Our Herstory
To celebrate Women's History Month, Shelby and Amy are talking about the importance of female friendships by discussing theirs. For those of you who like to hear the two reminisce about days gone by, this one is for you!
Making Herstory - Micol Hebron
enOctober 07, 2019
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About this Episode
Due to an unexpected cold, we're bringing you Making Herstory sooner than planned. Sit down with Shelby as she interviews Micol Hebron - an interdisciplinary artist whose practice includes studio work, curating, writing, social media, crowd-sourcing, teaching, public-speaking, and both individual and collaborative projects. Hebron is an Associate Professor of Art at Chapman University; the founder/director of The Situation Room resource space for the creative community; the Gallery Tally Poster Project about gender equity in contemporary galleries; and the Digital Pasty/Gender Equity initiative for the internet; The Situation Room - a project space for the creative community; the Feminist Friday community conversation series; Feminist Summer Camp in Utah, and Feminist Field Studies at the Centre Pompadour in Northern France. Learn more about her, her art, and the cool things she's doing. (She even has a Wikipedia page!)
micolhebron.com
Instagram: @unicornkiller1
www.centrepompadour.com/feminist-field-studies/
Intro Song: What I Do by Kristy Krüger © ℗
Just Like Freddy Music ASCAP
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