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Museums at W&L Present Gallery Talk The community is invited to a virtual talk on April 7 titled "Women in the Arts: Out of the Margins, Into the Light."

Gallery-Talk-Out-of-the-Margins-2021-796x768 Museums at W&L Present Gallery TalkThe talk is titled “Women in the Arts: Out of the Margins, Into the Light.”

The Museums at Washington and Lee University will host a virtual gallery talk with W&L’s Clover Archer, director of the Staniar Gallery; Patricia Hobbs, senior curator of arts; and Domnica Radulescu, Edwin A. Morris Professor of Comparative Literatures on April 7 at 5:30 p.m.

The talk is titled “Women in the Arts: Out of the Margins, Into the Light.” The event is free and open to the public to watch online; advance registration is required and can be accessed here.

The panel will examine women in the arts using examples from W&L’s art collection and the performing arts. The group will discuss women artists’ social and political commentary and the challenges that face them as trailblazers.

The Museums at W&L advance learning through direct engagement with collections, stimulate appreciation of global cultures and inspire leadership in the arts and sciences. The Museums at W&L consist of Lee Chapel and Museum, the Reeves Museum of Ceramics and Watson Galleries.