Virtual Talk • The Many Faces of Louise McCagg: Artist, Activist, Art and Artists

Thursday, November 21
6 – 7:30 pm
Free

Register for this virtual program here on Zoom.

Joan Snitzer, artist and educator, will talk about Louise McCagg’s artistic journey, her role in the Feminist Art Movement and A.I.R. Gallery, as well as some highlights from her personal collection currently on display in The Artist’s Eye.

About Joan Snitzer

Joan Snitzer ‘s artwork focuses on painting as a visual communication method and the democratization of social and personal beliefs.  Her recent work uses the medium of paint to articulate current social moods, memories and histories. Her works have been exhibited at The Museum of Modern Art, PS1 MoMA, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, David Nolan Gallery, The Museum of Arts and Crafts in Japan, and the Galeria Ajolote Contemporaneo in Mexico, in addition to many others in the U.S. and abroad. Her works are held in many notable public and Private collections, including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Prudential Life Insurance Company, I.B.M, the TIA Collection and The Lyman Allyn Art Museum Collection. Snitzer is an educator and mentor to numerous emerging artists. She remains committed to the non-profit world and has implemented many programs for developing and under-represented artists. In 1980 she founded and directed the A.I.M. program at the Bronx Museum, a museum exhibition and seminar program designed to aid artists in their developing careers, now in its 44th year. Snitzer is a current member of A.I.R. Gallery, founded in 1972, the oldest running women’s art collective and exhibition space in the United States. She is also Co-Chair & Director of the Visual Arts, Department of Art History at Barnard College/Columbia University.

Image: Louise McCagg in her studio.