Visual art and the written word come together in spectacular fashion for
Women: A Gallery Anthology
Women: A Gallery Anthology is a lyrical compilation of words, art, and artifacts that draw from the wellspring of women’s literature, past and present.
Using women’s voices as a point of departure, this exhibition examines issues that affect the lives of all people. More than 15 pieces of literature, written by women across multiple centuries, have been selected as the starting point for this muliti-media exhibition. Visitors will recognize world renowned authors, such as Emily Dickinson and Audre Lorde, among the 15 foot banners that fill Sears Harkness Gallery.
Dispersed among these banners are works spanning multiple mediums; ceramics, paintings, textiles, and more,
that match the tone or theme of the writing they accompany. Women: A Gallery Anthology is a reinterpretation of an exhibition presented over 20 years ago in the same space, this time taking advantage of Roberson’s larger collection of women’s work.
“For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action. Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought. The farthest horizons of our hopes and fears are cobbled by our poems, carved from the rock experiences of our daily lives.”
-Audre Lorde
