For Women’s History Month this year, Pen + Brush is bringing together curators, art advocates, and visionaries from our community to engage in a meaningful dialogue about what is at stake and in play for women artists working today. This will be accomplished through a group exhibition and discussion titled Hit Me With Your Best Shot. Curators taking part will select one artwork by a woman or non-binary artist that they believe speaks poignantly to the challenges and opportunities facing women artists in the current historical context.
“Dawn Delikat, Executive Director of Pen + Brush, passionately expresses, ‘By bringing our broader community of cultural visionaries together to champion and discuss significant works by women that speak to the current climate we are living in – The goal of the exhibition is to offer a holistic point of view that ignites, inspires, while reenergizing our individual efforts and emphasizes the importance of making and holding space for women artists. This collective celebration is a powerful acknowledgment of the profound impact women have in shaping our narratives, sparking conversations, and influencing positive change.'”
List of curators participating:
Azaadi, formerly known as Jaishri Abichandani
Grace Aneiza Ali, Curator and Scholar
Lise Curry, Collector, Arts Patron and Advocate
Dawn Delikat, Executive Director and Chief Curator at Pen + Brush
Monika Fabijanska, Contemporary Art Projects Curator, Advisory Board Member, The Feminist Institute
Finley, Artist, Founder and Curator of Every Woman Biennial
Parker Daley Garcia, Art Director, Curator at Pen + Brush
Kathleen Landy, Founder of The Feminist Institute
Nina Mdivani, Curator & Writer
Dena Muller, Advisor for The Feminist Institute, Senior Arts Advisor, Royal Commission, Riyadh, Saudia Arabia
Claire Oliver, Claire Oliver Gallery
Bird Piccininni, Associate Curator, Gallery Manager at Pen + Brush
Sara Reisman, Chief Curator and Director of National Academician Affairs at National Academy of Design
Robin Rice, Robin Rice Gallery
Hall Rockefeller, Less Than Half
Muys Snijders, Founder, Managing Partner Muys,art
Alice Grey Stites, Museum Director and Chief Curator of 21C Museum Hotels
Christina Strassfield, Southampton Arts Center
Hanne Tierney – Director, Five Myles
Kicking off Women’s History Month with “Hit me With Your Best Shot” as one of the 18 women curators and thought leaders highlighting works by women or non-binary artists.
👉go see the exhibition @penandbrushnyc 👈 I am proud to be presenting the work of the artist @miriammedrez in this exhibition.
Art, I think, is not a matter of choice, it’s a natural affinity that binds you with it. And that is exactly what happens when you see works by Miriam Medrez. A Mexican artist, classically trained in ceramics, then spent most of her artistic career masterfully fusing together textiles and fabrics in intricate ways to create shapes, both human and abstract to express the female form. In ‘Nest’, Medrez created an oval hollow structure using textiles and golden thread. Reminiscent of a sheltered environment , a safe space of comfort and nurturing such as a womb or an egg. The shell is exquisite, yet delicate, something to protect to safeguard life itself
#womenshistorymonth #penandbrushnyc #miriammedrezart #contemporaryart #femaleartists #femalecuratorship #miriammedrez #michelamartello #laniaroberts #lolaflash #annabrookegreene
A special thanks to @dawnoftheart @fedejefa @kristin.aronson @parkerdaleygarcia
About Pen + Brush: Pen + Brush is a 130-year-old nonprofit that provides a platform to showcase the work of women and non- binary artists and writers to a broader audience with the ultimate goal of affecting real change within the marketplace. We encourage and mentor emerging professionals and aim to expose the stereotypes and misconceptions that perpetuate gender-based exclusion, lack of recognition and the devaluation of skill that is still experienced by artists who do not identify as cis men in the arts. All artwork is for sale, 75% of all sales go directly to the artist and 25% comes back in to feed the organization’s work.