WHAT: Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women
WHEN: Opens September 25
WHERE: Yeshiva University Museum, 15 W. 16th Street, New York, NY 10011,
COST: Adults: $8; Seniors and Students: $6; Members and Children under 5: Free
WEB: yumuseum.tumblr.com/GraphicDetails or www.yumuseum.org

Featuring original work by 18 of the most influential creators, Graphic Details showcases work of all-stars from the pioneering Wimmen’s Comix and Twisted Sisters artists of the 1970s and 1980s to the superstars of the new generation.  Many of the cartoons in Graphic Details have never been displayed in public until now.  The artists, who hail from the U.S., Canada, Israel and the UK include: Vanessa Davis; Bernice Eisenstein; Sarah Glidden; Miriam Katin; Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Miss Lasko-Gross; Sarah Lazarovic; Miriam Libicki; Sarah Lightman; Diane Noomin; Corinne Pearlman; Trina Robbins; Racheli Rotner; Sharon Rudahl; Laurie Sandell; Ariel Schrag; Lauren Weinstein; and Ilana Zeffren.

This well-reviewed and often-startling exhibition makes its New York City debut after successful runs in San Francisco and Toronto, and provides the first in-depth look at a vibrant and prolific niche of graphic storytelling – Jewish women’s autobiographical comics. While the influential role of Jews in cartooning has long been acknowledged, the role of Jewish women in shaping the medium is still largely unexplored. This exhibition of original drawings, full comic books and graphic novels presents the powerful work of artists whose intimate and complex work has influenced the world of comics over the last four decades

YU Museum will host several public events and programs to meet the curators and some of the artists throughout the run of Graphic Details, which closes on April 15, 2012.



PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Curator’s Tour: Graphic Details – Confessional Comics by Jewish Women
Sunday, September 25, 2011: 2 p.m.
Join co-curators Michael Kaminer and Sarah Lightman on a tour of the exhibition.
Free with Museum admission.

Close and Personal:  Jewish Women Artists and Their Graphic Diaries
Monday, October 24, 2011: 6–8 p.m. (viewing at 6 p.m.; program begins at 6:30 p.m.)
Panel discussion with artists Ariel Schrag, Miriam Katin, Miss Lasko-Gross and Lauren Weinstein.
Moderated by Robin Cembalest, executive editor of ARTnews and a contributing editor of Tablet.
Free. Reservations required. For reservations, go to www.smarttix.com or call 212.868.4444.

JEWISH WOMEN AND COMICS SYMPOSIUM
Sunday, February 26, 2012
A day-long, international academic symposium on Jewish Women and Comics will be chaired by Sarah Lightman (University of Glasgow), Tahneer Oksman (CUNY) and Dr. Amy Feinstein (Independent Scholar) and includes speakers: Miriam Katin (Graphic Details artist); Joanne Leonard (photographer); Professor Laurence Roth (Susquehanna University); and Dr. David Brauner (University of Reading). For more information, visit https://sites.google.com/site/graphicdetailssymposium or email graphicdetailssymposium@gmail.com