WOMEN OF METAL PROJECT:

A TWO PART INITIATIVE COMPRISING THE WOMEN OF METAL EXHIBITION

AND THE WOMEN OF METAL ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

PROJECT COORDINATORS TERESA FARIS AND SUSAN MESSERUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - WHITEWATER

Women of Metal Exhibition

Preparation, Design and Installation Processes:

• Resurface Crossman Gallery walls• Design exhibition layout• Refurnish Gallery with new pedestals, build

risers and display mounts• Install and secure works under new vitrines• Install interpretive text panels

Metalsmiths Holly Cohn, Teresa Faris and Martha Glowacki

Women of Metal: Innovation, Connection, And Education

Crossman Gallery, UW-WhitewaterSeptember 9 – October 18, 2008

Eleanor MotyHandbag, 5 x 4 x 1 ¾”, 1978

Mary Lee HuChoker #78, 1 ¼ x 9 x 6 ½”, 1991

Mary Lee HuForm #3, 5 ½ x 18 x 18”, 1977

Jennifer MokrenRibbed Vessel #1, 3 ¾ x 4 x 4”, 2002

Jennifer MokrenSwell, 2 x 1 ½ x ½”, 2004

Marcia LewisCodpiece, 19 x 24 x ¾”, 1974

Kristie ChijimatsuBeginning, 10 ½ x 3 x 3”, 2004

Hai – Chi JihnMother, A Beautiful Young Lady: Mirror, 23 x 27 x 1 ½”, 1998

Hai – Chi JihnBridal Gloves, 11 x 5 x 3/8” (each)

Lisa GralnickThe Gold Standard Part 1: #7 (Starbucks Coffee), 12 x 24 x 24”, 2004

Lisa GralnickThe Gold Standard Part III: Victorian Chastity Belt Necklace, 1879, 23 x 12 x 1”, 2007

Yevgeniya KaganovitchMouth Piece, 9 ½ x 2 x 2”, 2001

Yevgeniya KaganovitchWhite Mouth Piece: 2, 11 ½ x 11 ½ x 24”, 2002

Women of Metal Exhibition artist participants Opening Night, September 9, 2008

Women of Metal Exhibition participants and metals studentsCrossman Gallery, September 9, 2008

Women of Metal Public Outreach Activities:

Visiting Artist Panel:Eleanor Moty, Teresa Faris, Yevgeniya Kaganovitch, Lisa Gralnick, Moderator: Dr. Melanie Herzog, September 9

Keynote Address:Bruce Pepich, Executive Director Racine Art Museum, September 9

Visiting Artist Workshops:Eleanor Moty, September 10Marcia Lewis, September 11 and 12

Generation Next: Wirework by Whitewater High School Art Students, Whitewater Cultural Arts Center October 10 – 31

Visiting Artist Panel: Lisa Gralnick, Yevgeniya Kaganovitch, Eleanor Moty, and Teresa Faris. Moderator: Dr. Melanie Herzog. Introduction by Susan Messer, September 9, 2008

Visiting Artist Panel: Moderator Dr. Melanie Herzog speaking, September 9, 2008

Keynote Address presented by Bruce Pepich. Introduction by Mike Flanagan. September 9, 2008

Studio workshop with Eleanor Moty

Studio workshop with Marcia Lewis

Announcement for Whitewater Cultural Art Center Exhibition:a Women of Metal community outreach project designed in collaboration with

Whitewater High School and Whitewater Arts Alliance.

Exhibition Announcement designed by Student Research Assistant Tom Kallio

Generation Next: Wirework by Whitewater High School Art StudentsWorks performed by UWW Dance Students at Exhibition Opening, October 10.

Women of Metal Oral History Project:

• Schedule and conduct 30 – 90 minute interviews with participating artists

• Transcription from tape to dvd and text based formats

• Creation of UW-Whitewater Oral History Archive Repository

Metalsmiths Komelia Okim and Teresa Faris, and undergraduate researchers Katie Redford, Barb Knuth, and Erica Meier. SNAG Conference, Savannah, GA, 2008.

Women of Metal Oral History Project Status 3/31/09:

• 28 artists interviewed, three scheduled for upcoming SNAG Conference in Philadelphia

• Transcription process from tape/dvd to text initiated in 2008 and ongoing

• UW-W Andersen Library Special Collections Oral History Archive will be up and running May 2009