“TRADE SECRETS” with Guerrilla Girls’ Frida Kahlo
Sat, Aug 27
|Epsilon Spires
A group of anonymous artist activists founded in 1989, Guerrila Girls work to expose gender biases and discrimination in art and culture. Member Frida Kahlo shares her “trade secrets” from decades of arts activism using facts and humor to confront racism, sexism, and corruption in the art world
Time & Location
Aug 27, 2022, 7:00 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
Founded in 1985, the Guerrilla Girls are a group of anonymous artist activists who work to expose gender biases and discrimination in art and culture. They wear gorilla masks and adopt the names of prominent female artists.
At this hybrid event, one of the Guerrilla Girls’ founding members, Frida Kahlo will give a multimedia presentation about the group’s decades of arts activism, sharing “trade secrets” about how the Guerrilla Girls use facts and humor to confront racism, sexism, and corruption in the art world.
The event will take place in person at Epsilon Spires (190 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT) and via Zoom. Tickets are available from Brattleboro Art Museum for in-person attendance, Zoom attendance, and, for a limited number of participants, attendance at a special in-person reception after the talk.
The Guerrilla Girls use disruptive headlines, outrageous visuals, and killer statistics to expose gender and ethnic bias and corruption in…