Five women sculptors will gather for special discussion at New York Academy of Art on October 28
WOMEN SCULPTORS: REAL TALK
New York Academy of Art
111 Franklin St. between Sixth Ave. & West Broadway
Tuesday, October 28, 6:30
nyaa.edu
On October 28 at 6:30, the New York Academy of Art is hosting the free public forum “Women Sculptors: Real Talk,” a gathering of five women sculptors who will be discussing the state of art in contemporary culture, exploring celebrity commissions, traveling solo exhibitions, social-media uproar, and more.
NYAA sculpture department chair and sculptor Nina Levy will moderate the panel, which includes Vinnie Bagwell, Meredith Bergmann, Donna Dodson, and Barbara Segal. Levy specializes in large-scale realistic depictions of humans (cast clay, polyester resin), Bagwell in figurative African American statuary (bronze), Bergmann in sociopolitical representational works (bronze, plaster, marble, clay), Dodson in the relationship between humans and animals (wood), and Segal in works with a feminist take on consumer culture (marble, steel, onyx, fused glass, aluminum). The artists have been gathering online for the past year to share their observations regarding the state of the contemporary art world.
“In our monthly zoom meetings, our group of five women sculptors, with over two hundred years of collective art world experience, engages in conversations in order to be generous and listen to one another, learns from each other, helps each other network, connects to new technologies, supports one another through tough times, and celebrates our triumphs as we each face the challenges that come with navigating galleries and collectors, municipalities and public art commissions,” Dodson told twi-ny.
It should be fascinating to see these five artists finally in the same room together, speaking face-to-face; admission to what should be a lively event is free.
[Mark Rifkin is a Brooklyn-born, Manhattan-based writer and editor; you can follow him on Substack here.]