Visionary Women Artists

August 2-October 27, 2013

"Visionary Women Artists: Selections from the Wells Fargo Art Collection," will be displayed in the Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum at Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus.

The public is invited to attend the opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. on August 2.

A gallery talk by Dr. Joni Hand, Assistant Professor of Art History at Southeast Missouri State University will be at 6 p.m. on September 10. The talk will focus on a few of the women represented in this exhibition and how truly visionary they were for their time.  The exhibit will remain on display through October 27. Admission is free.  

The 47 prints and photographs cover a broad spectrum, ranging from abstract expressionist pieces to more contemporary work by women artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Some of the artists featured are Bernice Abbott, Jennifer Bartlett, Louise Bourgeois, Imogen Cunningham, Sonia Delauney-Terk, Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Dorothea Lange, Judy Pfaff, Kiki Smith, and Pat Steir. 

Many of these artists are the best-known and most important female artists of the 20th century.  They are considered to have been revolutionary because of their efforts to portray women equally in the art world. 

This exhibition is sponsored by Cape Girardeau, Missouri office of Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC. 

The Crisp Museum is located in the Cultural Arts Center at Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus, 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri. For more information, Email museum@semo.edu or call (573) 651-2260.