ADFAS Brisbane: Movers and Shakers

Movers and Shakers: Women who built American Art Institutions

This lecture discusses American women who built US museums: First Ladies and feminists who ran salons, wrote about art, organised exhibits and fought for equal treatment with male artists.

Their mission statements still guide the large cultural institutions these pioneers founded: Jane Stanford’s Museum in San Francisco, Abby Rockefeller for MoMA and Gertrude Vanderbilt for the Whitney. And Peggy Guggenheim is a whole other story.

Bring a guest.

Refreshments will be provided after each lecture session, morning tea after the morning lecture and wine and cheese after the evening lecture.

Location and Times

Evening - 30 October 2024 7.30 pm, Royal Queensland Art Society (RQAS), 3/162 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane, Qld 4000

Morning - 31 October 2024 10.00 am, State Library of Queensland, Cultural Precinct, Stanley Place, South Brisbane, Qld 4101