The Feminist Art Project (TFAP) in conjunction with the College Art Association (CAA) present
Making Trouble: Women, Science & Art
Saturday, February 15, 2025 | 9:00am – 4:30pm | Concourse G | New York Hilton Midtown, 1335 Sixth Ave, New York, NY
Please join us in person. Free and open to the public!
CAA 113th Annual Conference registration is not required. All are welcome.
Artist Talk by Eva Lee on the “Experience Panel” 1:30-2:30pm, how her work has been inspired by affective neuroscience, the brain bases of emotions, meditation, and the nature of mind.
Art Historian Linda Nochlin stated that, “feminist art history is there to make trouble, to call into question, to ruffle feathers in the patriarchal dovecotes.” This event is dedicated to women who are troublemakers, and whose creative practice references science as a source of inspiration for writing, research, curating and art making. Through their work they question underlying assumptions about the world, how standard scientific processes and methodology which aspire to objectivity may instead be steeped in bias and discrimination, leading to flawed and inaccurate, entirely subjective data outcomes. Some have adopted science-based art making techniques, materials and concepts, to explore ideas about humanity. This event will focus on both the physical sciences (including artificial intelligence, trans-species organ transplants, DNA, ecology and natural history) and the social sciences (including psychiatry, hysteria, and mysticism).
Symposium Chair: Anonda Bell, Rutgers University
SCHEDULE
9:00am – 10:30am
Introductions and Keynote
Connie Tell, The Feminist Art Project, Welcome
Anonda Bell, Rutgers University, Science & Art Introduction
Anne Swartz, Savannah College of Art & Design, Unnatural Sciences
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Suzanne Anker, School of Visual Arts
11:00am – 12:40pm
Panel #1: PEOPLE
Stephanie Dinkins, Stony Brook University
Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Independent Artist
Magdalena Dukiewicz, Independent Artist
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Panel #2: EXPERIENCE
Laura Splan, Independent Artist
Eva Lee, Independent Artist
2:45pm – 3:25pm
Panel #3: PLACE
Michele Oka Donor, Independent Artist
Natalie Waldburger, OCAD University
3:25pm – 4:30pm
CLOSING SPEAKER
Margaret Wertheim, The Institute for Figuring
Crochet Coral Reef: Crafting Against Patriarchy in Science and Art