Women in Art History (Drake Hall)
OSHR 2088Participants in this course will study and discuss the works of numerous female artists who have made significant contributions to the visual arts. Often, these artists had to compete with more well-known male counterparts, and many had hoped they would someday be recognized simply as artists, not women artists. We will focus on a few artists each week, examine their chosen media and content, discuss the contextual issues each dealt with, and enjoy their expressive and impressive works. Depending on time, artists may include: Abakanowicz, Abramovic, Cassatt, Chicago, Crosby, de St Phalle, Flack, Frankenthaler, Gentileschi, the Guerilla Girls, Hepworth, Hood, Kahlo, Kauffman, Kollwitz, Krasner, Kruger, Kusama, Lange, Lin, Marisol, Martin, Mehretu, Mitchell, Neel, Neshat, Nevelson, O’Keefe, Ringgold, Robertson, Sherman, Smith, and/or Walker. The class format will be slide-illustrated discussions. A list of optional readings will be provided on day 1.
Margaret Sharkoffmadrid currently teaches Art History at the Colorado Community College Consortium at Front Range Community College. She also works with the College Board’s Advanced Placement Art History Audit. She previously taught various courses in Art Studio, Art Education, Teacher Professional Development, and Art History at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy; Marymount University in Arlington, VA; Fairfax County Public Schools, VA; University of Northern Colorado, Colorado State University and Poudre School District, Margaret has served on Faculty Advisory Panels at the Denver Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the National Gallery of Art. She has traveled with high school, college, and adult students to study art in Italy, Greece, France, Great Britain, Brazil, and Mozambique. Margaret has been an OLLI Instructor since 2018.
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