Roots and Fruits: : Exploring the History and Impact of the Women's Art Registry of MinnesotaMain MenuRoots and Fruits : Exploring the History and Impact of the Women's Art Registry of MinnesotaCurator's IntroductionAcknowledgementsRootsROOTS : IntroductionIntroduction1973 : Early Formation1973 : Women's Erotic Art Exhibition1974 : Women’s Work 11 Exhibition1975 : Woman Art Exhibition1976 : WARM: A Women’s Collective Art Space1978 : WARM Journal1982 : Rent-a-Mentor Program1986 : A National Conference & Juried ExhibitionFruitsThread : Arts Core Program for WomenThread : WARM’s Mentor ProgramThread : Wet PaintThread : Women’s Art InstituteHeather Carroll8442613dd0a637c7584c42fc211c838ae2446814The Catherine G. Murphy Gallery at Saint Catherine University : St. Paul, Minnesota
¿Y Qué? (So What?)
1media/Juarez_thumb.jpg2020-02-13T13:50:55-08:00Heather Carroll8442613dd0a637c7584c42fc211c838ae2446814345713Screenprint on handmade paper, by Ana Laura Juarez.plain2020-07-27T09:42:36-07:00Heather Carroll8442613dd0a637c7584c42fc211c838ae2446814
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1media/Juarez.jpgmedia/Juarez.jpg2020-05-19T17:29:59-07:00Anna Laura Juarez12plain2020-08-04T09:26:49-07:00¿Y Qué? (So What?), 2017 screenprint on handmade paper
"¿Y Qué? (So What?) is one of the self portraits I created during the Women’s Art Institute Summer Studio Intensive course.
I explored the use of my body to challenge cultural taboos about women and pleasure, as a response to feeling preyed on in public by men and the sexual lens they carry.
My decision to create a pattern and pair it with my body was influenced by my visit to Hend Al Mansour’s studio, a WAI alumna. Her use of Arabic and Islamic pattern to address gender politics in the Arab world encouraged me to look at my cultural heritage to guide my design. The recurring images of plant life, fish and water in my pattern are directly sourced from my research of the pottery created by artists in my mother’s home state, Michoacán, Mexico.”
