Thursday April 7, 2011 at 6pm
Dr. Catherine Zipf, Associate Professor of Art at Salve Regina University, will discuss how, between 1850 and 1940, more than 45 women chose to build a home in Newport. In doing so, these women were expressing power and control at a time when women had few other political rights. This lecture will highlight this remarkable group of women and the architecture they produced.
Catherine W. Zipf received her MA and PhD from the University of Virginia, where she focused on American women architects, designers, and patronesses. Her most recent book, Professional Pursuits: Women and the American Arts and Crafts Movement, examines how Arts and Crafts philosophy created opportunities for women to work alongside men in male occupations like architecture. Professional Pursuits was named “Outstanding Academic Book” by Choice Magazine. This project follows up on that work by exploring women’s participation in creating Newport’s 19th-century Gilded Age landscape.
Making a Home of Her Own will take place at Salve Regina University’s Antone Academic Center (formerly Mercy Hall), located at the corner of Leroy and Lawrence Avenues, in the DiStefano Lecture Hall which is just inside the doorway to the right. Parking is available across the street in the Wakehurst parking lot, accessed on both Leroy and Lawrence Avenues. Admission is free; donations are welcome. This program is co-sponsored by Salve Regina University.