MAEA is excited to announce this summer’s book for the Wicked BooksmART Book Group.
This summer THE Wicked BooksmART book group will be reading: GuerRilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly
DATES: July 9 – August 13, 2025
FACILITATORS: Lisa B. Fiore
SYLLABUS: View or download
MEETING DAYS AND TIMES :
Zoom Meetings: Wednesdays 6:30pm – 7:30pm, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 8/6, 8/13
- Week 1: GG Dedication & Introduction; Chave (2011); Bastos (2010)
- Week 2: GG pp. 6-32; Withers (1988); Dewhurst (2010)
- Week 3: GG pp. 33-75; Kahlo & Kollwitz (2010); Schlemmer, Carpenter, & Hitchcock (2017)
- Week 4: GG pp. 76-107; Vitali (2022); Travis (2020)
- Week 5: GG pp. 108-181; Heartney (2020); “Agnes Denes Stages ‘Wheatfield’ in 1982”
- Week 6: Princenthal (2007); Chung (2009)
In addition to reading, participants are expected to dedicate an average of 30 In addition to reading, participants are expected to dedicate an average of 30 minutes a week applying the content to their own practice. The Google Classroom will be used to share information, solicit questions, and host conversations. If you are unable to attend a live zoom session, you may respond to the corresponding reflection prompt(s) and/or activities in the Google Classroom to get credit for the week.
DESCRIPTION:
This six-week book study will focus on the book, Guerrilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly. Here’s what Thelma Golden, Director & Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC said about the book:
Courageous practitioners of the arts of inspiration and instigation, the Guerrilla Girls have mounted 35 years’ worth of cunning attacks by holding those entrenched in privilege accountable: in galleries, museums, and the societies these cultural institutions reflect. This brilliant collective is unparalleled, empowering communities by exposing gender and racial inequalities in the art world and beyond – and it’s all here, in dozens of indelible works that are some of the most impactful of all time.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT POINTS:
Participants will earn 15 PDPs after successful completion of all of the book group sessions.