Please join us on August 22nd for a tour of the traveling portrait exhibition and the world premiere of the feature length documentary film. Panel discussion with co-founders and participants to follow.
The Bearded Lady Project is a brainchild of paleobotanist Ellen Currano and filmmaker Lexi Jamieson Marsh, which aims to challenge tenacious gender biases in the sciences, specifically paleontology. The project consists of a feature film celebrating the unsung achievements of the many paleontologists who happen to be women and revealing the obstacles they faced because of their gender. The film is complemented with a photography exhibit that — with a positive dose of wit — makes short work of the burly bearded male stereotype that has dominated the professional landscape of field-going scientists for far too long. If the portrayed women would have had beards to better fit this persisting stereotype, would their work be better known?
Schedule
4:00 Photography exhibit (the Bearded Lady portraits)
4:30 Welcome and introduction by project founders
5:00 Documentary feature film world premiere
6:00 Q&A with project founders and paleontologists followed by a reception (ends at 7:30)
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