The Rise of Women Artists in America, Part 3: Finding Her Way (Re-Air)

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In an art world that historically treated men as the only true artistic geniuses, women struggled to find a place. But by the mid-1800s in the United States, some women artists were willing to buck cultural norms of art-making only as a hobby and find recognition as professionals. Who were the American women artists that were able to break the art world's glass ceiling in the 19th and 20th centuries? And who fell into obscurity with their deaths, after success in their lifetimes? It's time to re-engage with these women who painted a portrait of the joys and challenges of becoming working artists, as well as the radically changing world of modern America.

Join New York Adventure Club for a three-part series that explores the art and lives of American women artists working before World War II. In Part Three — Finding Her Way — we focus on several women artists who were both popular and critically successful in their day. Each navigated gender restrictions, changing social norms, and restricted career options to break through barriers that men never faced. Considered together, their works reveal what life was historically like for middle-class, urban women.

Led by American Art Historian Rena Tobey, our artistic deep dive will include:

• An overview of women artists from the mid-19th century to the Great Depression, who collectively painted a picture of urban women's lives
• A discussion around the challenges women artists faced in a changing America, and how they navigated societal expectations of women’s domestic roles with their drive to be professionals
• A close look at select paintings that tell the story of the difficult choices women artists had to make during this time period, such as the decision to sacrifice their personal lives for their art career
• A conversation around how the perception of women artists evolved between 1850-1945

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The Rise of Women Artists in America Series
Part 1: Mary Cassatt (Friday, March 20 @ 5:30pm ET)
Part 2: Georgia O'Keeffe (Friday, March 27 @ 5:30pm ET)
Part 3: Finding Her Way (Friday, April 3 @ 5:30pm ET)

About Rena
Rena Tobey is an American art historian whose passion centers on making art accessible, insightful, and fun. She has taught at NYU's School for Professional Studies and Southern Connecticut State University. Rena conducts lively, interactive tours of New York City's museum collections, now online. Her research and writing centers on American women artists working before 1945, with particular interest in the challenges they faced in bucking societal norms.

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" Very well organized, intelligently presented with an engaging and charming manner" -Debra
" Rena's knowledge, passion, and enthusiasm." -Ellen
" Presenter’s passion and knowledge about subject. Very interesting topic. Excellent gripping presentation. Audience Interaction stimulating." Katharine
" It was a lovely walk thru history! Rena did a great presentation. Would love to see more presentations from her in the future." -Kathleen
" Rena is an excellent educator." -Nelly
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" Informative & interesting. Very good speaker. An excellent teacher." -Ellen Y.
" The lecturer was very knowledgeable and pointed out different parts of each painting." -Kathleen W.
" Presentation excellent,organized, informative..." -Joanne
" Rena Tobey is an excellent lecturer and teacher. I always learn a lot from her." -Frances
" She is a good teacher and allows audience to particapate" -Sharon
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" It was so well organized and presented, along with great information and charm" -Joan
" Rena is wonderful lecturer. Fascinating detail and insight." -Patricia
" Excellent narration by Reba. So much knowledge and enthusiam. She deserves a medal." -Barry
" Loved the presenters enthusiasm and knowledge of subject." -Jacquie
" Rena is so knowledgeable and engaging. She has a great way of showing lesser known art and really getting into the details. Loved it. I also appreciated her clean slides with black background, clean font use, and detail shots of the art." -Jessica
" Presenter was fabulous, so knowledgeable and insightful. Loved being introduced to women artists who were unfamiliar to me - and connecting their work to the period, providing commentary on the cultural, social, and political world of the day. Wonderful." -Maureen
" The speaker was extremely organized and energized and engaged with the attendees." -Jo-Ann
" Speaker was knowledgeable and passionate. Very clear ideas and audience involvement. Very good visuals - each told a story illustrating a concept. bravo!" -Linda
" Seeing artists I had not known of and looking in detail at their art with a wonderful guide" -Kathy
" As always, I love the way Rena provides background and gets us to look closely at the artwork." -Sandra
" I loved how she gave the backstory – the big ones meaning the state of the nation politically and in terms of racial and female oppression, financial and social etc. and then the artists personal lives out of which they painted, and motivations for the works as well as the specifics of the art itself which is something I know nothing about." -Sharon R.
" The presenter was knowledgeable and enthusiastic. The paintings were easy to see on my iPad. I learned a great deal." -Marianne
" Learned about some new artists. Loved all the artwork." -Christy
" The teacher was amazing! She not only tells interesting stories but uses the interactivity of the chat really well. Just loved it." -Jan
" Information imparted in such an interesting with complete understanding of subject was fabulous. Reba is excellent as a tutor with every word spoken important. Her use of comments makes everyone inclusive. I will sign up for all of her presentations. Thank you so much. I will listen again a few times." -Elaine
"Excellent speaker and very well informed. Presents the material in such an interesting way. The speaker was very quick to reply to all comments in the chat. Excellent!" -Carolyn
" I love the host. Its her style of speaking along with a deep knowledge of the material. I would like to take more webinars with her." -Carol
"Excellent presentation, knowledgeable presenter, beautiful paintings that helped illustrate her points" -Sharron
"Rena is a terrific presenter and has a solid grasp of the subject matter. I learned so much" -Nancie
"I enjoyed the specific events about Mary Cassat and Georgia O'Keeffe. The third event "Finding Her Way" was really interesting. I liked learning about these women artists that I had never heard of." -Maureen
"The images selected for discussion were just gorgeous; and Rena's guidance in examining the works is just brilliant. I learn so much - and am always motivated to visit galleries and learn - and put some of my new learning to use! Rena is brilliant, engaging, and motivating. The artwork selected just fabulous. Nothing to share except - to keep them coming! Such wonderful expertise - such a great way to spend an afternoon, as if I were actually visiting some of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago art museums - and beyond. I love learning about the artists and examining their work with the scholarly, enthusiastic assistance of an expert. Just very wonderful." -Maureen C.
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"I appreciated the historical journey of women. We stand on a lot of shoulders!" -Lisa
"The speaker is very enthusiastic, she explained things very clearly" -Kristan
"Rena taught us so much!" -Mary
"Rena Tobey is superb. Anyone interested in art and art history should make it a point to listen to Rena Tobey's webinars. If I could take a class with her, I would." -Deborah
"Everything! She's amazing!" -Nicki

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