Revolutionary: The Feminine Perspective Beyond 50
Fresh Eye Gallery presents Revolutionary: The Feminine Perspective Beyond 50, a group exhibition curated by Christi Furnas, showcasing the power, talent, and creativity of women and femmes aged 50 years and older.
“Feminine artists who continue their journey for a lifetime, despite being undermined by the larger arts community, speaks to their tenacity and strength. Their will to overcome, to continue to create beauty and inspire our souls, this is what I want to showcase.”
- Christi Furnas, Curator
The feminine and gender nonconforming perspective has an unsurpassable value that has historically been overlooked, discarded, and ultimately not equally represented in the art world. In addition, women and femme artists experience significant ongoing disparities and invisibility as they age, creating a different level of truth during their lifetime. A part of our society’s soul has been left with a void due to gender bias and ageism. Revolutionary stands up against this to advocate for change, displaying artwork and voices from artists who have remained committed to their artistic practice, in face of such challenges.
Exhibiting artists range in age from 50 to 92 years old. Artworks include paintings, prints, sculpture, jewelry, textiles, mixed media, and mosaics.
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Christi Furnas is a cartoonist, illustrator, oil painter and disability rights advocate. She has exhibited in galleries across Minnesota like Soo Visual Arts Center, Rochester Arts Center, Rosalux, and the Undercurrent Project in New York. In 2016, with a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, Christi created the mini-comic, Crazy Like a Fox: Adventures in Schizophrenia which uses humor and fictional characters to reflect on her own experience. The comic’s protagonist, Fox Foxerson currently has an advice column in Dispatch, a Twin Cities publication covering arts and culture. Christi’s career includes over ten years of arts administration, teaching art workshops, and numerous speaking engagements, including an interview on MPR. She lives, breathes and draws in Minneapolis.
ARTISTS
Shari Albers
Martha Bird
Carly G. Bear Season
Brenna Busse
Chris Cinque
Kordula Coleman
Dede Decker
Christi Furnas
Lori Greene
Jo Ann Hendricks
Susan Hensel
Florence Hill
Jo Reske Kirkman
Araela Kumaraea
Ruth L.
Kimberly A. Laudert
Susan Marlowe
Layl McDill
Martha Meade
Lynda Mullan
Polly Norman
Mary Norman Hambidge
Chiaki O’Brien
Kandis Ogborn and HML
Catherine Ann Palmer
Amy Rice
Nina Martine Robinson
Elizabeth Ruskin Shanklin
Karen Searle
Margo Selski
Mary Simon-Casati
Anne Spooner
Carolyn Swiszcz
Bonnie Thorne
Amy Wilderson
On View
Feb 15th - Mar 25th
Reception
Fri Feb 17th 6PM - 8PM
Artist Talk
Wed Mar 8th 6:30PM
Above Image: Art by Elizabeth Ruskin Shanklin
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
ID: A colorful self-portrait painting by Liz Ruskin Shanklin is framed with a light-yellow border. Text overlays the top of the image with the words: Revolutionary. At the bottom of the image overlays text that reads: the feminine perspective beyond 50.