Evening with an Expert Lecture Series
The Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center is pleased to present the Evening with an Expert lecture series Losing the Petticoat: Female Artists in a Man's World. This series supports the Museum's temporary exhibiton, History Through a Lens: the Photographs of Frances Benjamin Johnston. Evening with an Expert is free and open to the public.
April 14: WILD WOMEN DON'T GET THE BLUES!
In the past, in order for women to be successful in the arts, they often had to break so-called "traditional" roles to do so. Frances Benjamin Johnston broke the roles of her day to become one of the greatest photographers of that, or any, era. Fredericksburg's own Gaye Adegbalola, a founding member of Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women, will chronicle her journey in the music arena in contemporary times. Gaye will share portions of the Saffire documentary ("Hot Flash!), will tell stories about the "business" part of "show business," will lead a Q&A session, and will perform a few songs that have broken "traditional" roles. 7:00 p.m. in the Museum's Mansard gallery. Reception to follow.
May 12: Travels Through the Old South: Frances Benjamin Johnston and the Vernacular Architecture of Virginia.
Elizabeth M. Gushee, Digital Collections Librarian at the University of Virginia, will give an illustrated talk on photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston's efforts to capture the fast-vanishing architectural landscape of Virginia in the 1930s. Supported by grants from the Carnegie Corporation, Johnston traveled throughout Virginia and eight other southern states photographing colonial architecture, estates, churches, gardens, farms, graveyards and mills. What originally had been envisioned by Johnston as a year-long project to document the lesser-known structures of the colonial era turned into a far more extensive venture, leading her to cover 50,000 miles in Virginia and to travel to nearly every one of its 95 counties. By the end of her eight-year stint among the southern states, she was said to have covered a distance that would circle the globe three times over. 7:00 p.m. in the Museum's Mansard gallery. Reception to follow.
FAMCC is pleased to participate in MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts 2010. Minds Wide Open is the first statewide celebration of its kind. Any individual or group can participate. Learn more by visiting www.vamindswideopen.org.
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