For centuries, women were excluded from art academies, life drawing classes, and the career of professional artist. Even so, many women still found ways to learn to paint and much of their work is being rediscovered in our day.

In this virtual talk, award-winning author Erin Bartels will outline the life and work of four female artists in France in the late 1800s who, while contemporaries of one another, approached their art and their lives in different ways as they attempted to navigate societal restrictions and cultural expectations of what women should do and what they were even capable of doing. Then she’ll bring the issue into the present, unpacking the ways we all tend to restrict ourselves from creating and sharing our creations today, despite the fact that societal norms have changed and we enjoy unprecedented freedom to choose. She’ll also talk briefly about how her exploration of women artists made its way into her latest novel, The Lady with the Dark Hair.

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