‘Deviant’ Women: Women and the Visual Arts Research Symposium
- Region: International
- Type: Conference
- Cost: Free
‘Deviant’ Women: Women and the Visual Arts Research Symposium
Date: 10 July 2025, 9am-6pm
Location: Humanities Research Space, Arts Complex, 3-5 Woodland Road, University of Bristol, BS8 1TB and Online
Women have long been viewed as ‘deviant’ in their roles as artists, authors, models, patrons, and collectors. Their paths to becoming artists or patrons may ‘deviate’ from the norm, their chosen medium or subjects may diverge from those expected by the market, and their representations of themselves and those around them may be unorthodox compared to the art historical canon. This symposium organised by the Women and the Visual Arts Research Cluster at the University of Bristol brings together cutting-edge international research, exploring how we can contextualise this ‘deviancy’ in our work on women and the visual arts.
Panel topics:
Transnational feminine identities
Domestic environments and homemaking
Alternative approaches in the archive
Beyond the boundaries of the medium
Women and self-representation
Writing, language, poetry
Against the grain
The Body, Labour, and Visibility
To book tickets for online or in-person attendance, please register using the following form: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/ziKA93Qcx0
Registration deadline for in-person attendance: 19 June
Registration deadline for online attendance: 7 July