Open to members of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Women and the Kemper is a special-interest group committed to promoting the mission of the Museum and encouraging women’s participation in all aspects of the visual arts. Women and the Kemper was founded in 2009 by the Women’s Society of Washington University, the Woman’s Club of Washington University, and the Kemper Art Museum.

In addition to the basic benefits of being a Kemper Art Museum member, Women and the Kemper participants enjoy the opportunity to be involved in a range of social educational activities: - Take part in exclusive group study sessions led by guest speakers, including artists, designers, students, and Museum curators and staff. - Meet young artists and view their work during the Graduate School of Art’s MFA Open Studios. - Attend the annual Women and the Kemper Fall Luncheon and Membership Meeting. - Take part in special art community outings. Join today, and become part of a supportive and diverse community of artists, designers, curators, collectors, and art enthusiasts.

Women and the Kemper is open to anyone who would like to add the additional benefits to their Kemper Art Museum membership. Additional annual membership dues are: $25 - Basic level

$100 - Sustaining level$250 - Sponsoring levelDues from Susataining and Sponsoring members provide additional funding for all Women and the Kemper initiatives and programs.

Contact us at 314.935.4896 to receive a membership form via e-mail or visit online at kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/support for additional details and to join or renew your membership today!

Women and the KemperWomen and the Kemper programs at the Museum include an annual Fall Luncheon, tours of the collection and special exhibitions by Museum staff and University faculty, and exclusive tours of public and private art collections.

Exhibition opEning cElEbrationRashid Johnson: Message to Our FolksAmerican Places: Painting the Landscape in the Nineteenth CenturyRedFriday, September 20, 20136-7p Member preview7-9p public reception

WoMEn and thE KEMpEr Study SESSionMonday, September 23, 20136p reception, 6:30p programKaren Butler, associate curator at the Kemper Art Museum, and Angela Miller, professor in the Department of Art History & Archaeology in Arts & Sciences, will discuss the relationship between developing notions of identity and nationalism in nineteenth-century America and depictions of both real and imagined places in the artworks on view in American Places: Painting the Landscape in the Nineteenth Century.

WoMEn and thE KEMpEr annual Fall lunchEontuesday, october 29, 201311a-2pTours of the Museum’s permanent collection followed by a luncheon, the annual WAK President’s report, and installation of the 2014-16 Board of Directors. Reservations required.

ExcluSivE MEMbEr EvEnt: Rashid johnson: Message to ouR Folks Friday, november 1, 2013 6-8p Join us for a special evening of music, cocktails, and curator-led tours of Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks. Meredith Malone, associate curator at the Kemper Art Museum, and Tricia Paik, assistant curator of modern and contemporary art at the Saint Louis Art Museum, will discuss Johnson’s work and themes central to his practice, including identity, personal biography, race, and the legacy of abstraction. Reservations required.

WoMEn and thE KEMpEr Study SESSionMonday, december 2, 201310:30a reception, 11a program, 12p private collection tour & lunchDid you know that Adrienne Davis, vice provost and William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law, is also an avid collector of African American art? For this special WAK event, Davis will offer her impressions of the works on view in the exhibition Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks. This program will be followed by a visit to her home to view her art collection and lunch at a nearby Central West End restaurant. The Davis collection tour and lunch will be limited to preregistered WAK members only.

Women and the Kemper: Fall 2013 Museum programs

Rashid Johnson, Triple Consciousness, 2009. Black soap, wax, vinyl in album cover, shea butter, plant, and brass, 48 3/4 x 97 1/2 x 6 1/4". Collection of Dr. Daniel S. Berger, Chicago. Photo by Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago.

Frederic Edwin Church, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, 1883. Oil on canvas, 40 1/16 x 60 1/8". Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis. Bequest of Charles Parsons, 1905.

Women and the Kemper: Welcome committee activities

Artists’ books on display during the 2013 Book Studio Open House. Photo credit: WUSTL Libraries

Jessica Baran, MFA06, at Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts.Photo credit: Susan Colangelo

artiStS’ booKS: crEation & collEctionwith Shirley Baker, Anne Posega, and Ken BotnickWednesday, august 14, 20134-6pJoin Shirley Baker, former dean of Washington University Libraries, vice chancellor for scholarly resources, and WAK member; and Anne Posega, head of the Department of Special Collections to explore the University’s fascinating artists’ books collection. Following, the group will take a guided walk to the Nancy Spirtas Kranzberg Studio for the Illustrated Book, located in Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Hall. Professor Ken Botnick, director of the Book Studio, will conduct a lively tour.

chEroKEE StrEEt Studio craWlthursday, november 21, 201310a-2pParticipate in a walking tour of Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts, the Community, Arts, & Movement Project (CAMP), and Firecracker Press—all in the historic Cherokee Street neighborhood. Throughout the day, the group will meet WUSTL alumni artists Jessica Baran, MFA06 in Writing; Sarah Paulsen, MFA07; and Lauren Cardenas, MFA12. In addition, an exhibition of work by WUSTL alumni and new WAK members will be on view at the Community, Arts, & Movement Project. An optional lunch at Siete Luminarias will follow the day’s activites.

Reservations for these two events are limited to Women and the Kemper members. RSVP to Susan Colangelo at szcola113@gmail.com

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