From Muse to Master: Celebrating Women in Art

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Please join me for a new lecture series making its debut this October at SoBo Gallery in Winter Garden, FL and hosted by the Winter Garden Art Association, “From Muse to Master: Celebrating Women in Art.”  This three-part series seeks to celebrate the women throughout history who held the paintbrush instead of holding the pose.

Session 1 will explore female artists of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods who were often erased from history when their work was attributed to their male teachers or male family members.

Session 2 explores female Impressionists, artists of the Modern Art period and highlights two greats – Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keefe.

Session 3 discusses women who are carrying art into the 21st century and beyond like Cindy Sherman, the Guerilla Girls and Marina Abramovic.

For more information, please visit… http://wgart.org/events/lecture-muse-to-master-female-artists-part-1/

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I am writer and artist with a degree in art history who loves to talk to people about art. I have spent the last seven years building up The Wandering Art Historian “brand” as a way to connect with people who want to learn more about art. I give lectures and presentations and teach classes and host book club discussions with a creative or artistic connection. I also write about local artists, events, museums, and exhibitions to promote the arts in Central Florida. In 2021, I had a creative crisis. I struggled with authenticity in the art making process. I decided to make myself vulnerable and find out what a real, genuine Adrienne H. Lee artwork would look like. The process was challenging and emotional and revelatory. I learned that if necessity is the mother of invention, then authenticity is the mother of reinvention. I reinvented myself and learned an entirely new medium. The resulting artwork surprised me, and it will surprise you, too. Some people wish for a fairytale ending. For me, the fairy tale is only the beginning.