A Press Release

A Conversation about Feminine Beauty and the work of Miwa Yanagi

When: Monday, February 18 at 6.30pm
(A reception follows the program.)

Where: Brown Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts-Houston

Moderator: Anne Wilkes Tucker, The Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography at the MFAH

Panelists: Elizabeth Gregory, Professor of English and Director of Women’s Studies, University of Houston

Tracy Xavia Karner, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Visual Studies, University of Houston

James Hollis, Director, The Jung Center, Houston

Peggy Orenstein, internationally recognized writer, editor, and speaker

During her career, Japanese photographer Miwa Yanagi has created three distinct series that confront and disrupt the traditional roles of women, both within the social context of her home country and as these perceptions are translated across cultures.

In this conversation, panelists will address the range of subjects represented in Yanagi’s work, including gender, identity, body image, age, feminism, and beauty, and how these concerns resound in present-day consumer, media, professional, and social cultures.