Session #1 – Representation of Women in Western Art: The tradition of the “female nude,” specifically “Venus paintings,” for the “malegaze;” artists that challenge this archetype, including the Guerilla Girls; women ascreators vs. women as subject matter; the representation of women in contemporary media. When: Wednesday, June 12, 2013: 12:45-1:45 pm Location: McGuire Memorial Hall Auditorium, Richmond Art Museum Session #2 – Suzanne Valadon: 19th Century artist; worked first as a nude model for artists such as Degasbefore she became a notable artist in her own right; one of the first femaleartists to actually work with the artistic convention of the female nude,deflecting and ultimately rejecting “the male gaze;” how her low-classbackground actually ended up helping her artistic production by … Continued