b'Addressing Gender Roles in Society through Chicagos Womanhouse (1972)Meagan C. HowardSponsor: Dr. Rebecca Reynolds, Department of Art and DesignWomanhouse was created as an exhibition artwork by Judy Chicago, Miriam Schapiro, and the students of the feminist art program at UCLA during the second wave feminist art movement. Created in an abandoned mansion, the installations were designed to represent how a womans life changes once she is married. To create the concept for each installation, the artists participated in consciousness-raising sessions that allowed them to voice their thoughts and feelings on a topic. The kitchen represented the nurturing side of women that were always caretakers and became mothers to their children. This work focused on essentialism, the celebration of the essence of being a woman. Essentialism worked towards the same goal that Womanhouse did, to come together and celebrate everything about being a woman. The entire exhibit was meant to show that when women become married, they are hopeful that theyll become equals to their husband in the home, but instead, they become the housekeeper of the home and the caretaker of the children. I argue that Womanhouse was revolutionary because it used the consciousness-raising sessions to visualize the gender inequality that was happening to women every day.Entangled in Motherhood: Analyzing Janine Antonias InhabitLogan M. LottSponsor: Dr. Glenda Swan, Department of Art and DesignMy research analyzes the 2009 artwork Inhabit by the American sculptor and performance artist Janine Antoni. This female artist uses her own body as an object for creating art as well as an object to be viewed. Antonias work engages with the feminist issues associated with both the depiction of the female form in art as well as the historical roles of women as reproducers rather than makers of art. Inhabit weaves together associations from both the past and the present in order to explore the construction of the notion of motherhood. Antonias postmodern work acknowledges maternity as both empowering and restrictive, allowing viewers to make their own conclusions about the role of the mother in the contemporary world.15'