Jill Smith Double-bill: Discussion and Artist's Talk
Tue 10 Dec 2024 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Fruitmarket, EH1 1DF
Description
Join us for a Jill Smith Double-bill: a Discussion on Smith's work with Amy Tobin and Sonny Ruggiero, followed by Jill Smith's Artist's Talk.
You can attend both the Discussion and the Artist's Talk together, or attend the Discussion or Artist's Talk only. There is a 30 minute interval for refreshments in between.
Discussion: ‘Things happened to me which I am only now beginning to understand’ with Amy Tobin and Sonny Ruggiero
5.30–7pm
Amy Tobin (Associate Professor in Modern and Contemporary Art, University of Cambridge) is the author of Women Artists Together an account of the Women’s Liberation-affiliated artists and their engagement with the art world. Sonny Ruggiero, is an Edinburgh-based academic who specialises in feminist publishing cultures of the 70s and 80s. Together they chart some of the challenges that have affected the reception of Jill Smith’s multi-elemental work, and the art of others of her generation.
Artist's Talk: Jill Smith
7.30–8.30pm
Jill Smith presents a slideshow talk of her Zodiac Journey, joined by Mhairi Law, the photographer who accompanied her throughout her year.
Location
Fruitmarket, EH1 1DF