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SUMMARY:Melanie Flood\, Paraphernalia: Femininity\, Objects\, and the Archive
DESCRIPTION:Melanie Flood\, Paraphernalia: Femininity\, Objects\, and the Archive \nPortland Art Museum Photography Council Lunchtime Talk Series \nWednesday\, October 28\, 2026\, 12 noon to 1pm \nPortland Art Museum\n1119 SW Park Ave.\nPortland\, OR 97205\nwww.portlandartmuseum.org / 503 226 2811\nCost: Free to the public. \n  \nArtist Melanie Flood discusses her thirty-eight-year photographic archive and the “paraphernalia” that runs through it. The word began as a legal term for the property a married woman kept as her own—such as her clothing\, jewelry\, toiletries\, and personal effects—yet these objects are routinely dismissed as superficial because they are coded female. She considers the forces that shaped her practice\, from the formation of gender ideals to the professionalization of the arts\, and the space midlife creates to strip constraints away. \nMelanie Flood (b. NY; lives and works in Portland\, OR) employs photography as a tool for examining how femininity is constructed\, commodified\, and performed. Working across self-portraiture\, studio still lifes\, and vernacular image-making\, her work draws on the archive\, beauty culture\, and the aesthetics of everyday feminine life. \nRecent exhibitions include the Schneider Museum of Art\, Ashland\, OR; ILY2\, Portland\, OR; Ruschwoman\, Chicago\, IL; Fourteen30 Contemporary\, Portland\, OR; and Ditch Projects\, Springfield\, OR. She has received support from the Oregon Arts Commission\, the Ford Family Foundation\, and the Regional Arts and Cultural Council. From 2008 to 2022 she founded and directed Melanie Flood Projects\, an artist-run exhibition space established in Brooklyn\, NY. She holds a BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts and an MFA in Contemporary Art Practice from Portland State University\, where she teaches in the Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design. \nhttps://www.melanieflood.com/
URL:https://lukeolsenphotography.com/event/melanie-flood-paraphernalia-femininity-objects-and-the-archive/
LOCATION:Portland Art Museum\, 1219 SW Park Avenue\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States
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