About the Event

Join us for an in-depth conversation with artist Andrea Bowers and NMWA Assistant Curator Hannah Shambroom as they explore the ideas, research, and activism that shape Bowers’s practice. A multidisciplinary artist known for politically-engaged works in video, print, installation, and more, Bowers investigates histories of resistance, feminist movements, and environmental justice, inviting viewers to reconsider whose stories are preserved and whose are overlooked.

Centered on the artist’s installation Political Ribbons (Fondazione Furla/GAM Milan) (2022), currently on view in Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection, the conversation will examine how art can serve as a vehicle for political expression and collective action. Bowers and Shambroom will discuss how language, audience engagement, and feminist frameworks inform politically- engaged art, while also examining the evolution of the artist’s practice and the process behind her large-scale installations.

Together, they will reflect on how artists and cultural institutions can amplify collective voices and push the boundaries between aesthetic practice and civic engagement, offering new ways of imagining art’s role in shaping public discourse.

Following the conversation, attendees are invited to a salon-style cocktail reception to continue the conversation from 7 to 8 pm.