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Kennedy Museum to Host “Hidden Mother” Panel Discussion

Posted on: Sunday, March 13, 2016

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Ohio University’s Kennedy Museum of Art will host “Hidden Mother: A Panel Discussion on Maternity, Representation and Labor” on March 17 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

University panelists include Jacqueline Wolf, professor of Social Medicine; Julie White, associate professor of Political Science and director of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies; and Nicole Reynolds, associate professor of English and Women’s, Gender
and Sexuality Studies.

The Hidden Mother exhibition presents a survey of the nineteenth-century child portraits known as “hidden mother” photographs, a widespread but little-known studio practice. The term “hidden mother” refers to the strategy of concealing a mother’s body as she supported and stilled her infant during the lengthy exposures required by early photographic technology.

The panel will be moderated by exhibition curator Laura Larson, associate professor of Photography + Integrated Media, School of Art + Design.

The event, which will take place on the second floor of the Kennedy Museum, is free and open to the public. Refreshments will follow, courtesy of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies.