Art History Lecture Series Mothers of Invention -single tickets

Art History Lecture Series

Mothers of Invention: Women Artists and Makers, 1600–1920

Accompanying Northampton Museum and Art Gallery’s exhibition of works by women artists in the collection, this lecture series explores the breadth of women’s artistic vision and creativity. Across the seventeenth to twentieth centuries, we consider how women expressed identity through design and making. Professional portraitists of the Early Modern period and ceramic designers reveal the different routes by which female creativity could achieve recognition and financial independence. Moving into the early twentieth century, we trace the networks women artists forged, and the distinctive perspectives they brought to symbolist, surreal, and dream-inflected themes.

Friday 7 November – Friday 5 December

10.15am-12.15pm

Northampton Museum & Art Gallery

£6 per lecture

Includes tea/coffee and biscuits

Booking essential

Friday 7 November

Rosalba and her sisters: professionalism and portraiture in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Artwork: Lewis Watson, 2nd Earl of Rockingham, Rosalba Carriera, 1675-1757. On display in the exhibition

Speaker: Miriam Gill

Friday 14 November

Sampled selves: sewing and self-expression

Artwork: Nineteenth century samplers from the collection

Speaker: Miriam Gill

Friday 21 November

Crock Stars: The Women who shaped British pottery design

Artwork: Broken Egg, Wendy Hoare

Speaker: Connie Bailey

Friday 28 November

Artwork: Reveries and Idylls: Women artists and the world of Dreams

Artwork: Ma Tristesse est la nuit d'ete, Catherine Grubb

Speaker: Miriam Gill

Friday 5 December

Beatrix to Carrington: Promise, potential and curtailment of women artists c. 1890 to 1920

Artwork: The Malverns, Dame Laura Knight

Speaker Connie Bailey

Artworks and speaker details are correct at the time of publishing but may be subject to change.

Series ticket can also be booked for £25 (+ Eventbrite booking fee).

Tickets are also available to buy direct from the museum either in person or by calling 01604 526322 during our opening hours Tuesday to Saturday 10am - 5pm and Sundays 12-5pm

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