Let’s Talk About It!: Women and the Presidency
In conjunction with the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, ICA LA will present Kathryn Andrews’ site-specific installation featuring the names of women who have run for the Office of President of the United States. Chronicling the nearly 150 years of women vying for the presidential seat, Andrews’ work spotlights the persistent sexism in American politics and the urgent need for change. The project is updated every four years and displayed publicly until a woman is chosen to be President.
Join us at ICA LA for an evening of discussion with a dynamic panel of speakers to focus on gender and leadership in American politics. Speakers will consider historical and contemporary political strategies, with a special emphasis on voting, that shift the needle toward equal representation.
As part of the program, Artists 4 Democracy and A4D member Mary Nemick will offer Get Out The Vote activities such as voter registration verification, postcard writing, and make-your-own VOTE buttons and totes. A4D is a grass-roots collective founded to mobilize the art community of artists, educators, and students to protect democracy through political action and civic engagement.
Speakers
Kathryn Andrews, Artist
Nasreen Alkhateeb, Cinematographer
Sara Angevine, Associate Professor of Political Science, Whittier College
Raquel Beltran, Interim Executive Director, League of Women Voters of Greater Los Angeles
Natalie Masuoka, Associate Professor of Political Science and Asian American Studies, UCLA
6:00PM–7:00PM: Artists 4 Democracy (A4D) and voting advocate Mary Nemick will offer Get Out The Vote activities such as voter registration verification, postcard writing, and make-your-own VOTE buttons and totes. A4D is a grass-roots collective founded to mobilize the art community of artists, educators, and students to protect democracy through political action and civic engagement.
7:00PM–8:30PM: Panel discussion focused on gender and leadership in American politics. Speakers will consider historical and contemporary political strategies, with a special emphasis on voting, that shift the needle toward equal representation.
This program is presented in collaboration with The Judith Center. The Judith Center, is a new nonprofit organization founded by the artist Kathryn Andrews that works across a range of communities and disciplines including art, science, and politics, to advocate for gender equality on a national basis.
Andrews’ work has been featured in solo exhibitions at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas; the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany and the MSU Broad Art Museum, East Lansing. Andrews has also exhibited solo projects at the High Line, New York; the Bass Museum, Miami, and at Depaul University Art Museum, Chicago. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at institutions such as the Hammer Museum and Moca, Los Angeles; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany; Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University; Yuz Museum, Shanghai; Aïshti Foundation, Beirut; Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing; and more.
Andrews recently founded The Judith Center, an nonprofit organization that works across a range of communities and disciplines—including art, science, and politics—to advocate for gender equality across the U.S.
Previous credits include content made for NASA, Kamala Harris, Naomi Osaka, Billy Porter, UN Women, Vogue, Microsoft, and the Women’s March. By illuminating racial and gender injustice, disability inequity, and the first woman VP, Nasreen thrives as a leader in film that shifts our culture by normalizing intersectional realities. Her ability to motivate audiences is a direct result of approaching story through intersectional identities: multi-heritage, Black, MENA, Disabled, Muslim, LGBTQIA+, and 1st Generation. Forbes described her as “breaking barriers.”
Her work has been supported by the Sundance Institute, the American Society of Cinematographers, the Ford Foundation, the Center for Cultural Power, and Women In Film.
