Free and open to the public
December 7, 2017
6:00 PM
In this two-part program presented in collaboration with the Poetry Foundation, investigate the extraordinary work of women artists and writers, from the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 to 2017.
Smart Museum of Art
The University of Chicago
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue
Part I features a tour of Soviet posters from the 1920s and 1930s on view in the exhibition Revolution Every Day as well as a hands-on poster-making workshop.
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
For Part II, we will reconvene at the Poetry Foundation for a special Forms & Features poetry workshop and discussion dedicated to the work of Russian women poets.
FREE, but space is limited. Participants are asked to attend both sessions. Registration opens October 1.
Image: Mariia Feliksovna Bri-Bein, Woman Worker and Woman Collective Farmer, Join the Ranks of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (detail), 1934, lithograph on paper, 40 1/8 x 28 in. (1019 x 712 mm), Ne boltai! Collection.