Event Description
About the Event
On the eve of International Women’s Day, join us for a special program exploring NMWA’s new exhibition Uncanny. Curator Orin Zahra joins exhibition artists Fabiola Jean-Louis and Sheida Soleimani, who discuss how their works use feminist strategies of defamiliarization and resistance. How do artists use the concept of the uncanny to reclaim agency, reimagine narratives, and spark new perspectives?
About the Exhibition
Unearthly, enigmatic, and psychologically tense, the works in Uncanny give form to women artists’ powerful expressions of existential unease. This exhibition surveys the use of the uncanny from the Surrealist movement to the present. Artists subvert gender stereotypes and explore feminist issues through disquieting spaces, fantastical figures, and technology that appears eerily human.
Accessibility
CART Captioning
CART Captioning
This event will have Communication Access Real-time Transcription (CART), in which a professional transcribes the speech and non-speech audio information to text. The text will be displayed in the event video window, and attendees can turn captioning on or off throughout the program.
Accessibility Inquiries
Accessibility Inquiries
If you are unable to register online or would like to indicate any accessibility services you require, please email gchase@nmwa.org. Two weeks’ notice to request accessibility services is appreciated but not required. We will make every attempt to fulfill requests.