By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500 – 1800: Wadsworth Museum (Virtual)

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Women artists played a vibrant yet overlooked role in Italy around 1600. The first exhibition solely dedicated to Italian women artists at the Wadsworth, By Her Hand explores how important women artists succeeded in the male-dominated art world of the time. Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–after 1654), one of the most fascinating seventeenth-century Italian painters, takes center stage. The accomplishments of a diverse and dynamic group—from the court painter Sofonisba Anguissola (1532–1625), to the Venetian pastel artist Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757), among other talented and virtually unknown Italian women artists—are introduced and celebrated.

About the host: Christi Moraga became a full-time docent in 2018 after retiring from 36 years of teaching French, Spanish, and ESL. She prepares in-person and virtual tours for adults, school groups, and families.  Christi has been instrumental at bringing more World Languages into the museum through preparing tours in French and Spanish, writing curriculum units for World Language classes, recording Second Saturday stories in Spanish, translating the digital labels into Spanish. She serves on the Board of the Docent Council as co-leader of the Extended Trip and co-created a virtual tour for the docents to Spain and Italy. Christi does deep dives into specific art objects of the Wadsworth Atheneum by writing for the Docent Dialogue and presenting orally Art in Focus topics. She participates in the DEAI (Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion) committee.  She loves culture, history, and art history and will delve into any assignment with vigor.