Monsen Photography Lecture: Carmen Winant

The Henry is excited to welcome distinguished artist Carmen Winant as the 2025 Monsen Photography Lecture speaker. This annual lecture brings key makers and thinkers in photographic practice to the Henry. Named after Drs. Elaine and Joseph Monsen, the series is designed to further knowledge about and appreciation for the art of photography. In this lecture, Winant will explore the notion of feminist inheritance as it pertains to the generational, political, and ideological histories of feminist movements.

Please join us after the lecture from 7:30-9 PM for a glass of wine, light bites, and music by KEXP DJ Larry Mizell Jr.

Space is limited. Please RSVP as soon as possible to reserve your spot at the lecture and reception.

Reservations are for you and one guest and are non-transferable.

Please note that seating in the auditorium will be on a first-come, first-served basis, with overflow seating in an adjacent room. The lecture will also be available as a live stream on our YouTube channel.

ACCESSIBILITY

The Henry strives to be accessible to all visitors. Please visit our accessibility page for more information or contact Museum Services at 206.221.3850 or email us with questions or needs. The live stream, available on our YouTube channel, will be auto-audio captioned.

ARTIST BIO

Carmen Winant (b. 1983, San Francisco, CA; based in Columbus, OH) is an artist and the Roy Lichtenstein Chair of Studio Art at the Ohio State University. Winant's recent projects have been shown at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Sculpture Center, Wexner Center of the Arts, ICA Boston, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and el Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo. Winant's artist’s books include My Birth (2018), Notes on Fundamental Joy (2019), and Instructional Photography: Learning How To Live Now (2021); Arrangements, A Brand New End: Survival and Its Pictures (both 2022), and The last safe abortion (2024). Winant is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow in photography, a 2020 FCA Artist Honoree and a 2021 American Academy of Arts and Letters award recipient. She is also a community organizer, Pr*son educator, and mother to her two children, Carlo and Rafael, shared with her partner, Luke Stettner.

Carmen Winant (U.S., b. 1983). Passing On [detail]. 2022. Ink on newsprint. Courtesy of the artist and PATRON Gallery, Chicago. Photo: Carmen Winant.

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