Course Description

Instructor: Robin Bernat

Please join Atlanta artist and independent curator, Robin Bernat, in conversation with notable Atlanta-based Women artists as we discuss contemporary issues in Visual Art. including equity, equality, and environmentalism. Each artist has a thriving practice, some in direct conversation with Atlanta’s communities and tumultuous past. Conversations will take place at the OLLI classroom with the exception of the two field trips.

1. Tues, Sept 13 , In Kyoung Chun, Reconciling American and Korean culture and discussion of Qi/Chi Energy

2. Tues, Sept 20, Pamela Martinez, Depicting the Holy Spirit

3. Wed, Sept 28, Rose Manuscript and Rare Book Collection, Emory, Jaqueline Reed, 11am - 12:15pm

4. Tues, Oct 4, Cynthia Farnell, Multi-media imagery and medicinal horticulture and history

5. Tues, Oct 11, Cynthia + Madora Frey, Earthworks and Land Art

6. Tues, Oct 18, Joanne Paschall, SCAD Library, founder of the ACA Artist Book collection at the SCAD Library, and former director, Nexus Press

7. Tues, Oct 25, Lisa Tuttle, Post-colonial Karma and the removal of Confederate monuments

8. Tues, Nov 1, Stephanie Dowda, Photography and our stewardship of the earth