History of Art and Architecture

Valeria Federici, A.M. '19 in HIAA and Ph.D. '19, in Italian Studies

Yellow-toned shadow of a person playing a hornPoetic-Action is a site-specific installation by contemporary artists Anna Lise Jensen and Alyssa Casey, curated by Federici at the Garibaldi Meucci Museum, in Staten Island, NY. Poetic-Action is a response to the story of two women and their involvement in the Italian Risorgimento. The exhibition is supported by the Virtual Humanities Lab, Department of Italian Studies at Brown University and opened on October 4, 2020.

View the online exhibition