In conjunction with the exhibition Art, Music & Feminism in the 1950s, the KIA will host a symposium on March 25, featuring conversations and Q&As with local artists, scholars, and community leaders. Join us as we celebrate pioneering female artists of the mid-20th century whose legacies endure into the present, while also examining current practices…
Portraiture as an art form has been in existence for at least five millennia. A portrait conveys not only its subject’s physical characteristics, but may also reveal key aspects of an individual’s personal psychology, as well as unique insights into disparate social, cultural, and political histories. The National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution outlines…
From the same production team that developed The Mask You Live In (screened at the KIA in October 2022), Miss Representation exposes how mainstream media and culture contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film draws back a curtain to…