Join art historian Jenni Sorkin as she tells California’s story as a place at the forefront of radical developments in artistic culture.

Wednesday March 23rd, 3:05 - 4:20 via Zoom

Jenni Sorkin is Associate Professor of History of Art & Architecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She writes on the intersections between gender, material culture, and contemporary art, working primarily on women artists and underrepresented media. Her books include Live Form: Women, Ceramics and Community (University of Chicago Press, 2016), Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women Artists, 1947–2016 (Skira, 2016), and Art in California (World of Art series, Thames & Hudson, 2021), as well as numerous essays in journals and exhibition catalogs. She was educated at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Bard College, and received her PhD from Yale University. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Modern Craft.

Hosted by Fashion, Fiber and Materials option of the Department of Art, College of Arts and Letters, Cal State Los Angeles.