Virtual Student Guide Tour: Mom Matrix, with Sinead Danagher

Date: 

Thursday, September 30, 2021, 8:00pm to 8:30pm

Location: 

Online

Sinead Danagher ’22 will explore the representation of motherhood as seen in three works of art: the wood sculpture Virgin and Child in Majesty [Seat of Divine Wisdom] made in 12th-century France; the erotic Madonna lithograph made by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in Berlin in 1895; and the woodcut Widow I (1922–23) that Käthe Kollwitz—artist and mother of two sons—made in Berlin after World War I as part of her Krieg (War) portfolio. Danagher will also talk about the common ground between “mother” and the printmaking term “matrix,” two words with the same Latin root.

This interactive tour will take place online via Zoom. To join, click the following link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/97805810319 (free admission; no pre-registration required).

Virtual Student Guide Tours take place every Thursday at 8pm on Zoom. Each tour is unique and offers a chance to explore the collections of the Harvard Art Museums through the eyes of a Harvard student. Drop in and join the conversation!

Read these instructions on how to join a meeting on Zoom. For general questions about Student Guide Tours, email am_register@harvard.edu.

This program is supported by the Ho Family Student Guide Fund.

The Ho Family Student Guide Program at the Harvard Art Museums trains students to develop original, research-based tours of the collections. These tours, designed and led by Harvard undergraduates from a range of academic disciplines, focus on objects chosen by each Student Guide and offer a unique, thematic view into the collections.

The Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.