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Grace Day
Grace (she/her) is a current MA student in Art History at Concordia University. She is from Halifax, Nova Scotia and received her BA in 2022 from the University of King's College with Combined Honours in Early Modern Studies and English, as well as a Certificate in Art History and Visual Culture from Dalhousie University. Grace's undergraduate thesis examined self-portraits of Early Modern Italian women and how they were used to establish artistic identities within a discipline dominated by men and also comment on the gendered expectations and standards placed upon women. For her MA thesis, Grace will examine the life and mature career of Sofonisba Anguissola to highlight early modern misconceptions regarding female old age, and how they still exist in scholarship today.
Working Thesis Title: Early Modern Portraits of Elderly Women and the Enigmatic Legacy of Sofonisba
Supervisor: Dr. Steven Stowell
Research Interests:
- Early modern painting
- Early modern printmaking
- Portraiture
- Women artists
Teaching Assistantships:
- ARTH 352 - Studies in the History of Fibre Art: Hybridity in 20th Century Textile Art - Taught by Dr. Susan Surette
- ARTH 356 Studies in the Materials and Processes of Art: Design.HER: DIY in Interiors - Taught by Vanessa Sicotte
- ARTH 263 - Aspects of the History of the Print: European Woodcut and Engraving, 1470-1550 - Taught by Dr. Laurence Garneau
Conferences:
- The 10th Annual Conference of the Early Modern (2022) Presentation title - "Power and Representation: The Self-Portraits of Sofonisba Anguissola"
- Conference of the Contemporary (2022) Presentation title - "The Misogyny Behind Degas' Ballerinas"
Publications:
- Babel (2022) The University of King's College Undergraduate Journal for EMSP. Paper Title: "Power and Representation: The Self-Portraits of Sofonisba Anguissola"