EXHIBITION DETAILS
The Right to Herself
October 20 – December 19, 2020
Clara Hatton Gallery at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO
The Clara Hatton Gallery at Colorado State University is located in the Visual Arts Building at Colorado State University. The Hatton Gallery is dedicated to enhancing the cultural and intellectual life of the Department of Art, the Colorado State University campus, and the vibrant communities of greater northern Colorado.
As a vital part of the network of museum and gallery spaces at Colorado State University, the Hatton Gallery provides an important venue for exhibiting contemporary and historical art. The gallery strives to engage with the global arts community through local, national, and international exhibitions showcasing the work of emerging and established artists alike.
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STATEMENT
The Right To Herself exhibition explores the cultural nuances behind the 19th Amendment—its complicated promise of human rights, liberty and equity—and the search for agency through diverse works of art.
The Right To Herself exhibition examines the complexities of the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th amendment. Though the law legally prohibited the denial of the right to vote based on sex, many women of diverse backgrounds in the U.S. were unable to exercise that right. In this way,
The Right to Herself exhibition and related programs will provide a lens to view works by women artists who self-identify as indigenous, women of color, and/or embody diverse racial, ethnic, and economic identities to share their various perspectives on the intersections of gender equity, and the influence of women of color on the suffrage and equal rights movement both in contemporary society and in history. The exhibition will reflect on the vote as a promise for agency and voice within society, and its relationship to diverse communities. In featuring these themes, the show will recall, reclaim, and reimagine the power of women from different racial, ethnic, and class-based histories in front of the lens and rectify their lacking presence within photography and art history.
- Lauren Cross
