For our inaugural exhibition, 14 members of Bluestockings were asked to contextualize their work in response to the feminine. This could be interpreted as broadly as the artists desired, keeping in mind the goal to make art that challenges the traditional patriarchal nature of the art world and celebrates women, feminine strength, and feminist objectives.

Artists:
Lisa Anthony
Brooke Dearborn
Meggan Fisher
Christine Flavin
Christiana Hovick
Satomi Kawai
Tonya Kehoe
Kelly Kinser
Sam Mitchell
Jillian Moore
Amber Ruden
Vero Smith
Molly Sofranko
Heidi Wiren Bartlett

Exhibition on view: Sept. 10th-Oct. 1st
Public Space One Gallery hours: Tuesdays 6-8pm & Friday/Saturday/Sunday 1-3pm or by appointment (319-855-1985) Additionally, individual artists participating in the exhibition are able to arrange meetings for those interested in private viewings subject to Public Space One's availability.

Much of the work is available for sale, with a percentage of profits going to support Public Space One as well as Bluestockings.

Bluestockings, a feminist art collective, was founded by women in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids area operating professional art/craft/creative practices with the desire to band together, talk shop, have critiques, share business tips, and support each other while raising awareness of the awesome community of art ladies that make this a cool place to live. Bluestockings also recognizes that the same societal gender oppression that impacts women is even more restrictive to the lives and creative freedoms of people of marginalized gender identities. We feel that together we can be most effective against the patriarchal oppression that marginalizes all of our contributions to the community, as artists, and as awesome humans. Membership is open to both cis and trans women, trans men, and non-binary people.

Bluestockings is an endeavor of the James Gang, an incubator for non-profits in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids area.