Wistariahurst Museum, Exhibit

FELICE CAIVANO: WOMEN’S WORK
In the Wistariahurst Gallery beginning Monday March 7, 2022
Uniting hundreds of doilies in the Wistariahurst Gallery, Uncredited, is an installation that allows for what has been traditionally the domain of the personal to dwell in the public. This work utilizes the traditional needle art of doilies to draw attention to markers of identity, shared experiences, and memories carried by their makers. “ I see the individual doily as a shared symbol of customs that suggest the transfer of material culture by way of needlework practices,” says Caivano. “Each common doily serves as a reminder of the many hands of their makers and the varied traditions they represent.”  A companion work of hand embroidered doilies titled When, maps wages earned by women compared to men since the Equal Pay Act of 1963 was signed into law in the U.S.
Exhibit hours are Mondays 10:30 am to 12:30 pm; Tuesdays 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Admission is free but you must pre-register at https://wistariahurst.org/events/felice-caivano-womens-work/  Masks are required to enter.

Thursday March 10 at 5:30 pm
WOMEN’S WORK:  An Artists’ Talk with Felice Caivano
Caivano will give a hybrid (online & in person) artist’s talk about her work and the inspiration and motivation behind it. Both are free and open to the public. Live audience is limited to the first 12 people to register for the in person program. Pre-registration is required for online virtual presentation as well. Please register at: https://wistariahurst.org/events/an-artists-talk-with-felice-caivano-womens-work/

Felice Caivano is a visual artist living in western Massachusetts. She is chair of the Visual Art Department at Holyoke Community College, and Fine Arts Curator at Trinity College. Caivano has been a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome, Italy, and an Artist-in-Residence at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, Italy. Her studio practice utilizes encaustic painting and sculpture to interpret what lies beneath the surface of things. Caivano earned a BFA from the Hartford Art School, an MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and has received a Fellowship in Sculpture from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
In the Great Hall for the Month of March
Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence A Poster Exhibition from the Smithsonian
Explore the complexity of the women’s suffrage movement and the relevance of this history to Americans’ lives today. This exhibit will be enhanced with local womens’ suffrage organizing artifacts from the Holyoke History Collection.  The poster exhibit is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery. This project received support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative. More information about the initiative is available at www.womenshistory.si.edu . 
This exhibition can be viewed in person at Wistariahurst on Mondays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Tuesday evenings from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The gallery is free and open to the public but registration is requested. Please register at: www.wistariahurst.org Masks required.