Stop by the Radial Arts Center during March First Friday for the opening reception of “Asking For It” curated by Beatriz Rodriguez and Carolyn Albracht. Join us for an evening of art, conversation, and community.
Asking For It is a curated group exhibition that explores themes of internalized misogyny and patriarchy through the voices of contemporary artists. As professors in a small art department working closely with young people—many of whom are women—the curators were recently confronted with the subtle yet pervasive ways internalized misogyny manifests in everyday life. This exhibition emerges from that reckoning.
Through painting, printmaking, collage, and mixed media, participating artists reflect on personal experience, cultural conditioning, gendered expectations, and power structures that shape identity and perception. In the current socio-political climate, these conversations feel especially urgent. As artists and educators who have navigated their own experiences as women socialized in a patriarchal society, the curators seek to foster awareness, dialogue, and reflection—inviting viewers to consider how these systems operate both externally and internally.
Participating Artists
Bonnie Mercer
Brinsley Edwards
Carol Hartman DeVall
Erin Murtha
Francine Fox
Hernando Rico Sanchez
Laurel Izard
Kevin Bacher
Kim Darling
Klaire Lockheart and Aaron C. Packard
Lani Shapton
Lily Michaud
Lily Smith
Mary Gubbels
Beatriz Rodriguez
Sarah Lemmon
Sarah Mason
Sidney Sherman
Bart Vargas
Carolyn Albracht
Curators
Beatriz Rodriguez is an art professor teaching printmaking and drawing at Wayne State College. Prior to joining WSC, she worked closely with renowned artist Mira Lehr and taught at the University of Miami as well as the Museum of Contemporary Art. Her work has been exhibited at institutions including the Yellowstone Art Museum, Remarque Print Workshop (New Mexico), FAR Gallery (Florida), and H Gallery (California). Her work has also been published in Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art and Voyage Magazine Miami.
Carolyn Albracht has worked as a visual art educator for twenty-five years in both formal and informal settings. She holds a B.A. in Studio Art and Psychology, an M.A. in Museum Studies, a K–12 Art Education endorsement, and a Ph.D. in Education Studies. She is Professor of Art Education in the Department of Art and Design at Wayne State College and owner/director of Blue Cat Gallery & Studio in downtown Wayne, Nebraska. In 2021, she joined the Nebraska Arts Council CAAP teaching artist roster and regularly leads mixed media workshops for adult learners across Nebraska.
Join us for an evening of art, conversation, and community as we open Asking For It. All are welcome.