During this workshop, educators will:
- Engage in a guided tour of In Her Place: Nashville Artists in the Twenty-First Century.
- Learn about the prominent position of women artists in Nashville and beyond through nearly one hundred artworks spanning painting, sculpture, textile, and installation. Selected works by an intergenerational group of Nashville-based women relate broadly to place—whether conceived of as the view of a garden outside a studio window, the influence of being raised in the American South, a moment in time, or the evocation of an ancestral homeland outside of the United States.
- In collaboration with Vanderbilt University’s Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (CLACX) and a guest facilitator, explore how global cultural practices shape Nashville.
- Review the Educator Guide and other resources created for the exhibition.
- Participate in an art-making activity led by an artist featured in the exhibition, Yanira Vissepo.
About Yanira Vissepo
Yanira Vissepo is a Puerto Rican artist living and working in Nashville, TN. She is a self taught artist creating vibrant collaged textile paintings using techniques such as, stain painting, printmaking, cyanotype, dye resists, and hand embroidery. Vissepo’s work is ever evolving and she enjoys expanding her horizons by not restricting herself to a specific medium. Her work is heavily influenced by her experience of living in the Puerto Rican diaspora and examines the ecosystem of her culture through the natural world.
Vissepo has shown regionally at Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery, Lipscomb University, ZieherSmith Gallery, 21c Museum, Open Gallery, and has had solo shows at Lyndon House Arts Center, Sheet Cake Gallery, Elephant Gallery, The Electric Shed, Fort Houston and Coop Gallery. In 2019 she studied traditional woodblock printmaking at The International School of Mokuhanga, Japan. Vissepo has taught at the Frist Museum and the Nashville Public Library.
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