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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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