00:00
/
00:00
< Visit Hours and Admission Getting Here Accessibility Group Visits Visitor Policies Facility Rental and Floorplan
< Explore Exhibitions Collections Publications Residencies and Fellowships Indigenous Contemporary Canadian Historical European Historical African historical Historical Dress and Quilts Search The Collection
< Participate Talks, Tours, Events Classes, Workshops, Camps Academic Outreach and Engagement School Programs for Grades 1–8
< Connect About Agnes Join and Give News and Stories Opportunities Contact
< Digital Agnes Overview Digital Exhibitions and Publications Collection Highlights Interactives Audio Videos
Visit > Explore > Participate > Connect > Agnes Reimagined Digital Agnes > Search
< Talks, Tours, Events
 

Screening and Panel Discussion of a woman like that (2010)

Event
Film Screening Room (Room 222) at The Isabel
Wednesday 7 March 2018
6 pm

Considers the life and art of one of the most accomplished female artists of the early modern period, Artemisia Gentileschi

Re-enacting Artemisia Gentileschi’s Baroque masterpiece, Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes (1623/25) from the documentary film a woman like that by filmmaker Ellen Weissbrod.

The creative project of the New York-based filmmaker Ellen Weissbrod, a woman like that considers the life and art of one of the most accomplished female artists of the early modern period, Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1653), against the backdrop of Weissbrod’s personal story and the perspectives of women in the contemporary world. A panel of experts including Professor Gauvin Bailey, Art History and Art Conservation; Professor Karine Bertrand, Film and Media; and Professor Cristiana Zaccagnino, Classics/Languages, Literatures and Cultures will lead a discussion about the film in the context of The Powers of Women, followed by a reception at The Isabel.

This event is free and open to the public.

Poster for the film "a woman like that"

Poster for a woman like that

Filmmaker Ellen Weissbrod in a scene from her personal documentary "a woman like that" about B17th Century female painter Artemisia Gentileschi.

Filmmaker Ellen Weissbrod in a scene from her personal documentary a woman like that about 17th Century female painter Artemisia Gentileschi.

Footnotes
Image Credits

Subscribe to our “This Week at Agnes” e-newsletter to stay abreast of events, news and opportunities at the art museum.