ART PIONEER: Miriam Schapiro with Guest Speaker Jennifer Samet

Art historian, curator, and writer, Jennifer Samet, who is Director of the Eric Firestone Gallery in New York City presents the life and work of Miriam Schapiro, on the occasion of Eric Firestone Gallery's exhibition "Miriam Schapiro: The André Emmerich Years, Paintings from 1957–76." Miriam Schapiro (1923–2015) is now well known as a pioneer of the Women's Art Movement, and for her contribution to the Pattern and Decoration Movement. She fused craft work, traditionally made by women, with modern painting in collages termed "femmage." This talk and exhibition will additionally shed light on her early Abstract Expressionist canvases, and her innovative approach utilizing computer technology to create Hard Edge geometric painting in the 1960s. This virtual event is offered by Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, hosted by Joyce Raimondo, Education Coordinator.