Bold Women is an expansive exhibition that presents the visionary work of women artists. The show emphasizes the essential contributions of artists from diverse backgrounds, especially women of color, LGBTQ+ artists, and artists of intersecting identities.

With more than 75 works in many mediums, the exhibition explores the ways that women have pushed the boundaries of art and spurred critical social and cultural changes across generations and geographies. The artists create change in part by using innovative materials, bold concepts, and vital experimentation that have also altered the development of modern and contemporary art. At the heart of the exhibition is the idea of boldness, presented as a defining attribute of the featured works and an indicator of the artists’ fearless efforts to alter institutional systems, dispute dominant historical narratives, and envision and enact equity and access.

Bold Women was organized by Curator Susan Earle and co-developed with advisors Kimberli Gant and Wanda Nanibush, and assisted by advisors Marla A. Jackson and Rose Bryant, along with KU students Lena Mose-Vargas, Sarah Dyer, Sara Johnson, and Maggie Vaughn.

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