Art and Ideas: Lacemaking with Elena Kanagy-Loux
Anne Guéret, Portrait of an artist with a Portfolio (Self-Portrait?), c. 1793. Black chalk, pen and gray ink and wash, heightened with white gouache on paper, 32 × 40.4 cm. Katrin Bellinger Collection. 2008-012. Photo: Matthew Hollow.
@ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Art and Ideas: Lacemaking with Elena Kanagy-Loux
Inspired by the exhibition Making Her Mark: A History of Women's Art in Europe, 1400-1800, the AGO welcomes Elena Kanagy-Loux as part of a series of in depth conversations with art historians and creatives and as they walk through the themes of the exhibition.
Elena Kanagy-Loux is a lacemaker and historian who grew up between the US and Japan. With a BFA in textiles from FIT and an MA from NYU, she has won grants to study lace internationally and co-founded Brooklyn Lace Guild. After working at the Metropolitan Museum, she is now a PhD student at Bard Graduate Center.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Introducing a cast of new artistic heroines, Making Her Mark brings together more than 230 items—from royal portraits to metal work, ceramics, textiles, and cabinetry—all to showcase the diverse contributions of women to Europe’s visual arts. The exhibition is set apart by its exclusive focus on objects made by women; it pioneers a dialogue among women makers from different levels of society, spanning centuries through their art.
Join us on Saturday, June 22 for a conversation with Dr. Ingrid Mida.
