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An Evening with Frida Kahlo

  • Womanspace 3333 Marie Linden Drive Rockford, IL, 61114 (map)

This fundraiser social will enhance your Frida Fest experience with live music, heavy hors d'oeuvres, a live painting, a speaker, and much more!

Speaker: Dr. Linda Saborio, Northern Illinois University World Languages and Cultures Department Chair

Topic: Dr. Saborio will discuss about an emerging “chica moderna” from the perspective of histories of gender and the role of artistic expressions in the formation of new national and social identities. She will examine some of Frida’s works and her influence on our understandings of political ideologies and women’s roles in Mexico following the Mexican Revolution.

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