Category: Visual Arts

Activities of ASWM and its members in the area of the Visual Arts

ASWM 2025 CONFERENCE

Check back often for more information about our exciting program for 2025!

March 27-29 2025
“Sacred Stories of the Sentient Earth:
Scholarship for Collaboration, Intervention, Reciprocity, “
Tucson, Arizona ~ Westward Look Inn

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2025 Keynote:
“On Holy Ground: Commitment and Devotion to Sacred Land” with Yeye Luisah Teish and Kahuna Leilani Birely GET INFO

“A Day of Gifterhood ” with the Maternal Gift Economy Group
March 30, 2025 at same location. as our conference. GET INFO

IMPORTANT LINKS AND INFORMATION

Preconference Tour: Honoring Desert Gardens and Bountiful Harvests ~ Thursday, March 27, 2025

LIVESTEAM link for Keynote and Plenary Panel (Member Benefit)

ABSTRACTS FOR PANELS AND WORKSHOPS

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NON-Member Registration

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(Event open to non-members also.)

BENEFITS OF ASWM MEMBERSHIP

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  • discounts for event registration and publications
  • online salons and events
  • online art galleries
  • mentoring of graduate student members
  • contact with international members
  • conference internships for student member volunteers
  • dissertation database
  • online abstracts of conference papers
  • resources for teaching, research, and publishing

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Our thanks to Navajo artist Antoinette Thompson for sharing her artwork with us: “The Ancient Warriors Within.” See more of her art and learn about Antoinette on her website.

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2023 ASWM Conference Recordings

 "Waters of Life: Exploring Mythos, Divinity, Beings, and Ecology" ASWM Conference May 5-6, 2023 ~ Crowne Plaza, Syracuse New York This conference provided the opportunity to explore world myths of water Goddesses, water creatures and water itself in cultural, spiritual, historical, and ecological contexts. Special Sessions Speaker Panels: Friday May 5, 2023 Speaker Panels: Saturday …

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Share the Wisdom: Recordings Available to the Public

Since 2012, ASWM has been recording important programs and presentations on a wide variety of related topics. All of our recordings are available as member benefits, along with other resources and discounts. At the same time, we also recognize that some material should be shared with a wider audience. Here, we offer everyone the chance to view some of our important keynotes and special programs, and to see our 2021 International Art Exhibition in honor of Marija Gimbutas’ Centennial.

If you are not now a member, but want to see other excellent recordings in our library, please consider joining. Or, donate to ASWM (a 501-C3 nonprofit)  to keep this unique and important scholarship available to all.

You can SEARCH public salons by keyword, title, speaker, or number:

The International ASWM Art Exhibition

“History or Mystery:  Fact or Fiction?” Keynote with Dr. Elinor Gadon about goddesses in art and history. Interviewer Dr. Dianne Jennet. April 1, 2016 Conference

“Moving from Lateral Oppression to a Culture of Kindness” with Sherri Mitchell, May 2, 2024 (Scholar Salon #70)

“Reweaving the Web of Life: New Myths for Restoring the Waters and Ourselves”  Hallie Iglehart Austen  keynote, May 5, 2023 Conference

“Shapeshifting Lands of Lāhainā, Maui: Mo’o and Moku’ula”  with Mahealani Ahia, November 30, 2023 (Scholar Salon #58)

“Teachings of Water Spirit” Marjorie Beaucage, Douglas Cardinal, Miigam’agan, and Margaret Kress-White, May 6, 2023 Conference

“Tona Ina, the Yoruba “sea light”: Community Arcaeomythology in Costa Rica’s Southern Caribbean” Maria Suarez Toro, July 27, 2023 (Scholar Salon #56)

“Wabanaki Women: Ritual, Tradition, and Feminine Intuition” Miigam’agan, Sherri Mitchell, Patricia Saulis, 2016 Conference

“Water Worlds: Mermaids, The Drowning World, and Climate Change” Brenda Peterson, June, 29 2023 (Scholar Salon #54)

“Why Brigit was Born at Faughart, Co. Louth” Dr. Mary Condren, February 22, 2024 (Scholar Salon #66)

“Women Making History: The Revolutionary Feminist Postcard Art of Helaine Victoria Press” Jocelyn Cohen and Julia Allen, March 21, 2024 (Scholar Salon #68)

