Women’s Work: Women's Voices in Art, Craft, Architecture, and Design

This September, the Raymond Farm is proud to host the Women’s Work Symposium and Tours. This program will be in collaboration with the American Institute of Architects Women in Architecture Committee of the LI Chapter and the Nakashima Woodworkers.

Over the last century, women have emerged as leaders in modern art and design. Initially, the contributions of women such as Lee Krasner, Ray Eames, Charlotte Perriand, Aino Aalto, and Noémi Pernessin Raymond were often overshadowed by their male partners or peers. Over the last 50 years, women have not only increasingly and individually contributed but are now leading the direction art and design should take. Since the feminist critiques of the 1990s, there has been a reassessment of Modern art and design history, and the contemporary discourse has widened beyond aesthetics and techniques to engage social, ethical, environmental, health, and gender and cultural identity justice issues.

This symposium will offer a historical and contemporary perspective on women’s unique contributions to theoretical and artistic discourse. 

Featured artists, designers, craftswomen, architects, and academics include Mary McLeod, Miriam Carpenter, Farzana Gandhi, Victoria Vuono, Gülistan Kenanoğlu, Frankie Alchanati, and guest panelist Mira Nakashima.