Kate Gilmore, “Between a Hard Place,” video still, 2008 (courtesy of the artist)
SVA WOMEN ALUMNI INVITE ARTISTS WHO HAVE SHAPED THEIR WORK
SVA Theatre
333 West 23rd St. between Eighth & Ninth Aves.
Tuesday, September 13, free, 7:00
Exhibition continues at the Visual Arts Gallery (601 West 26th St.) through September 21
212-592-2145
www.schoolofvisualarts.edu
For the School of Visual Arts exhibit “The Influentials,” cocurators Amy Smith-Stewart and Carrie Lincourt invited nineteen female SVA alums to participate — while also asking each to invite a guest contributor of their own, a person who has made an impact in their lives and/or careers. Among the exciting duos (with the SVA alum listed first and their guest second) supplying multimedia works are Kate Gilmore and Marilyn Minter, Lisa Kirk and David Hammons, Suzanne McClelland and Judy Pfaff, Mika Rottenberg and Minter, Yuko Shimizu and Thomas Woodruff, Marianne Vitale and Bela Tarr, and Phoebe Washburn and her grandmother, Phebe. The show runs through September 21 at the Visual Arts Gallery in Chelsea, but there will be a special panel discussion on September 13 at 7:00 at the nearby SVA Theatre, where Art in America editor in chief Lindsay Pollock will lead a public talk about art and mentoring with a stellar lineup that includes McClelland, Minter, Pfaff, and Rottenberg.