NEWSLETTER
Free Live Online Conversation with Artist Kay WalkingStick to be Presented on International Women's Day
New York, N.Y. - Throughout Women’s History Month, the New-York Historical Society will showcase women’s stories through exhibitions, installations, and public programming.
On International Women’s Day, renowned Cherokee artist Kay WalkingStick and New-York Historical’s Chief Curator Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto will be in conversation over a live, free Zoom discussing WalkingStick’s exhibition Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School, on view at New-York Historical through April 14. Other exhibitions and displays on view throughout March include Women’s Work, an exhibition that demonstrates how “women’s work” defies categorization;Women Who Preserved New York City which explores how Shirley Hayes, Margot Gayle, and Joan Maynard galvanized communities to save historic buildings and places; and Serving Style: Ted Tinling, Designer for the Tennis Stars, which turns a spotlight on the designer who made many of Billie Jean King’s iconic looks. On March 3, the ninth annual Diane and Adam E. Max Conference on Women’s History will center on exploring how we understand “care.”
Additional details follow:
A Conversation with Kay WalkingStick
Featuring: Kay WalkingStick, Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto
Friday, March 8, 6 – 7 pm ET
Free | Presented live on Zoom
Celebrate International Women's Day with this online event featuring renowned Cherokee artist Kay WalkingStick in conversation with New-York Historical's Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto. WalkingStick is the focus of our acclaimed exhibition Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School, which places her work in a fascinating dialogue with 19th-century Hudson River School paintings and explores the relationship between Indigenous art and American art history. They'll discuss WalkingStick's remarkable career, her recent invitation to the Venice Biennale, and her decades of work reimagining and reframing the American landscape.
Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School
On view through April 14
Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School places landscape paintings by the renowned, contemporary Cherokee artist Kay WalkingStick in conversation with highlights from New-York Historical’s collection of 19th-century Hudson River School paintings. This artistic dialogue showcases the ways in which WalkingStick’s work both connects to and diverges from the Hudson River School tradition and explores the agency of art in shaping humankind’s relationship to the land. The exhibition celebrates a shared reverence for nature while engaging crucial questions about land dispossession and its reclamation by Indigenous peoples and nations and exploring the relationship between Indigenous art and American art history.
Women’s Work
On view through July 7
Presented by the Center for Women’s History, Women’s Work showcases approximately 45 objects from New-York Historical’s own Museum and Library collections to demonstrate how “women’s work” defies categorization. The items range from a 19th-century mahogany cradle to a 20th-century doctor’s dissection kit to a pinback button with the message “Shirley Chisholm for President.” The exhibition seeks to demonstrate that women’s work has been essential to American society and is inherently political: Women’s work is everywhere.
Women Who Preserved New York City
On view through June 9
This installation explores how three women—Shirley Hayes, Margot Gayle, and Joan Maynard—galvanized communities to save historic buildings and places. Each subverted gendered expectations that limited them to the domestic realm and instead led campaigns to protect the historic cityscape.
Serving Style: Ted Tinling, Designer for the Tennis Stars
On view through June 23
Our installation turns a spotlight on the designer who made many of Billie Jean King’s iconic looks. King and Tinling had a tremendous influence on the visibility of women on the tennis court. King’s tenacity and commitment for equal rights, together with Tinling’s bold designs, challenged conventions about what women can do, emphasizing that women can be simultaneously powerful, strong, and feminine.
On and Off the Clock: Reconsidering Women’s Work
Sunday, March 3, 12—5 pm ET
$4; Free for Women’s History Council Members
The ninth annual Diane and Adam E. Max Conference on Women’s History will center on exploring how we understand “care.” Across three linked panels, we probe what “care” means, who does the work of caring, and what services get pushed to the margins by our current social policy framework. The conference will culminate with a keynote conversation on reproductive care. Reception to follow.
Where: New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West (at 77th Street)
New York, NY 10024
www.nyhistory.org
(212) 873-3400
Tickets: Adults: $24
Seniors/Educators/Active Military: $19
Students: $13
Children (5–13): $6
Children (5 and under): Free
*Pay-as-you-wish Fridays from 6–8 pm
About New-York Historical Society
Experience 400 years of history through groundbreaking exhibitions, immersive films, and thought-provoking conversations among renowned historians and public figures at the New-York Historical Society, New York’s first museum. A great destination for history since 1804, the Museum and the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library convey the stories of the city and nation’s diverse populations, expanding our understanding of who we are as Americans and how we came to be. Ever-rising to the challenge of bringing little or unknown histories to light, New-York Historical will soon inaugurate a new annex housing its Academy for American Democracy as well as the American LGBTQ+ Museum. These latest efforts to help forge the future by documenting the past join New-York Historical’s DiMenna Children’s History Museum and Center for Women’s History. Digital exhibitions, apps, and our For the Ages podcast make it possible for visitors everywhere to dive more deeply into history. Connect with us at nyhistory.org or at @nyhistory on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Tumblr.
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Image: Eugene Gordon (b. 1923), photographer, Chinatown, New York - The Ginseng Store, 1988. Patricia D. Klingenstein Library, New-York Historical Society