PERSPECTIVES ON EQUALITY, GENDER, AND ACTIVISM

MARCH 16 – MAY 8, 2020Gallery Stroll Reception: Friday, March 20, 6 – 9 PM
Rio Gallery: Mon – Fri, 8 AM – 5 PM

2020 marks both the 150th anniversary of Utah’s legislative recognition of women’s suffrage and the 100th anniversary of the federal ratification of the 19th Amendment, extending voting rights to women. To celebrate these historic events, the Utah Division of Arts & Museums presents an exhibition of emerging and newly established Utah artists entitled Women to the Front: Perspectives on Equality, Gender, and Activism. Curated by Nancy Rivera and Scotti Hill, the exhibition aims to showcase the state’s diverse array of female artists, whose work is a testament to the enormous legacy of the suffrage movement.

Women to the Front includes 15 contemporary artists whose practice areas include photography, installation, painting, performance, illustration, drawing, and printmaking. Their work informs, but by no means defines, the colossal role of women in contemporary art and culture.  Participating artists include Erin Coleman, Céline Downen, Annelise Duque, Lindsay Frei, Jamie Harper, Rachel Henriksen, Stephanie Leitch, Kylie Millward, Lis Pardoe, Wren Ross, Denae Shanidiin, Fazilat Soukhakian, Marcela Torres, Mary Toscano, and Jaclyn Wright.

*Featured image: Jamie Harper, Desert, Inkjet print, 2019