(Image : Part photo of 'Dundee's Christmas Story' by artist Laura Darling . From Dundee Festive Windows, December 2020)

THIS EVENT WILL BE GIVEN ONLINE THROUGH ZOOM

Zoom details to access the event will be sent to registered attendees by email prior to the event.

Lifelong Learning Dundee is delighted to offer this lecture with Dr Laura Leuzzi as part of the Dundee Women's Festival:

'Motherhood and The Visual Arts ' with Dr Laura Leuzzi

Over the centuries, Motherhood has been portrayed following idealised patterns imbued with religion and myth. It is only in the 19th century that women artists started to redefine the subject reclaiming a representation that reflected their own experience or that of women of their time. This lecture will explore examples including representations of the role of the mother within society, pregnancy, birth, and relationship mother-child, with a focus from the 17th century to today.

Tuesday 9th March 2021 , 10.00 - 12 noon

Speaker Dr Laura Leuzzi is a contemporary art historian, curator and author and a popular lecturer on the history of art. Laura earned her PhD in “Tools and Methods for the History of Art” with a thesis in Contemporary Art at Sapienza Università di Roma in 2011. Her research is particularly focused on early video art, art and feminism and new media.

Recently a Research Fellow and Co-Investigator on the AHRC funded research project Richard Demarco: The Italian Connection (DJCAD, University of Dundee, March 2018 - July 2020), led by Prof. Elaine Shemilt, currently she is Co-Investigator on the RSE funded research project Digital Art and Activism (2019-2021).

She has curated several art exhibitions around Europe and since, 2016 has been a member of the Curatorial Board of the Rome Media Art Festival.

For more information about Lifelong Learning Dundee www.lifelonglearningdundee.org.uk

For more information about The Dundee Women's Festival www.dundeewomensfestival.org.uk

For more information on Dundee Festive Windows see www.cityofdesigndundee.com