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Greetings!     
 

We're heading to:

   

Chelsea, Manhattan

Our 11th Venue for this 5-year Traveling Exhibition! 

(2010 through 2015) 

 

If this is Geographically Desirable for you,

Please join us for the Opening Reception on Thursday

May 17, 6-8pm or any of the panels listed below. 

Please call 212.964.6007 to confirm information, dates and reception times.

 

HAWT Advisory GroupAchebe PowellElena ManciniFederica Franze & Shelby Chestnut.
Host Committee CoordinatorDorothy Abbott.
TRAVELING EXHIBITION
 
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THE FLUIDITY OF GENDER:
SCULPTURE BY LINDA STEIN

 

May 17 - June 23, 2012

Flomenhaft Gallery  
547 W 27th St, Suite 200
New York, NY  10001

Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat  10am - 5pm

 

Click here for Press Release

Click here to learn more about this traveling exhibit  

 

The following HAWT Calendar of Gender Justice Events at Flomenhaft Gallery are Free. 

An RSVP is not necessary, but appreciated:
HAWT@HaveArtWillTravel.org or call 212. 964. 6007

 

1. Thurs, May 17: 6-8pm: Gallery Opening Reception
Josie M. Coyoc, Pilobolus dancer, previously with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, will give a ten-minute performance at 6:45pm while wearing one of Stein's sculptures, accompanied by Lindsay Harwell, a third year student at The Juilliard School. Following this, Lindsay will have a candid conversation about the fluidity of gender with his mother,
Lauren Embrey, a philanthropist/activist/writer/actor/dancer involved in human rights work intersecting with the performing arts.

 

2. Wed, May 23, 6-8 pm: How Philanthropy Promotes Gender Justice
Carol Jenkins-Moderator, A writer and producer, Jenkins is an Emmy award winning former television anchor and correspondent, well known for her tenure with WNBC-TV in New York. She is Founding President of the Women's Media Center, a nonprofit advocacy organizations founded in 2004 to make women visible and powerful in the media.
J. Bob Alotta, Exec Dir, Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.
Alison Bernstein, Director, Institute for Women's Leadership, Rutgers University. Former Vice President for the Knowledge, Creativity and Freedom Program at the Ford Foundation; and former Camille and William Cosby Visiting Professor at Spelman College. 
Rashid Shabazz, Program Officer, Soros Foundations.
Jessica Stern, Director of Programs, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.

3. Wed, May 30th, 6-8 pm: Major Activists for Gender Justice
A tour-de-force with high-profile activists who will reveal their modus operandi for changing the world. They each have a different take on how to shout, move, push the world toward gender equity.
Mia Herndon-Moderator, Executive Director of Third Wave Foundation. 
Charlotte Bunch, Founding Director and Senior Scholar, Center for Global Leadership, Douglass College, Rutgers University. A 10-minute video clip from Passionate Politics, the Life and Work of Charlotte Bunch can be viewed on a loop at Flomenhaft Gallery from 10am-2pm on May 30th.
Blanche Wiesen Cook, Distinguished Professor of History, John Jay College, CUNY and Author, Eleanor Roosevelt, Vols I and II.
Dorothy Sander, Board Co-Chair, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.

4. Wed, June 13th, 6-8pm: Dolling Up!
Cleonie White, Ph.D.-Emcee, A clinical psychologist/psychoanalyst in private practice in NYC. One of her many areas of interest is the social construction of gender. 
Michael Sackler-Berner, Singer/Guitarist who appears at Joe's Pub, Mercury Lounge, Living Room, Rockwood, Bitter End, Stephen Talkhouse, performs the song he wrote for his girlfriend, now wife, called Don't Let Yourself Go. In this song, Michael asks that she continue to dress up and make up, as she did when they first met.

Alyson Palmer, Amy Ziff, and Elizabeth Ziff are BETTY, an alternative rock group, activist entertainers well-known internationally for their performances at rallies for feminist causes and for their seven TV theme songs, film appearances and commercial jingles, will provide another view with their song, the IT Girl.

This will be a hoot of an evening as the songs sung by Michael and Betty have loads of feminist ramifications. A discussion follows the singing.

5. Sat, June 16th, 1:30-3:30pm: Growing up Female in the 1930s, 50s, 70s, 90s and Today   
Today: Stephanie Coontz-Moderator, Director of Research and Public Education at the Council on Contemporary Families. Teaches history and family studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. Wrote The Way We Never Were; Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage; and A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s.
1990s: Tamara Bullock-Feminist, poet, performer, photographer.
1970s: Lori Sokol, Ph.D.-An educational psychologist writing and speaking internationally about women's empowerment. She is also a blogger, radio host and the founder/publisher of Work Life Matters magazine.
1950s: Clare Coss-Playwright, psychotherapist, and activist. Author of plays on Emmett Till, Lillian Wald, and Mary White Ovington.
1930s: Claire Reed-Activist who worked with Bella Abzug, Women Strike for Peace, SNCC. 

 

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RECENT PRESS 
 

by Jennifer Landes

The East Hampton Star, May 10, 2012

 

 ARTIST LINDA STEIN AT ANTIOCH COLLEGE - SPARKING NEW 
   THINKING ON GENDER

by Diane Chiddister

The Yellow Springs News, Feb 23, 2012

 

"When Linda Stein was a girl growing up in the Bronx, her mother and older sister made sure she knew the rules: men always had to win, to be (or at least see themselves as) better than women." 

 

ARTIST TALK TO FOCUS ON GENDER FLUIDITY

by Diane Chiddister

The Yellow Springs News, Feb 20, 2012

 

SUPERHEROES, GENDER, IMMIGRATION, AND HOPE:
   LINDA STEIN, INTERVIEW

by Mary Gangemi

Woman-Stirred Radio, Goddard College, WGDR 91.1 FM and WGDH 91.7 FM,
   Feb 18, 2012

 

SCULPTOR'S WORK INSPIRED FROM 9/11 EVENTS

by Terry Morris

Dayton Daily News, Feb 17, 2012

 

"New York sculptor Linda Stein was tired of running, so she recruited some back-up." 

 

ARTIST-ACTIVIST LINDA STEIN EXPLORES GENDER AT REACH

by Jud Yalkut

Dayton City Paper, Feb 14-20, 2012

 

STEIN'S FLUIDITY OF GENDER EXHIBIT
AT MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

by Jessica Blasco

Service Electric News TV2, November 30, 2011

 

Click here to see video

 

SCULPTING STRENGTH: ARTIST LINDA STEIN CASTS HEROES

by Eleanor J. Bader

The Progressive, September 2011

 

"THE FIGURES IN SCULPTOR Linda Stein's most recent collection. . . address a complex question: What does it mean to be male or female?"

 

NEW YORK, LINDA STEIN, FLOMENHAFT GALLERY

by Jill Conner

Sculpture Magazine, May 2011

 

". . . Stein's work attempts to bridge the gap by creating shells of body armor that speak to the sociopolitical situation of many women in the contemporary moment."

 

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Click here to read essays by Stein published in On The Issues Magazine

 

 

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YouTube Videos:

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