Goddesses 3.o

Group Show on View February 5- April 10, 2026

Kresge and Pascal Galleries, Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts, Ramapo College of New Jersey | Mahwah, NJ

This group exhibition, "which flexes the meaning of the word goddesses," includes work by:

Vanessa Beecroft, Dara Birnbaum, gwen charles, Myrlande Constant, Mary Beth Edelson, Chitra Ganesh, Geri Hahn, Donna Kessinger (documentary film), Pat Lay, Mariko Mori, Julie Ann Nagle, Carolee Schneeman, and Nancy Spero.

Programming includes Art History Lecture by Maria Loh, Princeton Center for Advanced Studies ‘The Ballad of Miss Fortune’ on Friday, March 6; a screening of Carolee Schneemann’s film, Ask the Goddess, 43 minutes in length, followed by a Panel discussion with Rachel Churner, Director of the Schneemann Foundation, Dara Kessinger, co-curator of the exhibit, and Julie Ann Nagle, exhibiting artist. Interactive performances, Julie Ann Nagle’s Hearts Bloom and gwen charles’ Who’s Your Goddess?, took place during the closing reception on March 25th.

Curated by Donna Kessinger, artist, curator, and documentary filmmaker, and Sydney O. Jenkins, Director of Ramapo Galleries.

In a Whisper, Hearts Stopped, left, with Myrlande Constant to the right

Hearts Bloom, interactive performance on March 25th

Chamomile flowers and blooms from my garden were painted onto a cast of my pregnant belly in a healing ritual to spark intimate conversations about fertility struggles.

I ground a mixture of chamomile, ranunculus, red clover, cinnamon, ginger with egg yolk, vinegar and water to make an egg tempera ‘paint’ out of ingredients that boost fertility.