Artist Carrie Moyer will speak Tuesday, March 21st, 2:30 – 3:30 pm, in the Katie Murphy Amphitheatre at Fashion Institute of Technology, 27th Street and 7th Avenue.
ARTSpeak 2016-2017, presented by the departments of Fine Arts and History of Art, includes a series of lectures on the theme of The Presence of Art History in the Mind of the Artist.
Carrie Moyer is an artist and writer based in Brooklyn, NY. Her work has been exhibited widely, in both the US and Europe. Museums shows include a traveling survey, Carrie Moyer: Pirate Jenny, that originated at the Tang Museum, and the 2017 Whitney Biennial. Moyer has received awards from the Guggenheim and Joan Mitchell Foundations, Anonymous Was a Woman, and Creative Capital among others. With photographer Sue Schaffner, she co-founded one of the first lesbian public art projects, Dyke Action Machine!, which was active in New York City between 1991-2008. Moyer’s writing has appeared anthologies and periodicals such as Art in America, Brooklyn Rail, Artforum, Modern Painters and others. She is an Associate Professor in the Art and Art History Department at Hunter College. Moyer is represented by DC Moore Gallery.
