New Renaissance in Women’s Voice

Presented by Polish Cultural Institute New York in collaboration with Residency Unlimited.

In the midst of the cultural reckoning spurred by the #metoo movement and in the turmoil of infringement on women’s civil rights both in Poland and the US resulting in new political and civil movements on the rise, women activists in the arts haved been continuing their mission while facing new challenges. In what was expected to be the renaissance in feminist movement in recent years, art institutions are still clashing with the old familiar predominant histories, stumbling over old traps of institutional patriarchy and systemic discrimination, thus going backwards to middle ages of the historic feminist waves.

In response to the recent events in both countries, and in honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy, the unwavering voice in women’s rights activism, the Polish Cultural Institute New York,  in collaboration with Residency Unlimited organizes two panel discussions in Women’s Month of March 2021, under the key title, the New Renaissance in Feminist Art, which will examine the new role, progression and challenges of women’s activism in visual arts.