I spent a few days in NYC a couple of weeks ago - at the CAA conference. One of the great things was seeing some of the authors I have been reading. Mira Schor was on a panel with artist art critics, and Griselda Pollock was on a different panel with Norma Broude about Feminism. Pollock also attended the Feminist Art Project seminars on Saturday. All of those events were standing room only and I was happy to have found a chair. The organizers seem to underestimate the popularity of these events.

It was fun to have openings to go to such as the show "Be Aware: Women Working at Flomenhaft" in Chelsea with art by Faith Ringgold and Jeane Quick-to-see-Smith (top image), and others; and with the nearby Ceres gallery also having a Guerrilla Girls juried show. There was a NYC area MFA opening the next night that was so packed it was difficult to see stuff.

At the Museum of Art and Design (where the Feminist Art Project Seminar was held), I saw a teapot on display by Randy Long (who my daughter knows). At the MOMA - there was an Abstract Expressionist show up. The second photo shows a couple of Barnett Newman pieces. As it turned out - the next chapter I read in Mira Schor's "Wet" discussed those as part of her essay. At the MET - I esp. enjoyed finding some ancient artifacts of women from various cultures, as well as snake imagery in all sorts of media. I ended up using up my camera battery.