As the United States celebrates the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, the Lloyd Library and Museum opens an apt exhibition: Women and Nature in the Arts, Sciences and Letters.
Described as a “tribute to the female scientists, authors, artists and illustrators in the Lloyd collections,” the show features works by the likes of Maria Sibylla Merian and Elizabeth Blackwell, both of whom were pioneers in the field of scientific illustration.
Also showcased is the work of Gertrude Jekyll, who designed over 400 gardens in her lifetime. In a more modern turn, guests can also take in the photography of Cincinnatian Rama Kasturi. Her series — compiled in a book and to be displayed at the Lloyd’s gallery — Four Seasons at Burnet Woods, was created after she was diagnosed with cancer in 2007.
Members of MUSE, Cincinnati Women’s Choir, will perform at the opening.
Opening reception 5:30-8 p.m. Friday, March 6. Through May 22. Free and open to the public. Lloyd Library, 917 Plum St., Downtown, lloydlibrary.org.
*A lecture tied to the exhibition — Nature-Based Discovery for Breast Cancer — has been canceled due to speaker restrictions. The lecture was to feature leading cancer researchers Drs. Susan Horwitz and Susan Mooberry and take place March 27. The Lloyd Library hopes to reschedule but does not yet have a date.
This article appears in Mar 4-17, 2020.
