discours qui répondent aux préoccupations artistiques, universitaires, et pragmatiques qui se manifestent dans le monde des arts. De plus, cette conférence contextualise les conversations qui se dérouleront lors de l’événement d’ouverture de la conférence de premier cycle qui suivra le 24 mars.

Bios

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Dr. Huneault holds a Concordia University Research Chair in art history. She has an MA in Canadian art history from Concordia (1994) and a PhD in British visual culture from the University of Manchester (1998), where she was a Commonwealth Scholar. She has taught at Concordia since 1999, and was the university's emerging research fellow in 2004. Dr. Huneault's approach to art combines detailed historical research with theoretical questions about identity, difference, and the formation of the self. She is a founder of the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative, and the 2010 recipient of the Marion Dewar Prize in Canadian Women's History.

Lesley Johnstone is currently curator at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, where she has presented exhibitions on the works of Valérie Blass, Lynne Marsh and Christine Davis as well as a mid-career retrospective of the Québec painter Francine Savard. She was Artistic Director of the International Garden Festival at the Jardins de Métis from 2003 to 2007, and Head of Publications at the Canadian Centre for Architecture from 1998 to 2003. Long time associated with Artexte information centre, Lesley Johnstone has written many catalogue texts and has edited a number of anthologies, exhibition catalogues and monographs on contemporary Canadian art.


Jen Kennedy is a PhD Candidate at Binghamton University. She has an MA from UWO and was a critical studies fellow at the Whitney Independent Study Program from 2008-2009. She is the recipient of several grants in Canada and the US, including a SSHRC doctoral fellowship, a Puffin Foundation artists grant, and a Brooklyn Council for the Arts DHC grant. She has written for Image and Narrative, C Magazine, Fuse, and Alphabet Prime, among other international publications. Since 2008, she has collaborated with Brooklyn-based artist Liz Linden on a project that explores the semantics of contemporary feminism. Their work has been shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum’s Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Performa ’09, and the New Museum.


Dr. Krista Geneviève Lynes is an Assistant Professor and she holds a PhD in History of Consciousness from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and held a previous position at the San Francisco Art Institute. Her work has appeared in the journals Third Text and Signs. A book chapter was included in the anthology Space (Re)Solutions: Intervention and Research in Visual Culture (Peter Mörtenböck & Helge Mooshammer, Eds.), and her book, tentatively entitled Experimental Media, Transnational Circuits: Prismatic Visions and Feminism without Guarantees is forthcoming with Palgrave.

Jeanie Riddle is a practicing artist with a fixation about economy and exhausting potential in simple forms. She holds an MFA from Concordia University (2005). She currently resides in Montreal with her daughter and is Director and Curator of Parisian Laundry. Riddle’s vested interest in the practice of art making as well as her passion and dedication remain the central core of the gallery’s energy. Riddle has been developing a sculptural installation practice rooted in the techniques and ideals of modernist painting since 2002. Her installation work has been presented widely and often across Canada. Riddle was the recipient of a full fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center in May 2005 and a finalist of the 2008 Royal Bank of Canada’s Canadian Painting competition. Her paintings can be found in the collections of RBC Dexia, ALDO Group, The Canadian Art Foundation as well as privately. Her exhibition several infinities is currently on view at Maison de la culture Nôtre Dame de Grace.

jake moore is an artist, curator and cultural worker. She holds both a Diploma in Furniture Design and Construction from The School of Crafts and Design at Sheridan College, as well as a BFA and MFA from Concordia University. She has exhibited widely in Québec and Canada, including solo exhibitions at Parisian Laundry, FOFA Gallery, Optica in Montreal, AxeNeo7 in Gatineau, Walter Phillips Gallery in Banff, Alberta, plus various venues in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her work was recently included in the LA TRIENNALE QUÉBÉCOISE 2011, at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. In addition to curating many exhibitions, moore is currently the director of FOFA Gallery at Concordia University.

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