“Women and Earth Centered Mythologies: Traditional Knowledge and Sacred Kinship between Women, Plants and Animals” Panel with Joan Cichon, Mara Lynn Keller, Susan Moulton, and Elizabeth Sikie, March 16, 2018. ASWM Conference

“Women Are the Water Bearers of the Universe” Sherri Mitchell keynote, March 17, 2018, ASWM Conference

“Women, Waterbirds, and Place in European Folklore” Elizabeth Wayland Barber keynote, March 16, 2018, ASWM Conference

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“River Sisters” to Perform at 2023 Conference

ASWM Conference May 5-6, Syracuse NY

Registration Links and Conference information here

The River Sisters

River Sisters:  Finsevatn (Norway) & Seneca Falls (USA)

LOCUS / Thale Fastvold & Tanja Thorjussen: We will present a performative talk where we introduce our artistic research focusing on ecofeminism and hydrofeminism with our ongoing project “River Sisters” which we started in 2021 and will continue through the Ocean Decade 2020-2030. Our brief talk will be followed by a performance in our series “River Sisters” where we physically connect rivers and bodies of water through gathering and mixing water in a healing process. In this performance we will connect the River Finsevatn of Finse, Norway with the water of Seneca Falls, US.

Our artistic approach is to cross-pollinate ideas and knowledge in a healing way with performance rituals, art in public space, drawing and photography. Our focus is on hydrofeminism and the interconnectedness of all sentient beings of this planet, whether it be animals, waterways, ocean, human or forest communities.

Finse, Norway

 To date, the River Sisters performance series has linked the rivers of Akerselva (Oslo 2020), Great Ouse (Kings Lynn UK 2021), Lille Lungegårdsvann (Bergen 2022) and Finsevatn (Finse 2022).  Our conference will be their first river connection in the US.

Tanja Thorjussen and Thale Fastvold

Thale Blix Fastvold (b. 1978) is a Norwegian visual artist working primarily with photography, film and performance art. Thematically within the frameworks of eco feminism, inter-species-collaborations and the more-than-human intelligence, her work aims to utilise artistic research as a response to current ecological challenges. She believes collaborations, communication and speculative storytelling is essential to envision new and more sustainable futures. www.thalefastvold.com

Tanja Thorjussen (b. 1970) is an artist living in Oslo (NO). Her artistic medium spans between drawing, sculpture, performance and art in public space. Through speculative research her artistic practice revolves around how ancient art can inform the present. Her current artistic focus is on the mystic and spiritual in nature and bodies of water, hydrofeminism, and the science embedded in indigenous knowledge and ancient mythology.) www.tanjathorjussen.com

LOCUS is Thale and Tanja’s independent gallery space and small publishing house based on Oslo, established in 2006. As a nomadic and fluctuating entity LOCUS produce exhibitions and presents artists in various locations nationally and internationally.

 

2023 ASWM Conference

 “Waters of Life: Exploring Mythos, Divinity, Beings, and Ecology”

Crowne Plaza, Syracuse New York

ASWM Conference May 5-6, 2023

In-person registration is open. Good news–Live streaming is available for keynotes and all panels in main room. See below to register.

“Salmon River” by Natalie Sappier

Water is one of the elements (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) recognized in multiple spiritual traditions as building blocks of everything on earth from the holy to the mundane. Water  is scientifically recognized as a necessary component of life, crucial for our survival and composing 50%-60% of our bodies.  

Indigenous peoples honor the intertwining of life and water and hold it as sacred in ritual, story and everyday life, while the industrial world has reduced it to a commodity.  With the onset of global warming, a consciousness is arising of the need for respect, reverence and protection for our water sources – a time to look back and around to gather the wisdom of Water Keepers, past and present, around the globe. 

This conference will provide the opportunity to explore world myths of water Goddesses, water creatures and water itself in cultural, spiritual, historical, and ecological contexts.  We especially encourage proposals from First Nations women of the Americas,  Indigenous women, internationally, and women of color.

CONFERENCE  DETAILS:

Please note: The International Feminists for a Gift Economy will hold a free Day of Global Sisterhood on Sunday May 7 at the Crowne Plaza. The Matriarchal Studies Day has been cancelled.

If you have questions about ASWM or our conference please contact Events@womenandmyth.org

Read about artist  Natalie Sappier and “Salmon River,” the featured artwork for this event.

Our deep gratitude to the Worldwide Indigenous Sciences Network for their grant support of our Native American and Indigenous conference presenters.