The Jane Fortune Research Program on Women Artists in the Age of the Medici | The Medici Archive Project NEWS Conference Announcements Announcing the 3rd Annual Jane Fortune Conference, organized by the Medici Archive Project and hosted by the Galleria Palatina at Palazzo Pitti and the British Institute in Florence: Artemisia Gentileschi Interpreting New Evidence, Assessing New Attributions *** Wednesday, 6 May, 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Sala Bianca, Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti Inaugural remarks by Matteo Ceriana, Anna Bisceglia, Alessio Assonitis, and Jane Fortune. Keynote Address by Mary D. Garrard, Professor Emerita, American University, Washington, DC "Identifying Artemisia: The Archive and the Eye" *** Thursday, 7 May, 9:00 am - 6:30 pm: Sala Wanda Ferragamo in the Harold Acton Library, the British Institute Seating is by reservation only; contact snovello[at]britishinstitute[dot] Opening remarks by Mark Roberts and Sheila Barker Moderation by Sheila ffolliott, Sara Matthews Grieco, Elena Fumagalli, Adelina Modesti, and Lisa Goldenberg Stoppato Patricia Simons "Artemisia’s Susanna and the Elders in Counter-Reformation Rome" Julia Vicioso "Artemisia Gentileschi and Costanza Francini in Rome" Jesse Locker "Reinventing Artemisia. The Formation of an Artist" Sheila Barker "All Investment at Risk. Artemisia's Entrepreneurship in Florence" Consuelo Lollobrigida Casa Barberini http://www.medici.org/jane-fortune-research-program-women-artists-age-medici[9/10/2015 2:18:26 PM] The Jane Fortune Research Program on Women Artists in the Age of the Medici | The Medici Archive Project "Women Artists in : Virginia, Artemisia, Plautilla and Anna Maria" Gianni Papi "Artemisia: The Rediscovery of the Magdalene in Prayer, and New Reflections on a Vexed Problem of Attribution" Christina Currie "Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy: a Rediscovered Painting by Artemisia Gentileschi" Riccardo Lattuada "Unknown Paintings by Artemisia in Naples, and New Points Regarding Her Daily Life and Bottega" Judith Mann "Three Additions to Artemisia’s Oeuvre and How They Re-shape Our Understanding of Three Phases of Her Career" Valerie Drummond "Artemisia's Missing British Portraits: A Case Study" Eve Straussman-Pflanzer "Artemisia’s Art Market: A Gendered Examination of Early Modern Value" * Roundtable Discussion: Mary D. Garrard, Judith Mann, Gianni Papi, Riccardo Lattuada, Adelina Modesti *** Mar. 25, 2015: Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting, Berlin "Women Artists and Religious Reform," a Roundtable discussion organized and moderated by Sheila ffolliott. Speakers were Sheila Barker, Babette Bohn, Frima Fox Hofrichter, Judith Mann, and Shelley Perlove. Discussion topics included religious iconography in women artist's works, painting activity within convents, the so-called devout style, religious iconography in self-portraits, and similarities between domestic devotional practices involving images in Catholic and Protestant Europe. Mar. 9, 2015: University of California Education Abroad Program, Accent Study Center Florence, Italy "Keeping Women Off the Streets: The Gendering of Public Space and Personal Freedom Since the Renaissance," an invited lecture by Sheila Barker, demonstrated how Florence's city streets were, in the Renaissance, a perilo well-born women for reasons of morality, class distinction, and medical beliefs. Meanwhile, women in convents often had no access to the streets whatsoever, but they made themselves known in the city through song, artworks, medicines, edible delicacies, and textile creations. Women's gradual conquest of public space occurred in the 18th and 19th centuries due to changing patterns of recreation (especially with the creation of public parks) and the influx of foreign http://www.medici.org/jane-fortune-research-program-women-artists-age-medici[9/10/2015 2:18:26 PM] The Jane Fortune Research Program on Women Artists in the Age of the Medici | The Medici Archive Project female tourists. Women artists, both local ones and expatriates, also contributed to the growing public acceptance of women's exploration of the city for the sake of studying art and historical monuments. Feb. 16, 2015: Israeli Historical Society's Graduate Students' Workshop in Early Modern History (Ma'aleh Hachamisha, Israel) Co-sponsored by the Israeli Historical Society and Tel Aviv University's Morris E. Curiel Institute, Sheila Barker's lecture was entitled "What the Archives Reveal about Women Artists in Early Modern Italy." It recounted the history of the study of women artists in American universities and shared some new archival discoveries made by the Jane Fortune Research Program on Women Artists, particularly regarding women's enrollment in the Forentine painters' guild. 