Gilded Splinters Panel: Censorship and Contemporary Female Artists
Censorship is all around us, from social media to television to academia to government institutions. What is hidden and blocked from view reveals the cultural norms that override expression and - subsequently - artists' efforts to contest such norms. Alison Stinely's art was censored before finding a place at the Linda Matney Art Gallery. Women artists, like Stinely, have had their ideas blocked by institutions for centuries. How does her experience with censorship fit within the era of the #MeToo movement? What does the silencing of female expression in today's culture mean for women? Join Alison Stinely, Diana Blanchard Gross, Vittorio Colaizzi, Lita Tirak and John Lee Matney for a rigorous panel discussion at the Linda Matney Art Gallery on Saturday, May 19th at 2pm
"...[Stinely] and her proxies refuse to be labeled, restricted, or contained and possess an otherworldly strength beyond the surface of shiny broken fragments." -Dr. Margaret Richardson