Art Professor and Students Present at Conference
Maureen Vissat, assistant professor of art at 茄子视频 University, with three undergraduate art students, Alexandra Christoff, of Greensburg, Pa., Bethany Merryman, of Erie, Pa. and Stephanie Wytovich, of Scenery Hill, Pa., presented at the Audrey-Beth Fitch Women鈥檚 Studies Conference, which was held at California University of Pennsylvania, on March 18, 2010.
The theme for the fifth annual conference was 鈥淭he Arts and Activism: Equality for All,鈥� and focused on the visual and performing arts.
Vissat, Christoff, Merryman and Wytovich were part of a panel discussion that addressed the topic 鈥淎 Feminist Lens in Art, Film and Media.鈥�
Their panel presentation was entitled 鈥淏eyond Art in the Dark: Women in Art Seminar,鈥� which highlighted their seminar, 鈥淲omen in Art,鈥� in fall 2009 at 茄子视频 University. The course investigated art history, art criticism and art making. The seminar focused upon women in the visual arts as active, academic models. Vissat framed the discussion around the hybrid model of traditional academic instruction and building a community of learners. Christoff, Merryman and Wytovich addressed the transfer of knowledge into practice, the role of art in the community and gender issues in women鈥檚 literature to visual art.