2014 Fifth Annual Feminist Art History Conference Paper Sheila Barker's conference paper for the FAHC at American University in Washington, DC, was a sequel to her contribution the previous year: "Artemisia in Florence, 1616-1620: Professional Success and Private 'Disasters.' " BBC Two Documentary "The Story of Women and Art" In episode 1, Professor Amanda Vickery's historical documentary series paid a visit to the Jane Fortune Research Program to learn about our ongoing research on Artemisia Gentileschi www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01y5r66 . Online Paleography Course: "Women and Art in Early Modern Italy" From March 3, 2014, to May 24, 2014, this course introduced students to the fundamental skills needed for reading a wide variety of 15th- through 17th-century Italian documents, accompanied by numerous exercises of increasing difficulty. The special focus on women artists, women patrons, and women's lives provided a lens through which to study the implications of the documents; discussions regarding content were therefore particularly rich with insights into the nature of women's experiences in this period of Italian history. Feb. 1, 2014 Edit-a-thon Organized by the Advancing Women Artists Foundation, this collaborative event brought local scholars and art professionals together for a day of composing and editing Wikipedia pages on women artists. One of the results can be seen here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Parenti_Duclos 2013 Fourth Annual Feminist Art History Conference Paper At this conference held at the American University in Washington, D.C., Sheila Barker presented new archival evidence in her paper, "On Her Own: Artemisia Gentileschi, 1612-1617." Download the conference program. The 2013 Jane Fortune Conference The organization of a two-day conference held on October 4-5, 2013 in the Sala dell'Annunciazione at the Convento di Frati Servi di Santa Maria (SS. Annunziata).Two keynote speakers were featured; Gabriella Zarri with "Culture nel chiostro: tra arte e vita," and Sharon Strocchia with "Knowing Hands: Nuns' Textile Artistry in Renaissance Florence."An international cast of thirteen scholars presented their individual papers regarding discoveries on the creative life of women within religious communities in the Renaissance.This event was made possible by the Medici Archive Project, the Biblioteca Santa Maria Novella and the Provincia http://www.medici.org/jane-fortune-research-program-women-artists-age-medici[9/10/2015 2:18:26 PM] The Jane Fortune Research Program on Women Artists in the Age of the Medici | The Medici Archive Project Romana of the Dominican Order.The contributions will appear within a forthcoming publication of Memorie Domenicane. Launch of 'A Woman's World,' an Innovative Tour of Women's Art in Florence On March 8, 2013, International Women's Day, we inaugurated A Woman's World , a regularly scheduled tour of women's art in the Galleria Palatina and the Galleria dell' Arte Moderna in the Pitti Palace. The tour, which is usually conducted by the Research Staff of the Jane Fortune Research Project, is the result of a collaboration with the Advancing Women Artists Foundation and Context Travel . In recent interviews , Jane Fortune and Sheila Barker explain why this tour will change the way people think of Florence. To sign up, visit Context Travel's website. Proceeds from the walk support the restoration of artworks by women artists. The 2012 Jane Fortune Conference A full-day international conference entitled "Women Artists of Early Modern Italy / Artiste nell'Italia dell'età moderna" was held on March 2, 2012, at the Archivio di Stato di Firenze, with a keynote address by Professor emeritus Sheila ffolliot. Eleven scholars from three continents presented their new archival discoveries regarding artists ranging chronologically from Sofonisba Anguissola to Rosalba Carriera. The event was made possible by a grant from the Kress Foundation, the support of Dr. Jane Fortune, and the collaboration of the Archivio di Stato di Firenze. Exhibition of Archival Documents on Women Artists at the Archivio di Stato di Firenze Historical documents from the 16th and 17th centuries regarding women artists were on exhibit during the conference, "Women Artists of Early Modern Italy / Artiste nell'Italia dell'età moderna." The exhibition was curated by Sheila Barker and Roberta Piccinelli. To download the catalogue in PDF format, click here. "A Woman Like That" Round Table In 2011, the researchers of the Jane Fortune Research Program participated in a roundtable discussion in which the portrayal of Artemesia Gentileschi in the film "A Woman Like That" was compared to the information that has emerged from the latest archival investiagtions. The event was sponsored and organized by Accent Florence and the University of California EAP Center in Florence. 2011