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pher Diane Arbus, surrealistic 
photographer Claude Cahun, 
installation specialist Judy 
Chicago, sculptor Eva Hesse, 
abstract expressionist Elaine 
de Kooning, collage expres-
sionist Lee Krasner and sculp-
tor Louise Nevelson.
“Most of the time, the more 
I study an artist, the more I 
like that person’s work,
” Evans 
says. “I don’t show images I 
don’t like, and I don’t generally 
show imagines I think are 
inappropriate. I have a whole 
talk about how women have 
been treated [objectified] in 
art.
”
Evans, who enjoys doing art 
history research, has devel-
oped dozens of presentations 
that focus on specific muse-
ums, artists, styles and cities, 
among other topics. A visit 
to her website (art-talks.org) 
becomes a learning experi-
ence with plenty of impressive 
images to view. 
Evans’ interest in artists 
and art history began in her 
London-based childhood, 
when her parents took her 
to museums. After trying 
her hand at painting in high 
school, she decided her artistic 
skills were limited and moved 
into an economics major at 
Oxford University.
Since moving to the United 
States when her husband, 
Leonard, accepted work as a 
traffic safety specialist, she vol-
unteered to bring art programs 
into elementary schools then 
attended by her children. 
As her children were grow-
ing, she studied art history at 
the DIA and became a docent. 
That led to her earning a mas-
ter’s degree in art history at 
Wayne, which qualified her for 
teaching. 
“I’ve been talking to Jewish 
organizations for a very long 

time, putting together talks 
that have a Jewish emphasis,
” 
Evans says. “I was going to do 
Jewish artists in general but 
realized there were way too 
many, so I gave women their 
own talk.
“I love teaching about art 
because it covers everything 
— literature, religion, politics, 
engineering — plus, you’ve got 
wonderful images to show. I’m 
beginning to collect things on 
art stolen by the Nazis and the 
families that became Jewish 
dealers. That’s the next series I 
want to put together.
” 

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